Through My iPhone Lens Saturday: "I spy ..."

Do you see it too now ???

I spy ...   

something green !!!

That was so cute when I found this little fellow ... Poor thing got left behing, forgotten ... 

 

And as soon as I discovered him ...

   

He was lost, lonely and SO sad !!!

He got out of his hiding place .... And begged me to take him with me ...

How can you say NO to SUCH a cute face ???
So I put him in my tool-belt pouch ... and off we went.

Back to my truck, I introduced my new rescue to Sweet Dream Teddy ... They made friends right away ;-)

And they were happy for ever after ...
The End !!!

Tuesday Tune 10/26/2010

So yesterday I had one of those day !!!

Monday I got assigned to cover for a coworker's route ...
Which in it's own isn't big of a deal !!!
But, it just happen that I didn't know this particular one ...

I was in for one LONG day !!!

So, not only I wasn't familiar with all those accounts but the order in which they were lined up on the worksheet wasn't efficient at all ...
I was wasting time at each places orientating myself, looking for water sources and where the plants were located ...
I was sent to all four corners of town with no logical order through traffic ...
To top it all, the one account that was the odd one on the map, the farthest away from the whole group and the trickiest to find happened to be a newly canceled location !!!

No really ???
It was supposed to be a day off ... a FULL day off too !!!
I usually work from 7am to 1:30pm ... It was 4:30pm by the time I was done !!!

Needless to say that frustration was to it's pick !!!

So for this day ... Here is my tune ;-)

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"ER tune" :: Miscellaneous Wednesday

Where did Tuesday Tune 20/19/2010 go you might have ask !?!?!? (well, I can dream of followers liking and caring about this blog !!!)

The truth is my HUBBY hasn't been feeling right and I had to attend to him (as well as publishing a post on my other blog) which took quite some work and time ...
The trouble -a VERY bad nose bleed- brought us straight to the ER this morning !!!

My HUBBY hating everything associated with the word "doctor" is in for a real treat :-/

He got admitted right away ... (weight: checked, temperature: checked, blood pressure: checked, dumb questionary: answered ...)
He won the right to wear the fashionable gown ...

Now, let's the waiting game begin ... !!!

Wait 15 min for the nurse for another round of blood pressure checking, temperature and oh !!! ... something new: listening to the heart and lungs !!!
Wait for 20 min for the doc to show up for another fun game of answering the same stupid questions as previously ... and, oh !!! actually checking the trouble sinus !!!
Wait for 10 min for a nurse to come to draw blood ...

So until now, my HUBBY was taking everything VERY patiently and bravely ... The arrival of the nurse and her little caddy made him turn white and shaky as a leaf !!! Now it looked like he actually belonged to the ER: poor thing ...

It didn't help that the nurse had to go back and forth 3 times for missing items !!! First: she was missing the sample tube ... Second: ... I'm not sure what it was and the last time was to get gloves !!!
Now she was finally ready and Mr was stressed to the max ...
But luckily or should I say surprisingly, the nurse was SUPER GOOD and my HUBBY barely had time to squeeze his eyes shut and my hand tight, that all was over and the nurse gone with the precious liquid -my hand thanks the nurse for this fast and pain(full)less experience-

Well, as if it wasn't enough, we now had to wait for the blood results: really !!! ONE HOUR ... One LONG hour !!!

Thanksfully, all came up in good standing
;-)

Now we are heading to the nose specialist to figure out what caused this BIG-O drama while my traumatized HUBBY goes on and on apologizing for his winning, weakness and lack of heroism ...

So for my MAN, I dedicate this tune ...
'cause to my eyes you are the best there is: I LOVE YOU SWEETY <3 <3 <3

Through My iPhone Lens Saturday: "Lady Bug" ;-)

Now this got to be one off the cutest VW bug I've seen around !!!

The coolest part off this customized car for me is that the French nick name is "Coquecinelle" which translated in English to "Lady Bug" ...
Yet, until today, I've never seen this VW actually look like one ;-)

 Come one !!! Isn't she cute or what ???

Let's Do A Little Good Friday With Pepperidge Farm and Dannon

Yes AGAIN !!!

And this, all month long !!! 

It is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month after all !!!

This year more then before, it seems to me that a lot more people, organizations and companies show their support to the breast cancer fight ... 

All this pink out there is a beauty to look at: don't you think ???

As a result, I've find it so much easier to participate too ... Without spending extra or giving a special donation ... I've still been able to contribute quite more than usual ;-) 

 And with deals like above, how can you not want to "fight for the cure" ???

