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Master Tuber…

by agirlandhermutt on January 23, 2011

First thing first…I got a few tweets,comments and messages asking me about one of my Fantastic Four answers.

3. Four words/phrases I use a lot
I’ll give you $1…

Just to give you an idea of how I use the phrase it typically goes down like this.

ME: I’ll give you $1 if you can guess who had toilet paper stuck to her shoe…AGAIN.
Coworker: Ha! You are so wrong.

ME: I’ll give you $1 if you will pour me a glass of wine.
The Scientist: You are such a bum…and a lush. Keep your $1. Winking smile

I’ve also used it on this blog before! I never even realized till I did a little digging around. Check out here, here, and here.

Weekend Warrior!

Its official. I could be in the Olympics for snow tubing. Watch for me in 2014!

Over the weekend The Scientist and I dressed up in about 10 layers of clothing and hit the slopes at Amesbury Sports Park. Neither of us had been tubing so we were looking for something low key and close by.

For $22 each we were able to get 3-hours of tubing. You have your choice of riding up the people mover, a moving sidewalk that takes you and your tube to the top of the hill.

OR you can sit in your tube and ride up the hill in style.

Once you get to the top of the hill, pick your perfect place to drop your tube, and go to town!

Even though we were bundled up I could feel a few icicles forming on my nose stud. How gross is that!?

We managed to go down quite a few times until our little hands couldn’t take the cold any longer. Brrr!

Tubing=FUN! We decided that our next adventure is going to be learning how to snowboard. I’ve been skiing once and I don’t think two skis are for me. For those in the area, any ideas on where I should go to learn?! What equipment should I bring that I can’t rent?!

Oh, and thank goodness we went on a Saturday. On Sunday I watched Frozen. Oh heck no.

Not the best movie ever but enough to make me rethink going on a ski lift a little. EEK! Winking smile

Hope you had a great weekend! Give me some snowboarding tips!

PS. I took a video of the two of us flying down the hill. Unfortunately I cackle like the witch from the Wizard of Oz for the entire video. HA! Next time!

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland!

by agirlandhermutt on January 12, 2011

Around 1a or so this morning it started…the snow. You may ask, “What the heck were you doing up at 1a?” Ahh. Good question. Korky. The answer is Korky. He is a old dog and has a tendency to want to go outside at the most awkward times. Good thing he is cute!

As it started to snow, it started to immediately lay.

Nothing major but spoke much of the future.

Of course Korky had to check out the snow to remember that he HATES snow.

I was spot on that it was going to be MAJOR in the morning. I woke up to a true Winter Wonderland. SNOW DAY!

I was fortunate to be one of the few that still had electricity. We were hanging on by a thread though!

Of course, Korky needed to get out so I decided to go on a little photo shoot. A short photo shoot. Very short. Smile

The weight of the snow was already starting to show that we would be facing some clean up in the future. Buried cars. Messy sidewalks. Broken trees.

Korky and I felt like we were the only people that were on the face of the planet. Kind of a creepy but freeing feeling!

Someone got his head a little too close to a snow mound though. Poor guy.

I knew it was time to go in when Kork gave me his super sad “let me in” look!

Please?

PLEASEEEEE?!

As we went inside I did a little inspecting in the backyard. Whoa. I guess no grilling?

After putting a solid day of work at home, I took the plunge and trekked down to the square to meet up with The Scientist and go in search of some lunch.

Fortunately some of the sidewalks were cleaned off. Not all though and when they weren’t, they REALLY were not.

I found him! Don’t worry. I had my hood up. I just was readjusting my hair. Its hard to have a ton of hair when it has to be up in a hat. This bowling ball doesn’t tame well.

We ended up on the bus to Harvard Square!

Dark & Stormy with some Mulled Wine to warm up a VERY cold day.

Its going to be a few days of clean up before we can easily get around but I’m so glad that for the most part the streets are clean and everyone is safe & warm. I’m secretly hoping that it sticks around for a bit so I can get some snowshoeing in!

Are you a snow person? Did you get any snow today?!

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Life Is Good!

by agirlandhermutt on September 14, 2010

My favorite book arrived in my mailbox on Saturday…the IKEA 2011 book! Even Korkapoo was excited!

Ok, well he wasn’t so much excited as trying to move it so he could find his spot on my bed. Caught in the act buckaroo!

I have a serious obsession with IKEA (example here). When I first moved to my new apartment I needed furniture and I needed it yesterday. My cute little living room looked like I picked it up right off the display floor and transported it home.

Fortunately it has since been “Erinfied” and has a lot more character going on. I promise! I have been circling and marking like a nutzo in the catalog and I see a shopping trip in the future. Woot!

Ok, enough gushing about a weird furniture store. On to more fun things! This past Sunday The Scientist and I headed out to Prowse Farms for the Life Is Good Festival. Who doesn’t enjoy a great day of festivaling and music?!

It was a little overcast on Sunday, but it wasn’t blazing so I was a happy camper.

We showed up just in time to see OK GO hit the stage.

If you haven’t heard of them or their music, you MUST watch this video to get their vibe. Totally worth the watch.

Their show was FANTASTIC! They have so much audience interaction. At one point they asked if anyone in the audience played the guitar. Some guy raised his hand so the band brought him on stage to play with them. How great is that?!

They were super creative and how all kinds of cool instruments on the stage, including hand bells. The Northeast loves them so hand bells!

The lead singer even came out straight into the audience to play. I love getting up close and personal with the band.

We had a little break between bands so we did a tour of the festival grounds.

It was a kid friendly festival. Seriously kid friendly.

There was someone making these crazy balloon hats. They were insane and even larger than you can possibly imagine!

They were everywhere!

Life is Good is all about being green, even when it came to our beer.

We watched Brett Dennen for a bit and then got some munchies, including a veggie sandwich from The Fireplace.

They are certified green!

Get in my belly you yummy thing!

In order to stay away from disposable water bottles, people were encouraged to bring their own refillable bottles.

Our next stop was to see Boston natives, Guster, over at the main stage.

I loved that Guster even had a fun pretty video guy. So stylish! This guy spent most of the time asking people to move out of the way. I couldn’t help but laugh every time he “shooshoo”ed people out of the way.

We booked it back over to the other stage just in time to see Corrine Bailey Rae take the stage. I’m in love with everything about this lady. She has the amazing accent, even better hair and is so tiny in person!

And then…the big event…JASON MRAZ!

We were kind of far back, but we could hear perfectly. My camera just couldn’t handle the mega zoom needed to get Jason perfect. Whatev. Check out the major stage he was on!

I was so impressed with the festival. It was well organized, there were great musical acts, and everyone was right on time. I love punctuality!

LIFE IS GOOD and even better at a festival!

Speaking of a great time, the other day I received a lovely little email from one of the managers at Fish House, my fave restaurant in Pensacola. They had read my stellar review and wanted to thank me for being a great customer. Check out how they said thanks!