[Cheezie survey)

Ok, my sista emailed this to me, and I just figured it would be easier to fill it our here instead of email, so here it goes!!

1. WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING? 6:55 A.M.
2. DIAMONDS OR PEARLS? definitely diamonds
3. WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA? sex & the city-need to get our more!
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? tie! Dirty, Sexy Money, Lipstick Jungle & Grey's
5. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? oatmeal or toast
6. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Annette
7. WHAT FOOD DO YOU DISLIKE? asparagus & artichokes
8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CD? mostly listen to Ipod, mixture of everything
9 . WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? Ford Expedition
10. FAVORITE SANDWICH ? Subway Club, or Quzinos Turkey, Bacon & Ranch or grilled cheese
11. WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU DESPISE? people who think they are better than others
12. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING? capris, tee shirt & flip flops
IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON VACATION, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? Mexico
14. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHROOM? grey
15. FAVORITE BRAND OF CLOTHING? whatever fits
16. WHERE WOULD YOU RETIRE TO? retire, whats that?!
17. WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY? hmmm, not sure, don't rememeber many
18. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? baseball (boys) and hate to admit, but football
19. FURTHEST PLACE YOU ARE SENDING THIS? Ummm, nowhere, but maybe sister in law in France will read
20. WHO DO YOU LEAST EXPECT TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? no one, only gonna blog it
21. PERSON YOU EXPECT TO SEND IT BACK FIRST? no one, only gonna blog it
22. FAVORITE SAYING? oh snap!
24. ARE YOU A MORNING OR NIGHT PERSON? neither :D
25. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE? 9
26. PETS? yes, 2 chocolate labs, Bailey & Remi
27. ANY NEW AND EXCITING NEWS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? I had a dream I was pregnant and hope it is not true (unless it was a girl! LOL)
28. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE? an accountant (how sad!)
29. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? wanna crawl in my sistas bubble, or Mary Jo's happy place
30. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY? just about anything chocolate
31. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER? lillies
32. WHAT IS A DAY ON THE CALENDAR YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO? my next PTO day & then christmas
34. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? homemade elk jerkey YUM~
35. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? sometimes
36. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Yellow ?
37. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? sprinkling
38. FAVORITE SOFT DRINK? diet pepsi in a styrofoam cup
39. FAVORITE RESTAURANT? Local Boyz - Sweet Shoyo Chicken w/macaroni salad
40. SIBLINGS? 2 sistas
41. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, so much anticipation
42. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHild? hmmmm, my adding machine ?!
43. SUMMER OR WINTER? both for different reasons
44. HUGS OR KISSES? lots of both (chocolate and real!)
45. COFFEE OR TEA? coffe in the morning, ice tea in the afternoon
46. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? chocolate
47. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO E-MAIL YOU BACK? just post comments
48. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? hmmm, tears of joy when Drake made a pass for extra point in football game - I know mushy!
49. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED? dust bunnies and empty gun cases
50. WHO IS THE FRIEND YOU HAVE HAD THE LONGEST? my husband
51. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? made dinner, made 2 chocolate peanut butter pies and watched survivor and greys
52. FAVORITE SMELL? fresh cut grass or the fresh smell after it rains
53. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? something happening to my kids or family
54. SALTY OR SWEET? both, together
55. HOW MANY KEYS ON YOUR RING? about 12 - i know about 10 too many
57. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK? Saturday
58. HOW MANY TOWNS HAVE YOU LIVED IN? 2
59. DO YOU MAKE FRIENDS EASILY? friends no, aquintances yes, picky about who I spend free time with and have been majorly burned in the last couple years about trusting the wrong people
56. HOW MANY YEARS AT YOUR CURRENT JOB? with this employer 12 1/2, in the is profession 21 1/2 WAY TOO MANY!!!!

Now you know a little about me!!!

~~HAPPY HALLOWEEN~~

Time for Trick or Treating! I think we are just going to stay home and pass out candy to anyone who ventures out, looks like it is going to be a wet and soggy evening.