An other exemple --> Look at

They have  an easy way for you to help: eat delicious yogourts, go on their website, enter the code found on the lid ... and voila !!! Better and faster than Yoplait even ...

See ??? It's SO EASY !!! 

So let's put our pink on ... we still have 2 October weeks to go ... 

Oh, ya !!!

Share your pink story ...

Blog Hop !!! :: Miscellaneous Wednesday

Well, today I wasn't inspired :-/

For the last few nights I've not been able to sleep much !!!! I've been going to bed really late 1am for lack of feeling sleepy even though I was tired !?!?!?

So today, I didn't manage to get-up early compare to last week and I've been pretty lazy (blushing) ... I've yet to make the bed !!!

But I finally got around to scan and send important document needed in the process of registering our wedding back home in France. I also caught up on emails, FaceBook updates and was following up on the happening on the BlogFrog Communities ...

So while checking out the posts I found this Blog Hop and decided to join: it's my very FIRST participation to this activity, so I'm not sure what will come out of it ...
I see those often through out my blog reading but still don't know much about it and how it works.
I chose this one for today but know that Blue Frogs Legs initiate Blog Hop regularly and I will consider participating next time depending on what happen with this one ...

Even if you don't participate today, if you have any information about Blog Hop, please, share with me by leaving comments. You can also write your thought about such activity ... Is there different kind of Blog Hop ??? Is there one in particular that you like to join ???

And here is the link for today's Blog Hop ... I hope you enjoy ;-)

Tuesday Tune 10/12/2010

I was checking the App store for updates and while I was there I look at the new things that got released recently ...

I bumped on an App called 'SoundHound'.
It's similar to 'Shazam' so at first I didn't think much of it ... Until then, other applications didn't match 'Shazam' !!!
But still, I got curious -we never know, think change, programmation get better- and decided to read the summery.
It happened that 'SoundHound' has more features than 'Shazam' ... One of them being to find a song by singing it yourself !!!
I had to try it ... so I downloaded it ... and sang the first tune that came to mind ...

The song was one my grandma used to sing to me before she would tuck me in at night the rare time we would visite.
I thought it was just a kid song that she was sang to when herself was a kid ... but not a real title ...

So imagine my surprise when the App came up with a tittle AND an artist !!! ...

Let me tell you ... I got really emotional listening to it !!! This song is SO dear to my heart ...

So, with no farther due, here is the feature song of the week: "Une Chanson Douce" by Henri Salvador ft Celine Dion

Let's Do A Little Good Friday

Ok ... !!!
I guess it might have to be renamed "Let's Do A Little Good Sunday" !!!


But actually, I live by it on Fridays !!! But got to post it only on Sunday this last 2 weeks :-/


So yes, on Friday I did a little good ...
First, I made 1$ donation to help fight 'breast cancer' as I did last week, in addition of buying produces that were part of this month movement of awareness ...

Also, I set-up an automatic donation out of each paycheck for a big organization to which my 2nd job is a sponsor: United Way --> total of 2$/month all year long.
It might not be much but like Audra said in her comment on my last week post: "It's amazing what can happen when everyone gives just a little - a dollar or two. It makes a huge difference!"


Did you have the chance to 'Do A Little Good' this week ???

Through My iPhone Lens Saturday: "Squirly Whirly"

Hello there !!!
I've decided to make a new post: "Through My IPhone Lens Saturday" and share my world ...,things I see that are out of the ordinary ..., things my eyes catch that seem interesting ..., little details that attract my attention ... while I'm out and about or just at home ....
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LOL !!!
No this is not my car !!! But one I bumped into while driving ... I had to stop and take a few pictures ...
Isn't that a funny, interesting ... car ???
My question would be: does the owner of this car actually drives it ??? Because it does have a plate on it ...

I hope you will enjoy this new weekly post ;-)

How about this award !?!?!? :: Miscellaneous Wednesday

Wow, what a day !!!
I'm getting a lot done today ;-)

• Got-up some what early for a morning that I don't have to work at my first job: 7:30am !!! ( ya, I can easily sleep-in until 10:00am or even shamefully 11:00am on a day/morning off)
• Checked my emails and FaceBook updates ...
• Got ready ...
• Stopped for coffee at Peet's on my way to get a manucure at 9:00am
• Then it was grocery shopping time ...
• On the way back home, went to Ace Hardware store to make a mail box key duplicate ...
• Finally got back home at 11:30am where I put the groceries away ...
• Made the bed ...
• Got changed for my afternoon job ...
• Took care of our balcony: feed the birds and water the plants ...
• And now on to BLOG !!!

