Jelly Bean Head and The First BBQ of 1,000’s This Year.

Dinner was green beans, a roll the size of my foot (that is big considering I wear a size 10) and a bbq chicken breast with jello in the background.  Dad-good job on cooking the chicken on the grill, perfection.


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Mer (doesn’t everyone call their grandma Mer?) and I were more than ready to dig in.  At least someone will join in with me for a weird pose and chant, ‘we want food.’
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Side note…..my mom puts a towel on my chair whenever I eat on the ‘fancy’ chair at their house.  Hmmmm I guess I have a history of spilling things.
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I taught her to use that pouty lip anytime she wants something.
Somehow she went from really sad to really happy when we whipped out dessert.
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We also had a skype date with my bro, his wife and their cute baby.  I like to do the ‘walking downstairs’ trick whenever I skype, it always fools people that I really am going down stairs while talking to them (great way to win friends….walk by the monitor and make it look like you are walking down stairs as you go by by just bending your knees more and more so it looks like you are going down stairs).
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We ended the night by watching ‘Chopped’ as a family.  We are recreating a Chopped episode at the next family dinner where we are all competing against each other.  (You are given three random ingredients in which you much incorporate into a meal.)  Get very excited.  I better not get chopped.
Hope you have an AMAZING Monday.  Enjoy every second of it and remember you only have one Monday March 28th 2011…….take advantage of it:)
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What do you call your Grandma?-Mer and she is AWESOME.
What is your favorite Easter candy….tis the season?
-Starburst jelly beans and cadburry mini eggs.
How are you going to take advantage of Monday?
-Go to one of my favorite 6 a.m. spin classes, eat more jelly beans, try to make my students laugh at least 10 times and make Billy cuddle with me.
Have you ever seen Chopped on the Food Network?
-We are hooked!

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hahaha LOVE the fact that your mom puts a towel down on your chair. My mom would do that to me too! have a GREAT day!!

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I love Billy's outfit in the first picture! And your Grandma is so cute! I don't have any living grandparents so I have just adopted Jordan's. His family is plain and just calls them "grandma and grandpa." Maybe they will like it if I come up with new names for them? :) I hope you have a wonderful Monday!

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I love Chopped! We did 'Iron Chef Seattle' last Christmas between my fiance and my sister's husband. It was so much fun (especially because I wasn't involved in the cooking and just got to eat everything!).

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I was seriously LOL-ing at the jellybean head story :D You are too funny!

1. Po-Po. It's an asian thang ;)
2. Chocolate eggs. No real preference
3. Go swimming and study for my history essay test!

I hope your Monday goes really well :D

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Chopped would be the hardest show of all time, besides "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here," of course.

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I call one grandma Grandmommy and the other JaJa (no clue why haha).

My FAVE Easter candy is the Reese's Eggs!! They are sooo good…way more PB than regular Reese's :)

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1. Bebe, no idea why! :)
3. Cadbury cream eggs need to go away, NOW. I just can't stop myself.
3.GROCERY SHOPPING- is it sad thats the highlight of my week?!

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Your Grandma is adorable!

The Mini Cadburry eggs are like crack! The Easter candy exposure is like double the length is normally is and it has been quite bad for my skinny jeans.

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When I was growing up, I called my grandma "Meee-ma" because I couldn't say the whole thing. Sometimes I still call her that just for fun.

BY FAR my favorite Easter candy is Starburst jelly beans and Reese's peanut butter eggs! LOVE Easter candy!

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I miss my grannies now! They both live way too far away from me :(
Yesterday the hubby and I bought a way-too-huge bag of mini eggs. We also seriously devised a plan to purchase 12+ bags to ration out for the rest of the year. Serious business.

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AHAHAH love how your mom puts a towel down.. that made my day! ABABAHAH jelly bean head– best photo award GOES TO YOU!

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Your grandma is SO cute! I had fro yo yesterday piled with toppings and thought of you! And Starburst Jelly Beans are the best kind!

Btw-today is Monday March 28 ;) but I WILL take advantage of the one I have though! Great outlook!

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I am definitely trying the jelly bean trick. I like the disclaimer that you aren't altered by drugs. :)

I call my grandma grandma. Original, I know.

This post was awesome. I laughed at least three times. Out loud. At work. I now look like the crazy girl…then again, people already think that.

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I could watch chopped all.day.long. My family is thinking about doing a competition like that too! so fun

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So I have seen you post before about how you like SPK's and now that I see you like jellybeans you may be interested in knowing that they make Sour Patch Kids jelly beans now. 1stly they are amazing, like a little party in your mouth. 2ndly I must warn you that it is difficult to stop eating them. 3rdly I ate a whole bag of them in a 24 hour period.

