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What did you do for Valentine’s Day?

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What did you do for Valentine's Day?
Photo-A-Day #1409

A Valentine’s Day Teddy bear that my sister Tara gave to Eva. It is from Wildlifeworks.com. It was handmade in the African Bush. The new teddy has assimilated well and even snagged my new hat from IZEA.

Today we were moving quite slowly. The sleep schedule for all of us was very off because Eva got sick for the 1st time last night. The poor kid was so confused as she just stood there and vomited. It was so sad to see.

Last night Allison and I went to the Speed of Thought Playhouse in downtown North Attleboro. We walked there, something one of the comedians asked us as he was making fun of the small town. But it was all in fun. We sat directly in the front in the middle so of course we were going to be targets, it worked and it was a good time. It is always more fun being a little part of the show, especially if you can laugh at yourself. But because the comedian asked if we walked to the show we ended up meeting another couple who also walked to the show, they have a 10 month old and I think we’re going to connect with them at some point, maybe at another show.

I love comedy, especially live comedy, there is nothing like it. The Speed of Thought Playhouse put on a great show with four comedians as well as a host. They also had a spread of chicken wings, a Caesar pasta and a Stromboli. There was also a great big bowl of strawberries on sticks and a chocolate fountain for dipping. I got us a few plates of those. They were very tasty.

Right before the show started I took this photo of Allison and I. We have a plate of Strawberries on sticks covered in fondue chocolate from a chocolate fountain. We had so much fun and liked the comedians a lot.

Can't even begin to spell his name

This was our opener, he was really good and right out of school. The son of an Irish mother and Pakistani father, he had some interesting perspectives to share.

Comedian #3

I want to say his name was Martin and I can’t find any info on the SOTP website but he was really good.

Meeting the headliner

The last performer in the Valentine’s Show was David Dilorenzo of the Goomba Comedy Company. He was good and he took some heckling from some random dude at the bar. It was sort of uncomfortable how angry the bar dude was but David diffused the situation pretty well.

After the show he personally went to everyone’s table and thanked them for coming and I asked if he’d take a picture with us. He said “no” and kept going. This was after he’d picked on me all night. I was like, what the heck, but I could tell he was joking.

David came back and took the picture with us, I didn’t use the Xshot because the camera wasn’t on it at that time and I had just gotten my call from my Dad about Eva getting sick. So a nice couple that we had been talking to took this photo and then we dashed home.

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While we were at the Comedy show my Dad called to tell me that Eva was getting sick. This was her first sick time ever. She took it like a trooper. We were up till 2:00am and then finally took her to bed with us, once we put down a bunch of towels and another blanket in case she vomited again. Poor Kid. She was better today.

A few times yesterday I asked my twitter friends what they were up to for Valentine’s Day. I got a pretty limited response but that is okay. Here is what they were up to or what they received:

magical_trevor – @BenSpark We’re going to DISNEY WORLD!

jorayne – @BenSpark Sadly I’m doin wat i do everyday~cooking~cleaning~and changing my brakes (tho i dont do that everyday)

Coop56 – @BenSpark My girlfriends in school still 1000 miles away from me so..what am I doing today? I have programming 2 class from 1pm to 9pm! Fun

GimmeBluFrog – @BenSpark Relaxing with my awesome girlfriend, massage, movie, Indian food, and a good book. We did dinner and dessert on V Day eve. You?

rebeccanimrod – @BenSpark handmade valentine from my husband, pink homemade waffles from my mom, window art from my youngest son “I (heart) mom”

Phreddy – Chillin’ w/ my boo in Galveston…w/his family. Romantic? Nah. Quality time with the fam? You betcha.

Yesterday I saw in a tweet that I had won a case of BluFrog Energy Drink. BluFrog is being hyped all over twitter and facebook and blogs. I am very interested in trying it because it is supposed to be a healthy energy drink. Less calories, less sugar. My case is on its way on Tuesday courtesy of Martha Decker. She ran a contest to give away a case of the stuff. I won. Nice!

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In a Frenzy

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In a Frenzy
Photo-A-Day #1404

Actually not really although I probably should be. I am still kicking a cold that knocked me out last week. That is slowly making its way though my system. I need to buy tissues for the woman who sits next to me because I’ve used half the box.

Today was a productive day actually. I am getting more attuned to the role of a trainer and today did one of the group presentations on Critical Access Hospitals. There is a ton of information out there on these hospitals. Very cool stuff including maps and everything so today’s demo was pretty visual as well as me speaking. Still not exactly motivating or riveting but it does provide a service to the team. My next item is a project that is a service to the whole company, nothing like jumping right into the fire.

Today I also did some searching for numbers because I won a competition and the prize was a vacation valued at 1500 British Pounds. It was from a promotion that I learned about from FuelMyBlog. The contest was through Sony-Ericsson. I found out that I had won a while ago and have been waiting for the contact to contact me. I had the choice of them picking 3-5 trips and I chose the one I wanted or I could come up with my own trip. I decided to come up with my own trip.

While it would be awesome to go overseas and have a great adventure I figured that I’d rather stay somewhere stateside instead. There is much of this country that I still have not seen. And one of the states that I have not seen yet is Arizona. Back in December of 2006 I wrote a post on my old blog about a place in Arizona that I really wanted to visit. It was a sponsored post from PayPerPost too. As I researched the place I found that there were some very cool things in the area that I really wanted to see. I found out later that a good friend of mine had gone to the place and stayed there and they loved it. The place is called the SouthWest Inn and it is in Sedona Arizona, about 2hours from Phoenix. The most exciting thing I want to do is go to the African Safari that is 35 miles southeast of Sedona. It is called the Out of Africa WildLife Park.

Of course we want to take it easy as well and relax. So we are going to take a train ride through the awesome landscape. I just can’t wait to go and take a ton of great photos. We are going to try and go for mid May. I’m still waiting to hear back from the company that is going to make the arrangements but this should fit right into the budget. I just saw that there is a VIP tour of the Out OF Africa WildLife Park and I may see if we can swing tickets for that too.

Tonight I ran downtown to the Speed of Thought Playhouse. I talked with Christian, one of the Speed of Thought Players and we settled on a date for the 1st North Attleboro Beer and Blogging night. It is going to be March 13, 2009 starting at 6:30, if people want to stay for the improv show, which is encouraged, they can stay, blog the show and have a good time. We will have giveaways and other fun things, the cost is the $10.00 cover for the improv show. Now I have quite a bit to do to set this up. Step one find local bloggers.