So, how about this last week award ??? (check back on last wednesday week post)

I'm SO honored !!!

So, here we go ... !!! 
First, 7 things about me:

1. I was born of very French parents in France but grew-up in Tahiti, French Polynesia since the age of 18 months ...
2. Went back in France for only 3 years for University in Toulouse ...
3. I was in a swimming team for 7 years but never got the competitor spirit ... I just liked the sport and the travel opportunities we got: Hawaii, New Caledonia, New Zeland, Papua New Guinea ...
4. My parents always wanted me to be bilingual and got english classes once a week as soon as I was 3 year's old, then I picked it up in middle-school ... They also sent me 1 month in England when I was 12, 1 months in Oregon, US when I was 14, 3 months in Santa Monica, ELS center at 18 and 3 months at UCLA for English summer school ... 
5. I moved in the States 12 years ago ...
6. I have 2 part-time jobs ...
7. I just got married (August 14th, 2010) to the best most loving person EVER !!!

Now here is the list of the blogs I follow, like and think deserve this award too:

• Coolibah: Just because they are the programer/creator of the BEST EVER Digi Scrap'n App for iPhone/iTouch/iPad and the team ROCK !!! Also, check their Fan page on FaceBook ...
• Hand Picked Freebies: Because if you love Digi Scrap'n, she offers you links to awesome resources for all your creations to take life ... and all are FREE !!!
• Adventuroo: She has a cute blog ... and I really like to read her post about her family/life, her reviews ... (too bad I don't live in North Carolina !!!) She also has another blog/section call Momcomm Monday where you can learn the rop of blogging: pretty interesting staff ... !!!
• Big Mama & The Bristol Project: She is just plain hilarious ...
• Blue Frogs Legs: First, thank you for being a follower of mine ;-) ... Then it's always nice to read you and I like more particularly your Pay It Forward Friday posts ... I know you already received this award from another person but I guess it's a down side of your popularity ... Thank you for your blog !!!
• Butterflygirlms Rambles On: Nice blog ... Very Versatile alright ;-) ... But most importantly, the autor is  the designer of my blog template - Have you notice the chances ??? Doesn't it look nice now ??? - Thank you Heather !!!
• It Works For Me!: Another Versatile blog full of the thing I like to read and learn about ... Hand in there Bobbi with your "21 Days To Change" challenge !!! And thank you for your blogs and web sites ...
• Miss Tiina: I just like her digital scrapbooking designs ...
• My Scrapbook Blog: Because I'm a Scrapwow member ... If you are a Digital Scrapbooker, you might want to check it out ;-)
• Random Ruminations: The title says it all ... But it's always nice to read her posts. And Kate: THANK YOU for being a faithful follower of mine ;-)
• Real Rach: It's a new blog that I'm following and so far so good !!! I DO like it A LOT actually ;-)
• Secretly Loves Pink: Lots of cool stuff ... Check it out; But be aware !!! It's 'pinkyliciously' addictive ...
• SuperMama 101: Just GREAT ... !!!
• The Beehive Blog: Go check it out !!!
• Trendy Girl Designs

WoW !!! ... That took me for EVER ... !!! ...
And I'm not even quite done yet :-/
Now I have to let all those great bloggers know about this award coming their way ...

Well !!! Off I go ... ;-)

THANK YOU again Losing Brownies for the award ... ;-)

I hope you will check-out all 15 blogs and enjoy them too ...
Let me know which one(s) is(are) your favorite(s).

Until next post, take care.

Tuesday Tune 10/05/2010

Ok, first of all I've to make a little rectification to last week post: "Butterfly Kisses" was the song for the wedding party's entrance while I was going through the last minutes touch-up and rehearsal with my Dad ...

Our 'Grand Entrance' was on the featured song of this week Tuesday Tune:

Let's Do A Little Good Friday

Ok, we are now now Sunday !!!

But please excuse me as I was having surgery on Friday and had to stay overnight in the Hospital.



Friday way the 1st of October which marks the beging of the official month dedicated to the fight against Breast Cancer ...

So what better then show our support to this well worthy cause ???



- Add the pink ribbon on your FaceBook page:



- Shop at Safeway:





- And of course make a donation at your favorite organisation ...





Thank you for your support ;-)