What is his name? Mark Ryan Keel
How long have you been married? 10 Crazy, Amazing Years!!!
How long did you date? For a few months when we were in high school & a few dates here & there until we graduated high school & lost touch until we got back together late 1997.
How old is he? 32 (which he hates & he so doesn't even look it!!!!!)
Who eats more sweets? DEFINITELY ME!
Who said I love you first? He did, on the swing in his parents' yard.
Who is taller? He is.
Who can sing better? I think he can sing great, but he just doesn't like to. I think I sing pretty well.
Who is smarter? He is way smarter than me.
Who does the laundry? I do, but he is helpful when it gets to be too much, especially when it comes to his work clothes not being clean. Sorry hunny!
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Facing which way? Am I looking at the bed from the end, if so, he sleeps on the right. When he leaves for work, I like to sneak over to his side & snuggle in his pillow. It smells like him.
Who mows the lawn? Mark mostly, but I help when the kids are calm enough for me to go out there. Sometimes yard work is like a date for us, hahah.
Who cooks dinner? I do. But lately it hasn't been often. I think Mark can cook better than me, but he just doesn't have much time to do it.
Who drives? I do. There is a guy that checks id's as you go on post to Fort Knox & he will always tease me about chauffeuring him around, like I'm spoiling him.
Who is more stubborn? Me by a mile!
Who kissed who first? He kissed me. And I recall him saying it wasn't a very good kiss & he was glad I got better. Maybe I was just nervous, hahaha.
Who asked who out first? Mark broke up with his girlfriend at the time to ask me to his prom. WOO HOO!
Who proposed? Of course Mark!!
Who has more siblings? I do. He has one sister, I have two brothers & one sister.
Who wears the pants? It's an equal partnership, but we each have roles where we have to wear the pants more often.
Ok now I tag Sybil, Tara, Chandi & Christy & ANYONE ELSE who wants to do it!
The Penny: A Novel by Joyce Meyer
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
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Bagels from Panera Bread!! My favorite, the literally named Everything bagel. If Mark knew I paid that much for bagels he would forbid me from ever buying them again, but they are just sooooooo good, especially with a very flavorful cream cheese to generously spread on them!
Freschetta Baby Portabello Mushroom & Spinach pizza
Self explanatory & seen in earlier posts, so you already know I love them. They are sinfully good.
Mark & I celebrated our 10th anniversary yesterday, Friday, May 23, 2008. We married in the afternoon of May 23, 1998 in Holland, Michigan surrounded by friends and family. It was a perfect day and so was yesterday. I cannot believe how madly in love I am with this great man. As most know, we already took our backpacking trip which was to celebrate our 10 years of adventure together, but we also had to do something to signify the actual day of our anniversary. Well, much to my displeasure I spent the ENTIRE week laying in bed very, very ill with aggravated strep throat. Yes, not just strep throat, but aggravated strep throat. BUT! On Friday, with really good pain pills & a full 24 hours + of antibiotics in my system I was able to get up out of bed, make myself look presentable, and clean the house a bit to surprise Mark when he got home from work. I didn't have the time or energy to get him a gift, so I cleaned up his armoire by refolding all the clothes and reorganizing them. To you my love, I give you the gift of cleanliness. What did he get me? A beautiful bouquet of flowers and a freakin' Citizen watch & bracelet! Way to show me up honey!! But, a girl's never going to complain about jewelry!! And I'm pretty sure my husband would never complain about a clean house. Happy TENTH!
Days I have not shopped at
Wal-Mart:
16 and counting
Shopping Trips I have made elsewhere, thus avoiding Wal-Mart completely:
4
People who have been brave enough
to take up my cause along with me & found happiness in other stores:
2
Threats I have received for trying to smear Wal-Mart's name:
1 (from my husband, who mentioned that men in black suits might start watching us outside our house or even become so angered by my cause that they could even come & take me away & force me to shop at a Wal-Mart – hahahaha)
Maybe it was a lifetime of chores on the family farm that accounts for Edna Parker's long life. Or maybe just good genes explain why the world's oldest known person will turn 115 on Sunday, defying staggering odds.
