Happy Valentines Weekend!

I don't usually get overly excited about Valentine's Day. I'm well aware of the fact that it's a holiday created by Hallmark. But as a couple that has to watch every penny that leaves the bank account and work twice as hard to pay monthly bills, we need the occasional excuse to splurge a little and do something nice for each other which generally falls on anniversaries, birthdays and Valentine's Day. We have a habit of not buying for each other at Christmas time because we much prefer giving gifts to people so we put all of our funds towards that.

So what I'm really excited about is a day of being cheesy, a day of being overly lovey and I day to just celebrate the two of us and our love. It started with me sucking at keeping a secret and giving Jarrad the shipping confirmation for a book I ordered him from Amazon (It won't get here until 2/18 so there's no way I could have waited that long). This was followed by my husband surprising me by showing up at the office for lunch and bringing with him flowers which he purposefully had the florist remove the roses from the arrangement and substitute them with tulips, my favorite! I love it when he remembers the little things.

Tonight we're heading to Chapel Hill and Carrboro for an art walk, then it's off to Southern Rail for a delicious meal together. What will we do later tonight? Wouldn't you like to know ;-)

So here's to my favorite valentine, the best husband in the world! And for the opportunity to spoil each other a bit.

Gian Fulgoni Discusses Top Social Media Trends

Got another fun interview for you...I don't mean to be a geek about what I do, but I can't help it.

Also, has anyone noticed how much I like to use "..."? Oh well, just because I'm aware of it doesn't mean I'll stop, :)

Check out the interview on Ignite's Blog.

Jarrad's Craig's List Posting

Found this on Craigslist tonight and now I'm convinced Jarrad published this posting:

As Seen on Ignite's blog: "Twitpic is Unique: Founder Noah Everett Explains Why"

Here's another post I published to the Ignite site. I think it's fun for everyone so sit back, grab a small bag of popcorn and enjoy the 1 minute 15 second interview (fastest interview ever because I'm the fastest talker ever).

Sorry, cheating on you guys again. I'm still writing. I posted to Ignite's blog friday, check it out: http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/yoplait-social-media-example/.

Also, new post by Wednesday evening....keep your eyes peeled.

Charlie Brown: An Unexpected Farewell Part 2

Shortly after my last post about Charlie I finalized part 2 with a video. After pouring my heart out I realized I'd created a 15 minute video. But that's not one of those videos you edit. It was raw footage and the only way I was going to post it was as is. Except, YouTube wasn't willing to accept that nor was Blogger. Trust me, I tried for 1.5 months. I tried using different formatting to no avail. So, good news for you is that you will not be able to witness my 15 minutes of crying over my precious Charlie.

Bottom line is we lost Charlie Thanksgiving weekend. She escaped a friend's house and proceeded to do what she did best- run. That pup was the FASTEST dog I've ever seen, seriously. Once she took off there was no catching her. Unfortunately, like an uninhibited child, Charlie took off running with no fear of what could happen and the worst thing that could happen, happened.

I'll save the horrible details of that day as I'm done crying over it and don't want to re-live it. The truth is, it's made me appreciate Sarge and Mackey and the joy they bring us that much more and I try to give lots more love, attention and outside play time (since they actually listen and it helps that they can't out-run us like Charlie).

Instead, this is my final goodbye because I want to continue a year of thanks, a year of happiness....I vow to find the good in every situation. Now, don't get me wrong- I'm sure there will be times I can't resist complaining or venting via my blog but not like in late 2008 and the beginning of 2009. This is a year of happiness so for now let's say goodbye to Charlie one last time so that I can finally move on:

Goodbye Charlie Brown your short year on earth brought more joy than you can ever imagine and I will not forget you. I love you:

Hey, look what I can do!

I know, bad blogger, bad!!! I haven't written in a while but I do have 7 posts planned, it's just a matter of actually sitting and writing them (which I plan to do this weekend). BUT, I haven't stopped writing all together so I thought I'd share. Recently, I wrote a guest post for Nature Made SAM-e Complete's Good Mood Blog about how thinking positively helped me get through the marathon and it went live today. Check out the Good Mood Blog to read it.

See you soon!