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April writing...

"Grateful for another day."

oh for pete's sake...

April writing...




Seriously?

(I know the picture is not clear but you will get my idea)

If you are going to post an ad about someone feeling overweight...then why the heck would you use a picture of someone who is probably UNDERWEIGHT??!

I suppose it is to make those who may not THINK their overweight, now want to JUMP of a BRIDGE because according to your ad, if you are able to pinch a little flab of skin on your side, then chances are you are FAT.

So if truth be told, when I pinch my side and I get a handful of junk, then I must be stinkin' morbidly obese...thus leading me to purchase your product so I can lose weight and soon only have a small flap of skin to squeeze. Or is the idea for me to have NOTHING to squeeze?

Whatever.

p.s. - oh and I am also confused by this...why is it that skinny girl on the left 'hearts' her belly button, but equally skinny girl on the right is showing us, using the 'pinch' method, that she feels she is fat.

Again I say...whatever.

So this is tuesday...

April writing...

and I have a cause of the blah's.

I had to literally drag myself out of bed this morning. I had a wondrous night sleep though. You see before bed, I washed our sheets and comforter, and then I showered and shaved my legs. There is no better combination. Not to mention it was so warm under there...and even though our little heater (we still haven't turned on our heat) was oscillating it's warmth around the room...nothing could compare to the bear hug my comforter was providing me.

But I did it. And I drove my self squinting and fighting off sleep all the way to work for...nothing. Not a T H I N G to do. Seriously. Not that I am complaining...but there are no specs to type, no filing to do...nothing. The phone is barely ringing. And this situation is not helping my sleepiness...well rather my draw back to the warm bed I left at home.

I did it all yesterday...cleaned my desk (including dusting and organization) and I filed my "to-be-filed" inbox, I typed up the last of the specs for a deadline, (that was yesterday at 4pm), and I went through my inbox and filed all my completed projects and I even cleaned up the supply closet, box and shipping closet and the copier center. I completely transitioned us from using DHL as our primary shipper to UPS, I printed the new 2009 calendar...early and I made new birthday lists for everyone's desks.

So that left me...nothing...for today.

Well...almost nothing. I have one project, that I work on when I have nothing to do...but it I am not careful...and I don't pace my 'not-much-to-do' self carefully, I will complete that project and then not have my go-to project on other days like this. I also have a long list of things that I can do for Verb/Jason...but that won't take me long either. But should I do them, then really have nothing to do??

So there...I have the blah's and one very important decision to make. Breakfast...bagel or english muffin?

And I have officially only wasted 10 minutes of my own time to blog this ridiculously unnecessary post and you...I am sure you are feeling as though your time was wasted too. My bad...it wasn't my intention.

but you see...I have the blah's...so I cannot really be held responsible.

Monday Moan

April writing...*for Cory*

Cory is still sleeping...(he heads back to work today), so I decided to be a nice wifey and MOAN for him this morning.

He says, "Moan about cold weather."

So there we have it...my hubby hates COLD weather. What's your Monday Moan?

hit counter...

April writing...

I looked at our hit counter today....and it said that we have had

VISITORS to our site! How exciting!!! Another big milestone at the Eslick Blog!!! Thanks for dropping by!

OH and do us a favor...LEAVE us some comments...let us know you were here! It costs nothing to leave a comment, you don't even have to have a blogger account. Hope to be hearing from you soon!!

My Husband Rocks Friday

April writing...

My Husband Rocks because he is such a good man. He has integrity and passion and even at times compassion (gasp! heehee) The more I learn about my husband the more that I grow to love his cynical yet passionate personality. There are many layers to my dear man, he's like an onion...(haha, semi-Shrek reference) He is loyal, but he will write you off if you hurt him or a loved-one. I love to hear him get all geared up over a situation, because that way I know he has thought about it, and formed his opinion and stands behind it whole-heartedly.

It seems odd to say it...but I think I love him the more layers I find...it makes it interesting when it comes to communication or knowing what to expect...but that's just more excitement for me!!

I love you my onion-y layered hubby! :)

Simple Pleasure Thursday.

Cory Writing....

Today's simple pleasure is going to seem like I am bragging, but please understand the nature of my pleasure.

My simple pleasure is coming up with a brilliant idea to stop by the store and get my wife flowers to take to work, so her day will be filled with pleasure. I stopped by the store to pick out said flowers and to my pleasure I locate my wife's favorite flower. Not to mention her favorite flower, but it is in my price range. I was able to get her flowers, her favorite kind and in my price range. What an awesome simple pleasure.