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you are so funny….I can't wait to give Mike a jelly bean head when I get to see him in a few weeks!!! muahaha. I call my mom's mom Baba and my dad's mom Nana. I LOVE REESE'S Eggs!!!! And jelly beans and pretty much anything Easter. Mike's bday falls on Easter this year so I am going to have a BIG SURPRISE for him!!! CAN'T WAIT!

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Life is awesome! Thanks for the reminder!
Mer is so cute! She is so ready to chow down!

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Your Grandma is so cute!!! What a nice positive blog!!!

I call my grandma…. Grama

I like sweet tart eggs. Really I just love sweet tarts.

I will take advantage of today by exploring the gym in my new building!

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Love the picture of Mer- that is cute! I would always call my grandmas "grandma", but when I was pregnant with my first my mom was having a hard time with the grandma thing, so she said she had to come up with a different name, so to this day my kids still call her GG (for gorgeous grandma).
Cadbury mini eggs are my favorite!
Today I am going to try to blog, and I have to go to town to get a chip fixed on my windshield and tires rotated- but I would rather stay home :)
Love every show on Food Network!

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Your grandma reminds me of mine. We called her Meme. She was awesome. She passed away at the age of 94 last January. I miss her tons.

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1. My Dad's parent's are Nana & Bumpa and my Momma's parents were Honey & Partner (so cute right?)

2. I like chocolate bunnies…the solid kind. ha!

3. I was way too into the Food Network…then it got old sadly

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I call my grandma grams, cuz she's so hood :D.

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Don't have a grandma anymore. Sigh.

I love those eggs (Cadbury?) with the candy shell. I have them beside my bead and suck off the candy shell and let the chocolate melt in my mouth. It really is a talent and fine art to be able to do this while watching the Real Housewives or Bethenny Ever After.

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I call my grandma, well…grandma. I refer to her as my grandmother. I can't take the word "granny". Reminds me of the Beverly Hillbillies.

Favorite Easter treat…hmmm, Cadbury Eggs. Whatever they put inside can't be good for me BUT it tastes pretty darn deliscious.

The Jelly bean matched the tie. HAHAHAHA~

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love mini cadberry eggs. they don't have them at the only two grocery stores in my town. now i have to travel over 40 miles to get them…sacrifices i make. geez. :)

and monday is a chill work day for me; mostly driving and trying to find my cute owls i've been searching for for weeks! :D

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That chicken looks so good. I love the towel on the chair! I've never seen Chopped, but it sounds like I should check it out. Have fun with your family version!

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That bbq looks deeelish!!! :D
Glad you had fun with your family!

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I've been watching Chopped ever since The Bachelor ended! Hulu kind of rocks my world. (Though, let's find the irony in transitioning from The Bachelor to Chopped…)

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um your grandmother is just about the cutest ever. love it.

my fave easter candy is reeses eggs. i can eat a bag in a sitting three times a day. easy.

monday kicked off the same way for me! my fave 6am spin class, some core work and hopefully homemade pizza tonight.

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I love the jelly bean thought- you are so funny!! :) I love your random thoughts!
Your niece is SO cute!! Seriously- adorable! I love how she got all excited for dessert :) She's a smart little thang ;)

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Haha I'm a total messy eater too! So I can relate to sitting in the special chair!! ;)

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Your family is too cute Janae. I love the Sunday dinner get togethers. I totally reminds me of my family.

Favorite Easter candy is Peeps and Reese's peices eggs. Easter candy is the best.

Have a great week!

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I call my grandmother "Babcie," because she is Polish and that means "grandma" in Polish.

I am not a huge candy fan. On the sweet side, I'd rather have ice cream! But generally I prefer my treats to be savory.

I am so exhausted after getting up at 5:30am (Monday morning flights are brutal). I still want to get to the gym tonight though – we'll see!

I watched Chopped when it first started, and I didn't love it – I prefer Top Chef because you get more invested in each of the people. That said, I'd LOVE to participate in a competition – how fun!

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Grammy

Starburst Jelly Beans and Reese's eggs

Started my monday off with a tempo run and a dead battery in my car :(

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Oh my! look at those beautiful curls! you have such a nice family…and I love that you are naturally nuts. That makes two of us.

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It is March 28 :) lol
I LOVE Easter candy. Like more than any other candy for some reason. Maybe its the colors…

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yayyyy Easter candy! I love reese eggs. It has been hard to pass them up at the grocery these past few weeks. Taking advantage of today by getting over my fears and FINALLY going out to attempt running again/get back into training mode for UV marathon!

I have never heard of Chopped but I think that I need to watch it because I LOVE to cook.

Can we please hang out soon? Fro-yo date this week with the girls?

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Why is your grandma SO DARN CUTE!! ANd those kiddos:) Slash my fave candy at easter is chocolate! Have a happy Monday girl!!