Only 75 living people — 64 women and 11 men — are 110 or older, according to the Gerontology Research Group of Inglewood, Calif., which verifies reports of extreme ages.
Scientists who study longevity hope Parker and others who live to 110 or beyond — they're called supercentenarians — can help solve the mystery of extreme longevity.
"We don't know why she's lived so long," said Don Parker, her 59-year-old grandson. "But she's never been a worrier and she's always been a thin person, so maybe that has something to do with it."
On Friday, Edna Parker laughed and smiled as relatives and guests released 115 balloons into sunny skies outside her nursing home. Dressed in pearls, a blue and white polka dot dress and new white shoes, she clutched a red rose during the festivities.
Only 75 living people — 64 women and 11 men — are 110 or older, according to the Gerontology Research Group of Inglewood, Calif., which verifies reports of extreme ages.
A widow since her husband, Earl, died in 1938 of a heart attack, Parker lived alone in their farmhouse until age 100, when she moved into her son Clifford's home. She cheated death a few months later.
Her room at the Heritage House Convalescent Center in Shelbyville, Ind., about 25 miles southeast of Indianapolis, is adorned with teddy bears and photos of her five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great grandchildren. She's outlived her two sons, Clifford and Earl Jr.
Her two sisters also are deceased. Georgia lived to be 99, while her sister Opal was 88 when she died.
Parker's long-lived sisters are typical of other centenarians, according to Dr. Nir Barzilai, director of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Institute for Aging Research in New York. Nearly all of them have a sister, mother or other relative who lived a long life, he said.
"Longevity is in the family history," Barzilai said.
He and other scientists have found several genetic mutations in centenarians that may play a role in either slowing the aging process or boosting resistance to age-related diseases.
Perls said the secret to a long life is now believed to be a mix of genetics and environmental factors such as health habits. He said his research on about 1,500 centenarians hints at another factor that may protect people from illnesses such as heart attacks and stroke — they appear not to dwell on stressful events.
"They seem to manage their stress better than the rest of us," he said.
My thoughts:
BATON ROUGE, La. — The most serious sex crimes should be punishable by castration, with drugs or surgery, the Louisiana Senate voted on Tuesday.
The bill by Sen. Nick Gautreaux, D-Meaux, would give judges the option of imposing chemical castration on those convicted of sex crimes including aggravated rape, simple rape and indecent behavior with a juvenile. Chemical castration would be mandatory on second offenses, and the offender would have the option of choosing physical castration instead.
Senators voted 32-3 to send the measure to the House.
Chemical castration would involve treatment with the drug medroxyprogesterone acetate, with the aim of diminishing the offender's sexual impulses. Gautreaux amended the bill to add a provision that would bar such an offender from taking another substance — such as estrogen — that could counteract the effects of the castration drug.
The drug treatment would be mandatory on a second offense, though a medical expert would have to determine that the treatment would be effective.
Once ordered to undergo the treatment, the offender would have the option of physical castration — which Gautreaux said some offenders might prefer to avoid any drug side effects or in hopes of permanently curbing impulses that led to his offense.
Voting against the measure were Sens. Cheryl Gray, D-New Orleans, Robert Kostelka, R-West Monroe, and Derrick Shepherd, D-Marrero.
Also awaiting House debate is another Gautreaux bill that would prohibit sex offenders from wearing masks or costumes on most major holidays, and prohibit them from giving candy or other gifts to people younger than 18. The bill (Senate Bill 143) by Sen. Nick Gautreaux, D-Meaux, now goes to the House for debate. Violators could be jailed for a minimum of six months and a maximum of three years.
Not only was I thrilled about the spring flowers I came upon yesterday, but also the spring finds I came upon today! I was out shopping for Mark's birthday which is this coming Sunday & I couldn't help but scoop up some of these delicious good deals for myself!
