And now for something completely different...

A little Friday afternoon fun.

We're totally nerds.

Take a look.

Here is Carrie's Nerd type:

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd   Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It's okay. I understand.
Musician
Social Nerd
Drama Nerd
Artistic Nerd
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Science/Math Nerd
Anime Nerd
What Be Your Nerd Type?

Oh yah, Jonathan's a total nerd too.

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Drama Nerd   You sure do love the spotlight and probably have a very out-going and loud personality. Or not. That's just a stereotype, of course. Participation in the theatre is something to be very proud of. Whether you have a great voice for musicals, or astounding skills for dramas/comedies; keep up the good work. We need more entertainment these days that isn't television and video games (not that these things are bad, necessarily.)
Social Nerd
Literature Nerd
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Musician
Science/Math Nerd
Artistic Nerd
Anime Nerd
What Be Your Nerd Type?

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We wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Thanksgivoween.

For those of you reading from the United States, have you noticed how the holiday season here in the last three months of the year has sort of blended into one?

Well, this has dawned a new holiday: Thanksgivoween.

We want to wish each and every one of you a very Merry Thanksgivoween.

Hi everyone!

We're writing to let you know that we're home now.
We will keep posting our trip with stories, thoughts, and (of course) pictures.

Thanks for tracking (and in some cases participating in) our Honeymoon trek across Europe. More pictures and stories coming shortly!

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My sister had this on her blog. So I took the quizzes, and here are my results:

You Are Olive Green

You are the most real of all the green shades. You're always true to yourself. For you, authenticity and honesty are very important... both in others and yourself. You are grounded and secure. It takes a lot to shake you. People see you as dependable, probably the most dependable person they know.

You Are Crimson Red

Down to earth and warm-hearted, you instantly make everyone feel at ease around you. And while you have an understated passion - you lack the uncontrolled passion of most other reds. You prefer to sit back and enjoy every situation life has to offer. You put an optimistic spin on everything. And even when things are going well, you don't get too amped up. You prefer to keep your emotions as steady as possible.

You Are Indigo

Of all the shades of blue, you are the most funky, unique, and independent. Expressing yourself and taking a leap of faith has always been easy for you.

Sound like me? What colors are you? Please comment with your results.

Jonathan's Colors

You Are Grass Green

Down to earth and a bit of a hippie, you are very into nature and the outdoors. You accept the world and people as they are. You don't try to change things. You are also very comfortable with yourself, flaws and all. Optimistic about the future, you feel like life is always getting better.

You Are Apple Red

You're never one to take life too seriously, and because of it, you're a ton of fun. And although you have a great sense of humor, you are never superficial. Deep and caring, you do like to get to the core of people - to understand them well. However, any probing you do is light hearted and fun, sometimes causing people to misjudge you.

You Are Navy Blue

You're a true adventurer. You constantly find yourself drawn to new experiences, people, and places. Sometimes you feel quite scattered and bored. If something exciting isn't going on, you feel a bit lost.

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I steal a lot of ideas from my sister Michelle. I saw this idea on her blog and thought I'd try it. Do a google search where you type in (your name) needs. So, the results for Carrie needs are...

1. Carrie needs a nice hot bath (no kidding)
2. Carrie needs some care herself (doesn't that come with the bath?)
3. Carrie needs help...please (Why yes I do. Anyone want to take a test for me next week?)
4. Carrie needs a boyfriend who she wants (Nope, I have one of those thank you)
5. Carrie needs a Stanford (Depends on what is meant by a Stanford, but I don't think I do)
6. Carrie needs to go back to school (NO WAY!)
7. Carrie needs to eat (Actually, I just ate dinner. Thanks Jonathan!)
8. Carrie needs more than deep-breathing (uhhhh ok ???)
9. Carrie needs to speak to her superordinate (about what?)
10. Carrie needs to do what is best for HER (Yer darn skippy)

Try it out with your name and post it in the comments section. (PLEASE, it's fun!) What do you need?

Bonus:
Carrie needs a mike that works with both fiddle and voice (Now if only I played the fiddle...or sang in front of people)

Thanks Michelle!

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The last five books I've read (completed in the last five weeks even)

You can check out www.carriesclassics.com to read my reviews of them (and post your own if you've read them too)!

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I borrowed this idea from my sister Michelle. Thanks M!

You're Loosely Based!
by Storey Clayton
While most people haven't heard of you, you're a really good and interesting person. Rather clever and witty, you crack a lot of jokes about the world around you. You do have a serious side, however, where your interest covers the homeless and the inequalities of society. You're good at bringing people together, but they keep asking you what your name means.
Take the Book Quiz at the Blue Pyramid.

