Pancake Saturdays. 

My husband makes the pancakes.  (They are fabulous…thanks honey!!) 

I make the coffee. 

Even Chewy gets his own cute little mini pancakes. 

One certain family member, has yet to crawl out of bed for his….ahhh, the life of a teenager. 

Our topic this week is “The Office”. 

• John Krasinski and B.J. Novak went to high school together. They went to Newton South High School in Newton, MA and they both graduated in 1997.
• Four of the main cast members are originally from Massachusetts: Steve Carell (Michael Scott), John Krasinski (Jim Halpert), B.J. Novak (Ryan Howard) & Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor). Guest star Nancy Walls (Carol Stills), Steve Carell’s real-life wife, is also from Massachusetts.
• Four of the regularly appearing secondary characters have the same first name as the actress or actor that plays her or him: Angela (Angela Kinsey), Oscar (Oscar Nuñez (I)), Phyllis (Phyllis Smith) and Creed (Creed Bratton).
• Dwight has a “Froggy 101″ bumper sticker on the filing cabinet next to his desk. Froggy 101 is the #1 rated country-western station in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the setting for the show. This bumper sticker can also be seen in the office of Michael’s boss at his short-lived night job at the telemarketing company.
• Some of the video used in the opening theme song specifically the exterior shot of the building was taken by John Krasinski and his friends in their Jeep. John had just gotten the part and was coming out for shooting.
• It is frequently mentioned that the characters Phyllis Lapin Vance and Michael Scott are the same age, having gone to high school together. In real life Phyllis Smith is 11 years older than Steve Carell.

(These facts found online, but not official.  Go here to visit The Office website!!) 

Below is a video of my absolute favorite few minutes of The Office…Jim & Pam’s wedding!!  Enjoy!!

The challenge was to choose 5 items from the list and use up some of your scrapbook stash.  I chose: buttons, bling, photo corners, pattern paper (bird/cloud) and flowers.  It didn’t really put a dent in my stash, but it was alot of fun to make. 

I love this stamp set….I got it for my birthday from papertreyink.com 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Yes, I have BIFOCUL READING GLASSES. 

Hello. 

I’m 40. 

I  have never needed glasses. 

And now,

I do. 

But only for reading. 

Ouch.  It is a big adjustment. 

Anyways. 

So, what am I reading? 

Currently, I am reading book 2 from the Candy Shop Mystery books.  I usually read Christian fiction, but came across The Coffeehouse Mystery series and decided to give them a try.  (Of course, the whole coffee-theme is what sucked me in.)  I loved them!   

After the coffee themed series, I discovered MANY MANY themes, such as scrapbooking series, knitting series, tea series, hair salon series.  All mysteries.  So far, what I’ve read, I’ve liked.  Also, depending on their theme, either contain coffee brewing tips, recipes, scrapbooking ideas etc.   (Side note: they do contain a few *choice words* here and there) 

What’s on your bookshelf? 

It’s Friday, and it’s still February, so that leads us to February Friday Fun Facts! 

This week’s topic is Coffee Facts! 

• Coffee is a no-calorie drink
• It takes about 45 coffee beans to make one shot of espresso
• 400 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide, making it the most popular beverage
• Sprinkle spent coffee grounds around the base of your garden plants and it will stop snails and slugs from munching them!
• The US Navy used to serve alcoholic beverages on board ships.  However, when Admiral “Joe” Daniels became Chief of Naval Operations, he outlawed alcohol on board ships, except for very special occasions.  Coffee then became the drink of choice, hence the term “Cup of Joe”.
• Bach wrote a coffee cantata in 1732
• For reducing wrinkles and improving their skin, the Japanese have been known to bathe in coffee grounds fermented with pineapple pulp.
• Coffee, as a world commodity, is second only to oil
• Iced coffee in a can has been popular in Japan since 1945
• Regular coffee drinkers have about one-third less asthma symptoms than those non-coffee drinkers. So says a Harvard researcher who studied 20,000 people.

It was quite the birthday!!! 

I received some new stamp sets from PapertreyInk.com, so I’ve been working on some cards. 

For these few cards, I used this set.

That’s all for today.  Just a quick post. 

Time to refill my coffee cup. 

That was my day today. 

My husband & son took me out of town today. 

Not only that, but they took me to all of my favorite scrapbooking stores (Archivers & Michaels), Target, they let me pick lunch,(Chili’s which included FREE birthday dessert for me) and of course Starbucks. 

They not only took me to scrapbook stores, but followed me around endlessly, (and I do mean endlessly….even I was wiped out after Archivers) without complaining. 

It was wonderfulllllll. 

***I had previously posted about Starbucks new doughnuts and the fact that they are peanut-free.  If you look at their website, they do not list peanuts in the ingredients, nor do they list it on their allergen checklist, but to much disappointment, when double-checking in the store, the barista checked the package and they are ‘processed on shared equipment’.  Huge disappointment. 

***Chili’s Molten Lava Cake, although it doesn’t directly contain peanuts,  it is ‘made in a facility which also processes peanuts’.  Bummer. 

2 days till 40~ 

Enjoy your Valentine’s Day tomorrow!!!