Now let me hear your simple pleasures. You guys have let me down the last couple weeks on Monday Moans and Simple Pleasure Thursdays. Lets pick it up. wink wink.

Wordless Wednesday

April writing...

"He's been spending a lot of time in jail lately, I think he's going through his teen rebellion time"

Why I loved SYTYCD.

April writing...

Just a few reasons I loved the 2008 So You Think You Can Dance Tour:

1. Eating California Tortilla Subway.

2. Will partly naked with no shirt.

3. The freezing weather and hiding my freezing soda under my shirt.

4. Getting seated below the chattiest Cathie's in the entire world, ever.

5. Getting seated in front of Arsenio Hall.

6. Will bearing his lovely man-ness with no shirt.

7. The first lady of Twitchington.

8. Gev dressing like a lady on multiple occasions.

9. Will showing off his glistening chocolate goodness with no shirt

10. How do I get you alone.

11. Eeeeehhh-Eeeehhhhing the cars behind us so Brittany could back out of the parking space.

12. Asking the Baltimorians if "they think they can dance."

13. Serenading construction workers with "I'll stand by you."

14. Riding home in almost complete silence except for singing "Hey Ya" in the fun zone with Brittany.

15. Will. (I'm just saying, his hott that's all haha!)

16. Being flashed by a homeless man that enjoyed our rendition of the above mentioned song.

17. Having a FUN night out with the ladies and enjoying cutting loose and acting 'a' fool.

I thoroughly enjoyed myself and already can't wait for next year!!! Here are a few pictures!

Here's all the ladies...*not shown - Terri and April* Brittany, Mary Ann, Beks, Erin and Brandy.

My FAVORITE Dance! *oh and if you will notice, Will has his shirt off. *cheese*

Oh friendly neighborhood homeless flasher...he respects the art of serenading construction workers...and this is right before the thanked us with a shot of his man-boobs.

SYTYCD Tour is TONIGHT!

April writing...

Ok...tonight is the So You Think You Can Dance tour and I am SO stinkin' excited! I just watched some of my favorite dances from this season and I am SO pumped for tonight! It will be Myself, Brittany, Terri, Brandy, Bekah, Mary Ann and Erin.

It is going to be SO much fun!! So, in honor of my outstanding evening ahead...allow me to share some of my favorite dances with you!!! (Some of these videos you may have to skip ahead to the actual dance!) And they are in no particular order.

This dance included Will (and his gorgeous man-body) and Jessica (whom I really hope is there, since a broken rib got her knocked out of the top 10 and replaced with freakin' COMFORT! boo!)




Now this little number is so great...cause it includes "Twitchington" which is Twitch and Kherrington. Such a great dance!




Now this one has Katie and Joshua (Joshua was the winner) and he was amazing. Katie grew on me...but this was a really neat dance too!



Another goodie, with Mark and Chelsie...they were an OK couple...Mark was a wierdo ha!



Now here's my last goodie (although there were others, but I could do this all day!) This one includes Katie and Twitch...so fun!



So I am sure I will have some fun pics to share tomorrow. I am off to have FUN!!!

haha...this is why I want kids...

April writing...

So I can see Cory do things like this...

Monday Moan

Cory Writing...

Today I don't have a really great Monday Moan, but I was able to come up with something.

Today's Monday Moan is having to repeat myself. This doesn't stem from my wife not listening to me. It stems from having to repeat myself to dispatchers at my work. There is nothing more annoying then getting on the radio to give information to someone and after you are all done giving that information to them. They respond by saying, "can you repeat that." I just want to scream, "NO I CANT REPEAT THAT." All they have to do is listen for pete sake.

Ok let me hear your Monday Moans.

My Husband Rocks Friday

April writing...

My husband rocks in MANY ways...but today I would like to talk about my husbands goofiness (even if it is forced out by yours truly at times) Some of you may have already seen the video in the previous post (if not, go check it out now!) well that is the goofiness I am talking about.

I love the fact that my husband can be goofy with me and we can have so much fun when we are together! It's like bringing out the little kid in him every time and I love it!!!

Thanks baby for being goofy WITH me! :)

Why April+Cameras+Home Remodel=HIGH-larious

April writing...

Oh yeah, I got REALLY bored while filling holes with puddy in our new downstairs bathroom...
but it's too funny!!


Chariots of Fire - The Home Remodel Edit from April Eslick on Vimeo.

hahaha....oh man....I have too much time on my hands :)

Simple Pleasure Thursday.

Cory Writing.....