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Your grandmother is adorable. I call both of my grandmothers "Grandma ___ (last name)".

Favorite Easter candy? A toss up between those Whopper eggs and the crispy shelled eggs with the smooth chocolate in the middle? I think Cadbury makes them & they come in a purple bag, but I'm drawing a blank on the name.

I've never seen Chopped, but I did watch Jersey Shore for the first time this weekend. Stupidly funny. ;-)

I'm going to the gym at lunch for a run today. I need to get my energy back after a crazy weekend. Hope your day is also excellent. :-)

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Okay, I love this post for several reasons:

1. Your humor (ie jelly beans as head) jives with mine. I don't drink nor do drugs, and I would think this as well. Hilarious.

2. I want that grilled chicken STAT.

3. Walking down the stairs?!?! Um, hello! I had no one else thought that was fun to play! I also do the elevator!

My respect for you just went to a whole new level. I request a video of you doing this!

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I LOVE the beginning of this post. Jelly bean head, hahaha! My day has been made!

I call my grandma "Nanna" :)

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So we can be swimming BFFS too-I'm going to get in the pool for the first time in nearly two months. If I drown and am not blogging tonight…you know why.

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this post made me feel at home. Really! I love how family oriented you are. So special and such a good example to us all that family comes first.
:)
LC

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this post made me feel at home. Really! I love how family oriented you are. So special and such a good example to us all that family comes first.
:)
LC

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I heart starburst jellybeans too!!

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Your posts always make me laugh and brighten my day!! And can you sister teach me how to do my hair?
I call my grandmother Dot or Dottie. My other grandmother was Grammy. <3
I like Starburst jelly beans, too! I'm taking advantage of my Monday by relaxing and getting things organized before work tomorrow. And foam rolling! xoxo

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Haha the first time I skyped my sister (she is in doha, qatar) we did the stair thing!!
I call my grandma Granny.
I love sweet tart jelly beans!!

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– Poor Billy has turned into a jelly bean

– I called mine Grandma

– Starburst jelly beans and cadburry LARGE eggs

– I have not seen Chopped

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I have a Grammy and used to have a Gaga (not pronounced like Lady Gaga.. it's more like gahgah).

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I love how close to your family you are – you're always talking about family get-togethers!
Any form of Easter chocolate is good for me! I do love jellybeans as running fuel though.
I went to a new spin class this afternoon, loved the energy!

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Mommom and my other is Grammy. My mommom is my hero in life, LOVE HER.

I am obsessed with jelly beans but I especially love Easter because they have the Lifesaver PASTELS. Mmm, they are so good. Mango and banana flavor <3

7 miles before 7 A.M. Classes and math homework. Yayyyy… I hope you feel my enthusiasm.

I've watched every show on Food Network probably more than 10 times. Haha, obsessed.

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I'm going to take advantage of the day by trying not to fall asleep.
I called my grandmas Mama and Nana. :)

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My Grandma is my Nan. (My other grandma who I call that passed away before I was even born, but we referred to her as Grandma).
I love the food network- we get it here yay! I love top chef!

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do you have a personal trainer to help you with your running and workouts? If so, how did you go about finding one and how much does it cost you? I want to get back into running but I have an old injury and scared to start without somebody there to help me.

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First time I've commented..hello!!! from Australia!!! I looove your blog..so inspiring and positive and funny..the "fancy"chair hahaha…thanks for the boost to my day..keep it coming missy!!!from Natalie

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Your grandmother is very stylish. Love the sweater.

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Your "Mer" looks awesome! My grandma's were referred to by where they lived… Grandma Carmelina and Grandma Pinole. Even though Grandma Carmelina moved away from there when I was 5, we still called her that.

Hershey's chocolate eggs… the ones that are like giant m&m's…. those are my favorites :)

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Just found your blog and we love it!

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we called my grandma "Ga Ga" (started by an older cousin who I guess couldn't say "grandma") — she was always trying to get us to call her "grandmother", but it never took hold!

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HA!!! That totally reminds me of Kids in the Hall "I'm squishing your head!"

Cheap thrills and ridiculousness. That is what I thrive on.

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OMG – I do the "walking down stairs" thing to people all the time! LOL They always think I'm weird, and I always laugh about it! I thought I was the only person who still did that! :)

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have you tried the starburst TROPICAL jelly beans yet? you MUST!! :)

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we got up at 2:30 for the disney marathon in january- weirdest/longest day ever but so amazing…yay for not drinking/doing drugs :) who needs em anyway??…your grandma is adorrrrable…and favorite easter candy= mini eggs- those things are like drugs
ps…what does your swim workout look like?? i keep saying i wanna start swimming but its so much more effort- i know i'll love it once i get my cap and goggles on though :)

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