Which book are you? Take the quiz.

Please comment with your results!!

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Jonathan sent me flowers for my birthday last week! How nice of him. He had to switch the delivery address at the last minute because I "moved" from my sister's house to my brother's hosue (about an hour a way). Thanks Jonathan!

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We were at Target the other night, and we were walking through the toy section. We say all these multi-colored "pills" on the floor. When we picked them up, we realized that they were those foam things that expand and turn into something when placed in hot water. Someone had opened a package of dinosaur expandable capsules and most of them landed on the floor. We decided to take them home and see how they worked. Here's what the package looked like:

After they all expanded, this is what they look like.

The captions are our best guesses for what they are. I don't really see many dinosaurs in there... Do you?

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It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each
day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of
Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria found in feces. Body waste.
In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop. However, we do not run
that risk when drinking wine (or rum, whiskey, beer or other liquor) because
alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling or filtering
and/or fermenting.

WATER = Poop
WINE = HEALTH

Hence: It is better to drink wine and talk stupid than to drink water and
be full of s***.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information.
I am doing it as a public service.

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Today marked a very sad occasion. At 11:58 am our friends, Sara, Ernie, and Samuel backed their car out of the driveway next door for the very last time. They will soon arrive in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The neighborly friendship was a great one. We are just sad that it was so short. It seems as if we had just gotten to know them, even though we've known them for close to four years already. Jonathan and I will no longer be able to watch their wonderful son grow up on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis. We will now be suffered to see him only through pictures online - for awhile. Sara was always the person who would run over to our house if we were gone, just to see if we closed the garage door. They were our post office and got and stored our mail while we were gone on our trip this summer. We loved our dinner and game nights at their house. Good times were always had. We wish them all the best in their new jobs, home, and life in Indiana. We are grateful for all the time we got to live next door to them. We look forward to visits (both to see them, and for them to see us).

Thanks for being such amazing people Sara and Ernie! Good luck!

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My sisters have this on their blogs. I thought I'd copy them. I'll put it in a post for now, until I add it to where it can be seen every time.

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Just when we thought we were safe from snow for the season. Ok, that's not entirely true. Being from Colorado we know that we can have snow as late as June. Anyway, it's snowing outside...fierce falling snow. It really is pretty, and I'm glad that I'm done with work for the day. I'm also glad that I don't have to go to Boulder tomorrow now. (My professors rescheduled with me because of the snow. They're so awesome.)
Here's a look at what we get to anticipate when it stops snowing:

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Happy Easter everyone!

Jonathan and I were fortuante enough to attend several Easter celebrations this year. On Saturday we went to Boulder and had brunch and an awesome egg hunt at our friends' Shannon and Peter's. Sunday morning, we went to church in Littleton where Pastor Larson is. Then we went for brunch and more egg hunting at Jonathan's parents' house. We went to his Aunt Kerry and Uncle Craig's house for lunch with most of the N family there. It's always fun to get together with everyone. In lieu of the "traditional" outdoor easter egg hunt, we did trivia. How many legs does a bear have?

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So Carrie and I are working on a new layout for the blog, and you'll have to let us know what you think. The new layout is what you're seeing right now, and the old layout is in the picture to the right. (You can click on it to make it bigger.)

Any thoughts welcomed and appreciated!

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My sisters did this, and I copied them. Here's mine

Continue reading "Carrie's Virtual DNA" »

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I know that it's been coming for awhile now, but it's always sad when the unfortunate event (no matter how expected) actually takes place. Our friends, who also happen to be our neighbors, are moving to Indiana. They're part of the reason that we moved into the house we did. We liked them, and most of the other neighbors, but them most of all. I know that it will be easier for them, and that they'll have family close by. But that doesn't make it less sad. Ok, I'm just selfish. I know it. But let me mourn for a bit. When my brother moved in November, I tried to convince him and my sister in law to leave their kids. It didn't work on them, and it probably won't work on our friends either.

Good luck Sara and Ernie and Samuel. Indiana is so lucky!

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Hi Everyone!
Please feel free to copy and paste the blank "Get to Know You Questions" and your answers, and post them in the comments section!

Carrie's Answers:

If money were no object what would your dream home look like?
Mine would be a castle like Chateau Chambord in Loire Valley, France. It's gorgeous!

If money were no object where would you shop for clothes?
Cool places like Chanel, Prada, Dior

If money were no object where would you like to go on vacation?
I would go on permanent vacation and travel the world.

