Today is National Military Appreciation Day. Do you know a soldier’s email address? Send him or her a nice e-card thanking him/her for his/her service and support! American Greetings has a nice selection in their Celebrate the Date section.

Also, don’t forget that the Friday before Mother’s Day (tomorrow!!!) is Military Spouse Appreciation Day!

(x-posted to Bama Angels)

I really should be ashamed of myself. I submitted my “Translucent Dream” theme 2 weeks ago, and figured it wasn’t going to be picked and totally forgot about it.

I didn’t read my feeds yesterday because I was out most of the day with Jess … she had an orthodontist appointment, then karate class, then she and I spent the rest of the afternoon and most of the evening working on my mother’s Mother’s Day gift that Jessie was planning to give her.

I was too tired to read the feeds or my email for that matter, last night and put it off until this morning. Now I wish I had checked them sooner! My “Translucent Dream” theme was chosen for this week’s round in Lunarpages’ WordPress theme design contest. So now I’m a total spazz, hehe.

Please please PLEASE go vote for me! (Please?)

Jim and I went out for the evening and on the way to dinner, we ducked into Wal-mart for “just a couple of things.” Boy oh boy, I should know better than to shop when we’re hungry. I think we came home with half the store. LOL!

Rather than buying Jessie a pre-made Easter basket, we stocked up on various candies, stuffed animals, and other toys and goodies and will be putting her basket together manually. All together it probably cost 3 times as much as the basket, but she’d have more stuff and it’s more personalized. After all, who can resist camo Easter eggs?

Jessie’s so gonna be spoiled.

A couple of hours later, we finally get out of Wal-mart and headed up to El Carreton in Gardendale. It looks like a hole in the wall place, but trust me, it’s got the BEST Mexican/Spanish food I’ve ever had!

I highly recommend their chimichangas!

Jim and I exchanged our gifts last night. He surprised me with a gigantic plush frog, a plush Firefox, a few other Firefox goodies, and a TON of my favorite candy.

I gave Jim a very nice golf shirt and some swanky unmentionables. RAWR!

Jessie’s getting a nifty Hello Kitty lunch kit from me, and a gigantic plush doggie and ton of candy from Jim. She’s spent the week with her mother, so we get her back tonight and most of tomorrow. We’re hoping to have her some this weekend too, but that’s a bit sketchy as we’ll also be helping Jim’s mom move to Montgomery, and I’ve got a side project that I’ve got to finish this weekend. I’m hoping to get out at some point and pick up some books … I’ve been working on a SharePoint template for work and am a little stuck (messing around in MS’ proprietary format/code). So we’ll see …

I hope y’all are having a good day/week!

Teresa sent me this, so I figured I’d post here instead of emailing the whole world.

Welcome to the 2008 edition of Getting to Know Your Friends. What you are supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire e-mail and paste it onto a new e-mail that you will send. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to your friends including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you might not have known!

1. What time did you get up today? 5:15 am CST.

2. Diamonds or pearls? Both.

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? I Am Legend.

4. What is your favorite tv show? MythBusters, Dirty Jobs, CSI, Animal Cops, Smash Lab, The Closer, Saving Grace, Inuyasha, Futurama, … I have several more

5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Either a biscuit or a protein bar.

6. What is your middle name? Nicole.

7. What food do you dislike? Ooh, I have a lengthy list … I’m a picky eater

8. What is your favorite cd? Right now it’s a mix CD of Seether and Three Days Grace songs.

9. What kind of car do you drive? Hyundai Santa Fe.

10. Favorite sandwich? Either a BLT or turkey and provologne.

11. What characteristic do you despise? Deceit.

12. Favorite item of clothing? My new ‘Bama jersey.

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Ireland, Japan, Galopagos…

14. What color is your bathroom? Mostly blue.

15. Favorite brand of clothing? Right now, Chicos.

16. Where would you retire to? Nowhere. The South is where it’s at!

17. What was your most memorable birthday? Last year’s.

18. Favorite sport to watch? Football. ROLL TIDE!!

19. Furthest place you are sending this? The internets.

20. Favorite saying? WTF?

21. When is your birthday? April 15th.

22. Are you a morning or night person? Definitely a morning person.

23. What is your shoe size? Don’t you know never to ask a woman that?

24. Pets? Not anymore.

25. Any new and exciting news you would like to share with us? I’m in the middle of fscking up my website, isn’t that great?!!?

26. What did you want to be when you were little? A teacher.

29. How are you today? Can’t complain, and yourself?

30. What is your favorite candy? Oh, I have many favorites. Let’s just say chocolate … that should cover most of them.

31. Your favorite flower? Roses.

32. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Saturday.

33. What is your full name? Are you a census taker?

34. What are you listening to right now? The Essential Ozzy Osbourne.

35. What was the last thing you ate? A piece of Altoids gum.

36. Do you wish on stars? No, I leave that to Jessie now.

37. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Flame red.

38. How is the weather right now? Kind of soggy.

39. Favorite soft drink? I dumped soda … but he still calls sometimes.

40. Favorite restaurant? Oh, I have several! Cajun Steamer, Bento, BK, Doodles, El Carreton, China One, Styx, … there are several more, but can’t think of them at the moment.

41. Siblings? One brother.

42. Favorite day of the year? Any of the “eating” holidays.

43. What was your favorite toy as a child? My NES.

44. Summer or winter? Definitely summer!

45. Hugs or kisses? Both.

46. Coffee or tea? Tea is my poison of choice.

47. Chocolate or vanilla? What kind of question is that? Chocolate, fool!

48. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? Sure if they don’t wanna comment.

49. When was the last time you cried? This morning.

50. What is under your bed? Dust bunnies, a baseball bat, and probably the odd sock or two…

51. Who are the friends you have had the longest? Let’s see … Big Jim, Teresa, Mara, Jeff, John, … I’m sure there’s a couple more…

52. What did you do last night? Vegged out.

53. Favorite smell? Lavender.

54. What are you afraid of? Why do you need to know?

55. Salty or sweet? Definitely sweet.

56. How many keys on your ring? 10.

57. How many years at your current job? Not quite 1 year yet.

58. Favorite day of the week? Payday.

59. How many towns have you lived in? 5.

60. Do you make friends easily? Usually, yeah.

61. Many people will you send this to? The whole internets.

62. How many will respond? If I lie and say ‘10,’ will you come back later to check?