Stay warm, stay dry, don't eat too much candy and hopefully your evening doesn't end up like this!!

Mary Jo.....

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM............YUMMMMMMYYYY!!!!!!!



Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie, homemade, doesn't this look good

Fall Back

It's that time of year again, time to:


Don't forget to change your clock this weekend:




I don't know why I thought it was still a week away, but atleast we get an extra hour (of sleep) this weekend. We all need to be sure to use it wisely :D

Also, Drake plays at 1:00 P.M. on Sunday @ Seven Oaks. If they win, then the next weekend they will play at Reser, if they lose, they will play next weekend in Corvallis, but not Reser. Only one game at a time, but would be cool to see them play at Reser!!!

Hmmmmm

Well, tonight we had playoffs for the playoffs (that sounds better than saying tie-breaker!) 3 teams ended up tied for 4th place so we had a tie break thingy tonight at Lebanon High School. It was Kansas City play, basically each team had 2 opportunities to try to score from the 25 yard line and at the end of 2 tries, if it was still tied, then they flipped a coin for the winner. Well, we didn't need the coin, but we also are not going to the playoffs. I think that put us in 6th place. OH WELLL!!!!! I also thought we were done, but now we are in Division 2 and play for a bowl game. Looks like we will play on Sunday, not sure where or when and then we will play again the following Sunday. If we win this Sunday, then next Sunday we will play at Reser (THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!)

I could go on about tonight, but I am going to keep my lips zipped. The boys that played, played as well as they could, don't necessisarly agree with the coach, but, hey I am just a parent in the stand. Atleast my son got to play..

SOOO, I will post results and if they play at Reser the time, I think the kids will think that is cool.

Also looks like we will have about 2 or 3 weeks until basketball practices start so we can have a little reprieve! YEAH!!!

Food Pyramid...

Looks good to me!!!

and the Giants Win....

Drake won his last regular season game today, 25-13. What a beautiful day for football!! It was a great game to watch. Drake had some highlights (and some not so highlights). As quarterback, he threw only the 2nd pass of his whole career and the receiver caught it and then ran for a touchdown WAHOOO, but, the next time he went out on offense he ended up throwing an interception OUCH!!


The picture below was right after he threw the pass........


Then he was on kick return, 1st time ever, got the ball had a nice run for about 20 yards and then fumbled, OUCH!! Then a few plays later, he was on defense and intercepted the ball ran back about 20 plus yard (managaged to hold onto the ball). Do you think I got a picture of any of this NO!!! Then as quarterback, he did get pancaked pretty good one play, but he also had a QB sneak, that he carried for about 5 yards. Then on defense, he got to their quarterback and hit him as he was throwing, pass incomplete! He had a really good game, I was really proud of him.

Evidently this win created a 3 way tie so waiting to see how it all shakes out and it looks like we might go to the playoffs, not really sure yet. Great Game, sorry no one was there to see it!

AHHHHH....peace and quiet

Boy did I need today. I was all alone ALL day. Mark and Gunner left @ 4:30 A.M. to go deer hunting (here are a couple of pics they took, notice there is no deer, bummer for Gunner).

This is the island at Green Peter




Drake was a friends house overnight. SOOOO, when I got up, had a cup of joe, built a fire, grabbed the remote and my book, need I say more. Caught up on some shows I had saved, read a little in my book, did some laundry and the dishes UGH, and then I made an apple pie. It sure looks good, I just hope it tastes as good as it looks. (Yes Mom, that is a Longaberger Pie Plate!)



This is the kind of day everyone needs now and then to recharge, regroup and refresh. I am sure there are a million other things I could/should have done, but they can wait. The only thing that would have made it better, was time to quilt or scrapbook. But, can't have everything. Guess I better go check on my meatballs (sweet & sour meatballs w/rice, salad and biscuits for dinner YUMM!!!)

Been said before..

But gonna say it again.....

TGIF!!!!!

