These are a Few of my Favorite Things

Blog Stalking

I have been a blog stalker for quite some time now. Definitely for the last year, maybe longer. I love following links from one blog to another and looking at peoples' blogs whom I don't know (or barely know). I love finding great pictures and funny stories. As for me, I have had a couple of blogs (my trip to Poland, I started a blog for my family), but have never kept a regular personal blog. This is my attempt to change that.

When I returned from a month off of work for my wedding in November, I was shocked to find that, of all things, blogspot had been blocked from our computers because it is a "social networking" site. I was pretty disappointed and had resorted to having Will save and send me all the cute pictures of Sam that Becca was posting. Perhaps because he didn't like being my conduit, Will introduced me to Google Reader. It gives me all the updates (and comments) to the blogs I love to read on one page. And, I can read them at work. I like to say that it has cut down my daily time devotion to blog stalking, but really it's just freed up some of that time to find new blogs to stalk.

And, speaking of Google, I have to give a shout-out to what I like to call Google Texting. It has revolutionized my way of finding things. Send a text to Google (466453) and, almost instantly, it gives me what I'm asking for. I use "Google Texting" to find restaurants, stores, addresses, to look up flights, scores, and the weather. It's amazing. And free (if you have free text messaging). To find out how, follow the link above. Let's just say that I'm using many more of my 250 allotted text message per month now. And for anyone text-a-phobic, or who doesn't have text messages to spare, try out 1-800-Goog-411, a free alternative to 411. I discovered it while in San Francisco for work in September and haven't payed $1.25 to get a number since.

Heat Seaters

Some of you may refer to the as seat heaters, but to me they will always be heat seaters, and they will ALWAYS be. I can't imagine a car without them. Seriously, the other morning it was 23 degrees and I got into my car, turned on the heat seater, and started driving. I was almost to work when I realized that I was super toasty, and that I hadn't turned the heat on. Heat seaters are great in the winter, but they're also great year round when your backs a little sore, when it's just a little cool, or when it's cool but you want to feel the fresh air so you drive with the windows down. I'm very grateful for heat seaters. I'm also very grateful that Will's car has heat seaters. Their absence may have jeopardized our relationship. Love them.

And, last but not least, for today....

Mangoes and Sticky Rice

Hands down, my favorite dessert. Tonight, we decided to order pizza and ordered from the pizza place (Lost Dog Cafe - yummy) next to my favorite Thai place (Thai Noy - yummier) so that we (Will) could pick up mangoes and sticky rice for dessert. If you haven't tried it, you should. And, as far as desserts go, it's pretty healthy.

Wow. Two posts in one day. And, back to stalking I go.