If money were no object would you prefer domestic help or would you cook and clean
yourself?
I would definitely have a house keeper who cleaned, but I would prefer to do most of the cooking myself.

If you could go back in time with whom would you like to spend a day with?
Socrates

If you could go forward in time, what would you want to know?
I don't think I'd like to. I like living my live as it plays out.

If you could be an animal for one day, what would you be and why?
A Giraffe. I'd like to be super tall.

If you could read one person's mind, whose would it be?
My professor's when I'm taking my exams.

If you could meet a famous person, who would it be?
dunno...Julia Roberts maybe?

What "critter" scares you the most?
Scorpions I guess

If you were stranded on a desert island what one object would you want with you?
A water filter of course!

If you could only have one favorite food to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Pizza. There are so many different ways to make it, that you can have a different kind every day for a month.

If you could trade places with one person, who would it be?
No one. I like being me.

What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
Chocolate. Plain chocolate. Yummy!

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A heart surgeon.

Who has influenced you the most?
My Mommie

What's your favorite book?
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

What part of your daily routine do you enjoy most?
cooking dinner. I love to cook.

What's your favorite movie?
I have lots of these... Pride and Prejudice, Memento, Sense and Sensability, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind....and on and on...

Where's the most interesting place you have been?
Africa. It's so different and beautiful there.

If you won 1 million dollars, what would you do with it?
I'm boring... I'd pay of my debt and then invest the rest.

If you could have one wish granted, what would it be?
To have wisdom to know what to do in every situation.

What makes the world go round?
Love and Respect for other people

What one thing do you think would create peace in the world?
If everyone cared more for other people than they do for themselves.

What's the bravest thing you've ever done?
Moving to Germany having never traveled out of the country before.

What's the best compliment you've ever received?
In high school, Lucas Hayes told me that I was the only person he know who really wanted to know how someone was when they said "Hey, how are you."

What gift have you received that you will always treasure?
The Little Mermaid on VHS. It was the last gift I ever got from my dad.

What was your most embarrassing moment in High School?
My good friend, Victor Leon, used to say to me "Scarry Carrie, why are you so hairy?" (I was one of the few girls in the school who had hair that was longer than their shoulders.) One day, he put that saying up in big letters on the bulletin board in the hallway.

What is the worst gift someone ever gave you?
Is there such a thing as a bad gift?

What is the best gift someone ever gave you?
Jonathan gave me classes at Massage school so I could learn to give massage.

Jonathan's Answers

Continue reading "Get To Know You Questions:" »

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Well, there are only a few things on my list this year. Carrie and I would really like a new grill. The one we have now burns everything, especially corn (Which is actually a pretty funny story for another time).

(I actually removed this because our neighbor had one and gave it away.)

I said this on last year's list

"Good glove liners... I have nice mitten gloves, which are great, but one of my liners went AWOL and never returned."

and it's true again this year.

I have glove liners... two of them this time, but they're for the same hand.

I would also like a new suit (in black, with a 3 or 4 button jacket). I put a link in here, but I'd really like to try one on and get fitted before I buy one. Money so I can do that or a Mens Wearhouse Gift Card would work well here.

And, since we'll be using the martini glasses for the wedding, any that are on Carrie's list that she's not getting, I'd like as well. We're looking for all different ones (sets of four), that are all clear with no color to them. Here are those links again to ones we like, but don't have yet:

Thank you everyone!

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It looks like the year got away from me a bit. It's already Christmas time; I can't believe it! Here's my wish-list since some of you have asked.

The main thing I would like this year is money to go towards the new laptop I'll be buying between Christmas and New Year's. (For those of you who may not know, my computer crashed a few months ago, so now I need a replacement.)

Some other ideas include:

Martini Glasses (they'll be used for the wedding)

A few movies:
Pride and Prejudice to fuel my love of all things Jane Austen, and the second Pirates of the Carribean movie, because who doesn't like Johnny Depp? (and, more importantly, Kira Knightly). And, Friends the Complete Tenth Season (to complete my collection / obsession)

A few board games to add to the fun: Cranium because it's the best board game around and I love playing it, and The Game of Life because it was a childhood favorite of mine, and the new version is even cooler

I'm also taking a Jane Austen survey class next semester, so I need "working" (AKA used) copies of all her lovely novels.

A Pastry Blender to make baking pies easier:

Thank you!

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A Calligraphy set would be nice:

A few movies:
Pride and Prejudice to fuel my love of all things Jane Austen, and the second Pirates of the Carribean movie, because who doesn't like Johnny Depp? (and, more importantly, Kira Knightly). And, Friends the Complete Tenth Season (to complete my collection / obsession)

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