I am so glad it is Friday. This has been the weirdest week. All I can say is, I think people are nuts/crazy/weird and many more adjectives I could think of. I am soo sick of people and their whine a** problems and their drama and everything that goes with it. I won't go into details, but I think I need to take a page from my sista and live in a bubble!!! (or get directions to someones happy place. Mary Jo, how do I get there :D)

I could go on and on about the weird/annoying/drama people, but instead I think I will drink.

SO, a toast to anyone that has read this far and has survived the week!! Enjoy!!!

(time to refill the glass!)

About sums it up.......

One More Thing

One thing I forgot to mention, we may have Drake in black and orange, but what you can't tell or see is, the black sweatshirt he is wearing is an Oregon Duck sweatshirt. He didn't want any of that orange to touch his skin!!!

Catching Up.....

What a bad blogger I am (I think have said that before HEHE). I have not updated in almost a week and the couple people that read this have reminded me of that :D.

Well, I had been sick, and to be honest barely had the energy to get thru the days at work (that is a whole other post for another day). Here is picture of the boys before the Beaver game we went to. This is only the 2nd time we have been able to get Drake in Beaver colors. It was a good game to watch, they blew away Washington State. The boys had fun, and that is all that matters, right?!



Drake had a football on Saturday, we lost, should have won. I believe that lost bumped us from the playoffs, but I am being told we should have a bowl game. Not sure, but if we do, there is a possibility it will be played at Reser Stadium. That would be fun. Drake had some good plays, had an awesome tackle, which of course we did not get a picture of. It was at the high school football field, was a nice evening for football. His last regular season game is Sunday @ 2:00 P.M. at LBCC (hopefully won't change) (This was the score at halftime)



Then we had baseball on Sunday, the last game of fall ball YEAH!!!!! We won 12-1, and the fall ball team was undeafeted for the season. I am just glad no more Sunday drives to Oregon City!!! I don't know if I was just ready to be done, but I thought the game was kinda boring and long. I don't think it had anything to do with the fact we have had something baseball related since February, yes February and during the months of May and June, every weekend was baseball. To be honest, there were a few good plays and a few good hits, but I can't even remember them. Gunner did have a runner in a pickle and he was tagged out, but that was about it....

Soooo, here is the latest at the Harrison's will try to post more consistently and now it's time to get ready for basketball :D

Hump Day.....

Ahhh, Wednesday, Hump Day, at this point, we are past the dread of Monday and Tuesday and looking forward to Friday, knowing we only have 2 more days to go. Not much to right about, still feeling like crap, wishing my nose would quit running.......Wish I had some really good words of wisdom, but I don't, so Happy Hump Day, stay warm and until next time........

Schedule Update

One thing that always stays the same is change :D

Ok, schedule change for football. The game was originally scheduled for Sunday @ 2:00 P.M.,now it is at 5:00 P.M. on Saturday at Lebanon High School (Free Admission). The weather looks like it will be a good day for football!!!

Have a great day!

**Winning Weekend**

First, I was really going to try to be better and update more often, but, ya know things happen. I have a really bad cold and have not felt like doing anything but vegging on the couch. Did I get to do that, of course not!! Too Much going on....

Well, I did veg for most of the morning on Saturday, Drake had practice so I had a couple hours of peace and quiet! Then we had to get ready, we had tickets to the Beavers game. Boy, that was a fun game to watch. The boys were sitting down on the end zone and had a pretty good view. We were sitting in a group of ROWDY drunk people (Mark knew most of them). Spent the whole game standing up. But it was alot of fun to watch. The Beavs won 66-13 (I think the Ducks won too, but I feel asleep shortly after halftime).

Then Sunday dawned bright, clear, sunny and cold (Although I swear about 6:30 A.M. I heard it drizzling). The day started with a football game for Drake at 12:00 in South Salem (they have a really nice field!). The first quarter and 1/2 of the 2nd were scoreless, then they scored and we stopped them from the getting their extra point, YEAH!! Then our team had the ball, Drake's offense was out, and the 2nd play, Drake handed it off and Maddox ran about 70 yards and scored YEAH!! In this league, the kids do not kick for extra points, they have to run it in. I am not sure if it was that drive or the next one, but Drake went out as QB and threw a pass and that was caught for the extra point. It was a VERY proud mommy moment. I wish I had that on film. We went on to win 19-12. The team we played had the same record as us 2-2 and had lost to the same 2 teams as us, so it was kinda sweet to beat them. It was a good game to watch. Next Sunday's game is at Lebanon High School at 2:00 P.M.

