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Love to Love it #97 October 22, 2009

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I love to LOVE a s’more…….. or four or five or six of them!  Can’t beat that melt in your mouth deliciousness of toasted marshmallow, warm chocolate, and crisp graham cracker!  I go camping one time a year, and the main draw is the unlimited s’mores.  What a joy to find a fire and toast some up!  Yummmmmm!

 

Love to Love it #82 March 10, 2009

Filed under: Electronics, Recreation — gretchenannlee @ 10:56 pm

wii

I love to love the Nintendo Wii!  I have only played this a handful of times, but it’s enough to tell that I am in LOVE!  We don’t own one, and that’s probably best ( if we did-I would NEVER get anything done-it’s SO addictive).  I usually hate video games, especially all the newer systems-XBox 360, Nintendo DS, blah, blah, blah……I don’t understand how to play any of those games.  They are all 3D and I can’t understand how to use the controller.  The Wii however, I can get behind….a few buttons, you play by waving it around…..I’m in love.  My favorite game BY FAR is bowling (it’s the first video game that I can beat my husband at).  I can’t get enough of it-and can’t wait to play it again soon!

 

Love to Love #78 February 13, 2009

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camelback

I love to love my pink BPA free Camelback 16 oz. water bottle.  It’s such a nice size and I love that the plastic is BPA free!  This water bottle is a little different, you drink from a straw.  It took me a little time to get used to the way the straw works (you have to bite it for any water to be able to come up), but I love it now.  The straw is leak proof.  So for a clumsy girl like me, that’s perfect!  Plus, it’s so great for the environment to  reuse instead of opening a new plastic water bottle each time you want some water!

 

Love to Love it #74 January 14, 2009

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I love to love SNOOD!  I hate video games, but I CAN’T stop playing this computer game!  It’s so addicting!  I found this in college-talk about a time sucker when I should have been studying!  Snood is hard to explain-it’s a little tetris like.  The best thing to do it go here and try the free demo!  I think you’ll be hooked!

 

Love to Love it # 68 December 9, 2008

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christmas-vacation

I love to love National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation!  Nothing says the holidays like Chevy Chase on the roof!  I had never seen this movie until I joined my husband’s family.  They watch it every Thanksgiving night, to “kick off” the season.  I never get sick of this movie.  I LOVE it!  I usually pull it out once in July for fun and then watch it 2-3 times around the holidays.  My favorite scene is when the entire family is sitting around the dinner table and the aunt is praying but says the pledge of allegiance instead.  I think everyone can see their family in this movie somewhere.  Sometimes, I see a little too much of my family in this movie :) .  

Hip-hip-hooray for Christmas Vacation!

 

Love to LOVE It #36 July 31, 2008

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I love to LOVE the Indianapolis Mini Marathon! This past spring was my first half marathon!  I loved it.  The training was so long and such a commitment, but it really paid off on race day!  I will never forget coming across the start line for the first time with thousands of people cheering us on!  It was one of the hardest things I have ever done.  I was really excited to cross the finish line :) .  I couldn’t have done it without my running partner Lindsy!  We weren’t the fastest (really not the fastest) runners, but we had a great time…..and we FINISHED!  13.1 miles! I can’t believe it!  Now the question is, will I do it again next year?

 

Love to Love It #32 July 9, 2008

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I love to love Noblesville, Indiana!  I spent 17 years of my life calling this great place home.  I love the neighborhood I grew up in, how it has sidewalks and a community park and pool, and lots of trees.  I love Morse Lake, and my old high school.  I love the downtown square with Alexander’s Ice Cream and Noble Coffee and Tea.  I love that my ENTIRE family lives in this town!  If this wasn’t enough, Forbe’s magazine recently named Hamilton County the best place to raise a family in the US!  I miss living there, but love how close it is to Kokomo.  There is something about Indiana summers that makes me miss this place like crazy!  Maybe that’s why I’ve been back twice this week!  :)

 

Love to LOVE it #30 June 28, 2008

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I really love to LOVE Aunt Sue’s Tea Room!  This little gem is located in Marion, Indiana.  An unlikely spot for such a lovely place.  I can’t say enough great things about this tea room.  I have been several times, with family and friends and most recently, my awesome husband (God love him) even joined me, thanks to an invite from Sarah and Sam.  It is such a fun place to take girlfriends to enjoy a quite and relaxing afternoon.  I always get the Queen’s Tea. This is only $10.00 and comes with your own pot of tea, soup, chicken salad or a green salad, 2 scones (with devonshire cream and lemon curd-my favorite- for dipping), fruit, 3 finger sandwiches, and 3 desserts.  It is such a deal and so delicious!  All I can tell you is, go try it for yourself!  You won’t be disappointed!

 

 

Love to Love it #27 June 19, 2008

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I love to love Ace of Cakes on the Food Network!  Jason and I watch this show all the time.  It’s a show about a small cake bakery in Baltimore that makes amazing cakes!  Duff is the owner and he has hired all of his friends to help him whip up all the delicious creations.  The show follows that decorators as they make their beautiful designs each week.  So fun!

 

Love to Love it #16 May 16, 2008

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I LOVE to LOVE my new purple ipod shuffle! My husband got this for me for my birthday, to help me with my mini marathon training.  I have to say clipping this onto my shirt while I run is a lot better than holding my old ipod for 5 miles!  I can’t believe all the music that fits in this little guy, what will they think of next?

By the way the new ipod headphones rock, they are awesome!