Todays simple pleasure is thinking about what you are going to do the next day and realizing that you have one more full day until to have to go back to work. I love my days off.

Share your simple pleasures friends. I was very disappointed at the response on the Monday Moan Blog.

I can't seem to get out of my FOG

April writing...

I am stuck...I don't know if it is busyness or just not really having anything to write about. (Although that has never stopped me in the past! ha!)

But I will be back...I am gearing myself up to start off November with bang-worthy-blogs with humor, wit and all the other awesomeness that comes with a 2slicksgoodtimes blogspot.

Shall we start with the supposed impending doom that is the holidays??? I can already feel the calendar pages slipping by...speeding towards December 31st...I am already out of breath. I am however thankful for the sermon that our Pastor preached last holiday season, about the true meaning of Christmas...wha? You haven't ever heard a sermon like that??!! :) jk.

Well, I know it made an impact on my family as a whole. (yep...both sides) The bottom line is...it's not our birthday. Nowadays we get SO caught up in what we are buying whom, what we will be receiving, how we can be that friend that always gives the best Christmas gifts...but it's not OUR birthdays. It's his.

Yep, that's right...Baby Jesus. *heehee* but no, really...all humor aside. It truly is a day to remember HIS birth, his story, his life...and we have been defined every year by the Black Friday sales for the best toys, and the credit card offers, and the DEBT that buying presents for people who's birthday it is NOT brings us.

If we seriously, take a step back and realize what the Christmas season is really about, what we will get in return is a happier, slower, healthier and debt-free Christmas season. What a gift to US!!

Last year was our first year without focus on buying presents. Without spending at least a thousand dollars on presents that 80% of which are rarely used and have no meaning in the grand scheme of things. It was wonderful. My side of the family in fact, instead of exchanging gifts at all we all pooled $50 each and went to Medieval Times as a family, we had a blast. So in one moment we exchanged what could have been hundreds in potentially unused presents for quality time with each other. *sigh* That's me already breathing a little better. With Cory's side of the family, if I remember correctly we only did stockings. Each of the adults drew a name out and we each had one stocking to fill. *sigh* The kids even got less presents...now don't feel sad for them.

I honestly feel as though we are teaching them a lifelong lesson. Honestly, take a look at your children if you have them, or children around you. Look at their attitudes during the Christmas season...is it an attitude of "I want" or and attitude of "I will give" or what? For us taking a look at our family, we could slowly see the desire for presents, presents and more presents growing each year and it was hard to keep up with. It's not their fault at all...the world has even driven kids to believe that this time of the year is all about what they can receive, what they can get for being 'good'...when that is not the true meaning at all.

I know I am rambling and I am sure that you get the idea. After all that is said, our Pastors challenge was to in fact turn all the presents and attention towards our family and friends actual birthdays...the day that is actually theirs! And in turn make the holiday season only about Jesus and his birth and life and the story of salvation that he brought to our lives!

I know it seems early to talk of Holidays, but hey, Walmart already has Christmas stuff out and I actually heard a Christmas carol on the radio two days ago...it's coming people. Do you know where you stand? Do you know who's birthday you will truly be celebrating this season?

p.s. - I guess when I try it's not that hard to blog at thought or two from my head. :)

Giveaway LOVE

April writing...

There is an outstanding giveaway taking place over at Simple Mom's Blog.

GO NOW...check it out and enter!

It's for one of THESE babies!

Wordless Wednesday

April writing...

"This means, my 2nd bathroom is almost complete...yeah!"

Monday Moan

Cory Writing...

Today is the start of another week and I can't believe that it is already November. Before we know it it's going to be Christmas, but before we get to Christmas or even Thanksgiving I am going to hit you with my Monday Moan.

My moan this weeks stems back to the beginning of life (AKA When God created Heaven and Earth).
Genesis 3:17 And God said to Adam, "Because you listened to your wife's voice and ate from the tree which I commanded you, "Do not eat from it": The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life.

There you have it friends my Monday Moan. In case you missed it....My Monday Moan is the fact that we have to work. I long for the days that Adam and Eve spent in the Garden just running around having a great time with God and each other. Not having to worry about sin, temptation, food, bills, going to work and just life in general.

Thank you for sharing your time with me. Please share your Monday Moans with all of us.

Seriously?

April writing...

For real? Yep. Check out the story about the Cabbage Patched Presidential hopefuls here. You can visit this page to see more pictures...this is amazing.





*and far be it for me to judge...but I think they gave Sarah Palin cankles....ehhhh*