Imaginary Friends.

I have recently resurrected a once loved and treasured past-time. I have returned to the land of vivid imagination through the doorway of a book.

I STARTED READING AGAIN! And although it is something I haven't done in years, I quite think it agrees with me.

After so recently finishing the TV series 'The O.C.' and my thoroughly high level of appreciation for the Southern California lifestyle I picked up an old favorite. A series about a girl, a young girl living in the South C. The Christy Miller Series by Robin Jones Gunn. I grew up reading these books and I have truly loved revisiting my old pals, peculiar treasures, my imaginary friends.

Years of watching TV series after TV series definitely has my mind working in an episode by episode mode. I like to put faces to characters. If they were to make the Christy Miller series into a TV series, who would play the characters???

30 years of Cheese

The Cheesecake Factory Serves Up a Delicious 30th Anniversary Celebration!


Celebrating “30 Delicious Years,” The Cheesecake Factory is serving up several sweet initiatives throughout 2008. To kick-off the anniversary celebration and in commemoration of National Cheesecake Day on July 30th, 2008, The Cheesecake Factory restaurants will offer every delicious slice of its more than 30 varieties of cheesecake with a dollop of nostalgia by featuring all cheesecakes at $1.50 per slice, limit one per guest, dine in only, on that day—as they were when the restaurant first opened in 1978. In addition, a special, limited edition cheesecake, the 30th Anniversary Chocolate Cake Cheesecake, will be introduced on July 30th with $0.25 from the sale of each slice sold this year benefiting the national hunger-relief organization, America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network. Additional activities will be announced throughout the year.

Greece is the word!

July 18th. My birthday. I am 30. I had a wonderful day. It started with a dentist appointment, but don't worry. It got much better. I spent the day part of my day with my beautiful neice Anah. It was her birthday. She is 8. We went and saw a movie and did a little shopping. I then met up with my sisters and mother and drove off for a night out with the girls, which is ALWAYS tons of fun. We went up to Southcenter and had a meal and most importantly dessert at the Cheesecake Factory. Because of all the wonderous choices we decided to each get a different kind and then share. After much deliberation over the heavenly menu we decided the following;

ADAM'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP FUDGE RIPPLE Creamy Cheesecake Swirled with Caramel, Peanut Butter, Butterfingers® and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups®

CHOCOLATE TUXEDO CREAMTM CHEESECAKE Layers of our Fudge Cake, Chocolate Cheesecake, Vanilla Mascarpone Mousse and Chocolate

COCONUT CHOCOLATE CREAM Coconut Cheesecake with Chunks of Chocolate, Topped with Layers of Coconut Custard and Whipped Cream all on top of a Chocolate Macaroon Crust

KAHLUA COCOA COFFEE CHEESECAKE Layers of Rich Brownie, Kahlua Cheesecake, Creamy Chocolate Mousse and Chocolate Ganache

It was marvelous delite. We had a lovely time over our meal and even had K-Fed as our waiter. He was quite spectacular it's true.

After we had filled our bodies with blissfulls of yumminess we headed over to the GRAND OPENING of the SouthCenter movie house. It was GINORMOUS and GRAND. We watched Mamma Mia on its opening night. It was such a fun movie and that brings me to the point of my post. The scenery in the movie was so beautiful. I REALLY want to visit Greece.

There are couple movies to check out to get the Greece going bug.

Captain Corelli's Mandolen

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Mamma Mia

My vow and promise to you all is this. I am 30. I will have visited Greece by the time I am 35. Count on it!

Good News!

Let's hear it for the Trilogy

I just saw some great news. They are coming out with a Toy Story 3. I love Woody. I love Tom. I just recently found out that Tom has a son named Colin. I just think that Mr. Hanks is so talented! He wrote a bunch of the songs on 'That Thing You Do.'

When I feel wimpy . . .

Brook says to me in the car as we are driving home from daycare. "I want to listen to HSM 1 - to the basketball song. You know Janeen, Sometimes when I feel wimpy, like when I'm playing football or something . . . I just sing this song and it helps me a lot" You gotta getcha getcha getcha getcha head in the game.

Story about Brook Austin Jones

Las Vegas Baby!

After finding out that one of my favorite groups (Rockapella) is giving a free concert in Las Vegas, I've decided to recruit a few friends and take a short vacation there.

If you had a couple days in Vegas, what would you do?

kNoTb - HeRe We CoMe!

As I was driving home from grocery shopping on Saturday morning, I had to make a quick stop at the T-Dome to buy our tickets to see New Kids On The Block. I felt crazy riduculous standing in line minutes before the TicketMaster opened to get my New Kids tickets. It was funny.

November 22, 2008 - Can't wait to finally see you in person Donnie Wahlberg.