I love reading other people's blogs. So today when I saw yet another cute blog from 30 Before 30 (Suz), I had to follow suit. Apparently this is something that a new to me blogger does all the time, thank Lauren @ The Little Things We Do for the fun!

So let's start the fun right here...

1. My current obsession is Dice King on King.com and sushi rolls from HEB.

2. My husband and family make me happy.

3. My greatest strength is problem solving and big picture thinking.

4. Keeping my mouth shut with unwanted opinions is my greatest weakness.

5. My life is wonderful and super frugal.

6. In high school I was more alone than others thought.

7. When I'm super tired I fight sleep which only makes matters worse.

2001-2003

I want to share with you the news stories that I think are important over the last 34 years; these are not the only news stories that have happened during the years featured, but the stories that I remember most. I would like to thank Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (www.wikipedia.com) for making this an easy project!

Born July 18, 1977

2001
>January 15 – Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, launches on the internet.
>January 20 – George W. Bush succeeds Bill Clinton as the 43rd President of the United States.
>June 5–June 9 – Tropical Storm Allison produces 36 inches (900 mm) of rain in Houston, Texas, killing 22, damaging the Texas Medical Center, and causing more than 5 billion American dollars of damage overall.
>September 11 – Almost 3,000 are killed in the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania after American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 crash into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers, American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into grassland in Shanksville.
>September 18 – The 2001 anthrax attacks commence as letters containing anthrax spores are mailed from Princeton, New Jersey to ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Post, and the National Enquirer. 22 in total are exposed; 5 of them die.
>October 26 – U.S. President George W. Bush signs the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
>November 12 – In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, headed to the Dominican Republic, crashes in Queens minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board.
>November 13- In the first such act since World War II, U.S. President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against any foreigners suspected of having connections to terrorist acts or planned acts against the United States.
>December 2 – Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 5 days after Dynegy cancels a US$8.4 billion buyout bid (to that point, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history).

2002
>January 8 – The No Child Left Behind Act is signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush.
>January 9 The United States Department of Justice announces it will pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.
>January 16 – The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and freezes the assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban.
>January 23 – Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Pakistan, accused of being a CIA agent by his captors.
>March 1- U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: In eastern Afghanistan, Operation Anaconda begins.
>March 12 – In Houston, Texas, Andrea Yates is found guilty of drowning her 5 children on June 20, 2001. She is later sentenced to life in prison.
>March 19 – US war in Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 1) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 allied troop fatalities.
>June 8 – Serena Williams defeats her sister Venus Williams in straight sets to win the 2002 French Open.>October 2- The Congress of the United States passes a joint resolution, which authorizes the President to use the United States Armed Forces as he deems necessary and appropriate, against Iraq.

2003
>February 1- At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all 7 astronauts onboard.
>March 19 – Iraq War begins with the invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and allied forces.
>April 3- U.S. forces seize control of Saddam International Airport, changing the airport's name to Baghdad International Airport.
>June 4 – Martha Stewart and her broker are indicted for using privileged investment information and then obstructing a federal investigation. Stewart also resigns as chairperson and chief executive officer of Martha Stewart Living.
>December 13 – Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq, is captured in Tikrit by the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.

Hearts on a String

Title:  Hearts on a String

Author: Kris Radish

Type of book:  Fiction

This book takes place in modern day in a Florida hotel in a "Spring Storm". Five strong and very different ladies are thrust together over a downed cell phone.

Holly, Patti, Cathy, Nan and Margo all have very different back grounds and stories to tell. This book begins with them all "meeting" over one of the ladies cell phones being flushed down the airport toilet and how they must work together to save it. That's just the beginning of how these women come to be stuck together for a week in a hotel room as a "spring storm" rolls through Florida. As you learn about each lady, you learn the story they want you to know and the real story of their lives- very different from the story they begin with.

Patti is a "lounge" singer who the others think have had it all; she has a murderous and abusive past.

Holly has a brain tumor, or does she? Her funny feeling turns to be an extraordinary strength that saves the life of another woman during their week in the hotel.

Nan is bitchy and successful. However she has secrets that are worth millions, but how will she turn her husband and others over to authorities for theft?

Margo is a stay at home mother with a keen sense on what will bring the ladies together and calm nerves. Of course she has to plunge into a secret investigation before she can calm all nerves.

Cathy is a hooch, husband stealing, forever flirt ad never without a drink. Or is she?

This book is 318 pages long. That's nothing right? Then why did it take me two weeks to get through it? This book was slow moving and took forever to develop the characters. I am on page 265 and still don't have a clue how it will end and what the complete story of Cathy is. The next 53 pages better be really good!

I have read several other books by Kris Radish, but she won't be the next book I go out to buy.

Our Celebrity Wish List

Troy and I often tease each other (all in good spirits) about what celebrity we would drop everything to spend time with. This list of celebrities often change for both of us and is a topic of funny conversation for us. We will even put the tv on pause just to see a prolonged picture of our celebrity crush.

Take a look at Troy's crushes this week....

Sofia Vergara

Salma Hayek

Dominique Sachse

Now for my dreamy list...

Adam Levine

Eddie Cibrian

Anderson Cooper

 Do you have a list? Who is on it? Does it stay the same or does it change often?

PS... Troy would LOVE for me to post this one too... this is what his dreams are made of (PUKE)

Dominique Sachse

1998-2000

I want to share with you the news stories that I think are important over the last 34 years; these are not the only news stories that have happened during the years featured, but the stories that I remember most. I would like to thank Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (www.wikipedia.com) for making this an easy project!

Born July 18, 1977

1998

>July 17- A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea, killing an estimated 1,500, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
>August 7 – 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: The bombings of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to terrorist Osama Bin Laden, an exile of Saudi Arabia.
>September 4 – Google, Inc. is founded in Menlo Park, California, by Stanford University PhD candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

1999

>February 2 – Hugo Chávez becomes President of Venezuela.
>February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate.
>April 20 – Columbine High School massacre: Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and 1 teacher, and then themselves.
>July 16 – Off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, a plane piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr. crashes, killing him and his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette.
>July 25 – Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France.
>November 18 – The Aggie Bonfire collapses in College Station, TX, killing 12.

2000

The year 2000 was the subject of Y2K concerns: fears that computers would not shift from 1999 to 2000 correctly. However, by the end of 1999, many companies had already converted to new, or upgraded their existing software. Some even obtained Y2K certification. As a result of massive effort, much of it mis-directed, relatively few problems occurred.

>March 21- The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the government lacks authority to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug, throwing out the Bill Clinton administration's main anti-smoking initiative.
>October 11 – 250 million gallons of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky (considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill).
>November 2 – The first resident crew enters the International Space Station.
>December 13 – Bush v. Gore: The U.S. Supreme Court stops the Florida presidential recount, effectively giving the state, and the Presidency, to George W. Bush.