Check out Gizmo! Ready to go to the movies :)

Hehe Corey and I found this cache called the GiftGiver this evening. It was so big that yes it can fit a dog in it. :) Not my dog, but isn't she cute.

Cold Stone Creamery: Free 3 oz. Ice Cream Creation (Thursday, September 24, 2009)
Yum! Cold Stone Creamery is again offering free 3 oz. Ice Cream Creation to every customer who stops by one of their stores from 5-8 p.m. tomorrow evening (Thursday, September 24, 2009). I wonder if Bangor is doing this promotion?!

So tonight I tried to make caramel apples with some of the apples I picked on Saturday. Well...they didn't come out as well as I hoped but still yummy...

Copeland Hill looking down at Bangor

Field's Pond

powerlines in Brewer

Where's the snowmobile trail? (Brewer, ME)

fields pond

I bought a Nike shirt the other day...no more loyalty to Adidas

This morning I went apple picking with friends at the Treworgy Orchard in Levant. It was a lot of fun. We went for a hayride and fed goats and the kids chased chickens. :) Yes we actually did get lost in the corn maze which was shaped into a butterfly this year.

breakfast for lunch

hehe yeah its a Kitty picture.....and it made me laugh... :)

I want to make this 12 layered cake....mmmmmm....cake....

just a tomato and mayo on multigrain sandwich...but I did stop and get five munchkins (plus one free one) and a small coffee coolatta minus the whip cream...I am weak...and I do plan on going to the gym this evening. I have been enjoying using the Wii Fit to track my progress. I want to make real effort to try to watch what I am eating because I feel like that has been what has been impacting my progresss to lose weight. I tend to get frazzled and then eat horribly...I need to go grocery shopping so I am less tempted to eat out. Also I really need to go to bed earlier and then get up earlier so I can enjoy breakfast at home. I had my cards read last night by Matthew and a few of the same cards showed up from my last reading so there are a few areas I still need to work on.

Going to save this idea for later ;)I think these cupcakes are adorable. Saw it on Bakerella
And this is just too cute for words...

I really want to make these...cupcake/brownie burgers and sugar cookie fries. I saw how to make them here.

While on her honeymoon, Joanna from Cup of Jo has had bloggers answer the question "What is the secret to a happy marriage?" All the answers are different and thoughtful, but they all seem to say that if you make an effort to know what makes your spouse happy and actually do it then you may be close to discovering the secret to a happy marriage. Honestly I have mixed feelings toward marriage although I am sure that will change when I meet the right guy, but it was very fun and refreshing to read their responses. Some of the responses were goofy while others were heartfelt.
Here is one of my favorite responses from one of my favorite bloggers...

Think play, not romance.
Forget flowers, dinner and candles, and instead play a video game, have a water-gun battle or play in a photo booth (or with Photobooth if you have a Mac!).

Embrace imperfection.
Accept that you're both going to make mistakes, and if the mistake was not intentionally hurtful, let it go. Adjust your expectations and align them with reality (dirty towels on the floor, pre-menstrual hormone insanity), not fantasy (a pristine house, a perpetually perky disposition).

Reinvigorate the Old.
Life's grind sometimes whittles away the parts of us that are carefree, inspired, focused or fun. One of the best things you can do for your spouse is to defend the parts of them that you married them for. And that doesn't mean saying "You used to be so..." It means reminding them that they ARE those things; they're not gone, even on their most beaten down days.

Discover the New.
Embark on unplanned adventures. Often.

-- Nichole, Little Brown Pen

I love this blog...makes me wish I had kids to throw parties for. :)

Party Perfect by Sara Hicks Malone
Party Perfect is an inspirational blog dedicated to parties, entertaining, and all things fun! I am a...graphic designer, illustrator, designer and mom. I am a former art director for Martha Stewart Baby and Kids magazines. I design for Hicks Paper Goods, which is now part of the Whitney English Company.

I love this party idea she mentions here.

This 'dino dig' party is nothing short of brilliant! Activities included fossil making, volcano erupting, digging for 'dinosaur bones', and assembling the skeletons, among other things. All of the guests were given a safari hat and satchel filled with fossil books, dinosaur trading cards and other little goodies.