Well, we left the football field and headed straight to Oregon City for Baseball game @ 3:00 P.M., we got there about 2:45. Not much time for the kids to warm up and not much time for Drake to shift gears from football to baseball. Drake ended up catching the whole game (5 or 6 innings, dont' remember). It was a pretty good game. Gunner played short stop and had about 4 plays that he fielded the ball and threw the runner out at 1st. He had a really nice hit down the 3rd base line! Was happy to see that. Drake caught a pop up behind home plate and threw a kid out stealing 3rd, and then threw a kid out at 1st on a dropped 3rd strike. I think that was Drake's last baseball game for the the fall (not sure what they are going to do for a catcher. WOuld like to see Gunner try it :D) There are 2 more baseball games, and Gunner will have to hitch a ride with someone. Oh, the score ended up 14-3, we won :D.

Well, I that is my weekend update, 2 more weekends for both football and baseball. Not sure if the boys are going to play basketball. Of course after both seasons are over, what am I going to have to talk about!!! (I will figure something out).

Have a Happy Monday!

P.S. WOW, I was long winded!! I did take some pics, but didn't get them off my camera, so this post will be picless..........

~~Hola~~

ok, just had to share/vent.....today we started our spanish classes at work. Yes, we have to learn spanish, and we have to learn as much as we can in a 1 hour class, 1 day a week for 6 weeks (well and our practice/homework time in between!)..Ya know, I took 4 years in high school, wish I could remember it, but I am thinking, I really don't think I should have to learn it for my job. I guess on the bright side, we are taking the classes, @ work during work hours, but still.....

SOOO, this is what I learned today: Hola, yo me llama Donna.

Of course, my favorite phrase is: Uno mas Cervaza (don't mind if I do!!!)

Agony of Defeat......

Yes, we lost our game today....BUT, it was a team that was undefeated and at halftime it was 0-6. The score ended up being 0-18, but our boys played really good. The score doesn't show it, but our boys were really good on defense and Drake had some really good hits on defense. Not sure why, but he didn't play much offense. The rain held off mostly until about 1/2 way thru the 4th quarter. Was thinking it was going to be a mud bowl, but Corvallis High School has turf, so there was no mud, maybe next time......

Here are a few pics, this one he had handed off the ball and was about ready to land on his buttocks, ok, or his head.

 

This one he is in the top of the picture, running

 

Here is trying to make a tackle...didn't work so well :D (he is the one horizontal)

 

The team is now 2-2, need to win the rest of the games(?) to make it to the playoffs. As of this time, next week's game is at Noon @ South Salem (then baseball @ 3:00 in Oregon City, unless rained out)

Only had football today, the baseball game was rained out (kinda glad) so we were able to get some things done around the house. Didn't get any scrapbooking or quilting done, but got caught up on all my DVR shows. Off to read the newspaper, have a good week.

"It's raining......

It's pouring, the ol' man is snoring"

Ok, I am weird, and I know I will shortly regret this, but man it is kinda nice to see the rain. It makes everything look and smell so clean. I actually hope it pours buckets ALL day tomorrow (Saturday)!! The rain makes me feel domestic and like I want to stay home and cook (not clean!) and scrapbook or just veg on the couch and watch a movie, or all the smutty tv shows I have on DVR (Ya know, like Desperate Housewives, Lipstick Jungle, Dirty Sexy Money, see the theme HAHA).

BUT, the reality is different, I hope this is not the start of the long wintery rainy stuff!! AND the reality is probably grocery shopping, cleaning, running kids, ya know, normal mommy stuff!!!

Stay dry, stay warm and have a great day!!!