Reblog: Second Chance Farm

*please help!

Hi! Please see below re Second Chance Farm ..... and then VOTE!

Second Chance Farm has been a friend to homeless animals for over twenty years. The shelter is operated by a terrific, caring woman - Alice Cannon. Many of the animals she has are unadoptable. Several animals are again and require ongoing medications. Her shelter, unfortunately, is deeply in debt.

Care 2 will give away $10,000 to the animal shelter/rescure group that gets the most votes. This is for National Shelter Appreciation Week and it only takes a minute.

Simply go to the URL below and type in zip code 12420 to get a list of shelters. Second Chance Farm will be listed. Remember to remove the checks at the bottom (otherwise you will get newsletters) before submitting.

Then just VOTE! The prizes will be awarded in December. Please help Alice Cannon and Second Chance Farm win.

http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/?cid=causes

Please pass this on to the animal lovers you know.

2nd (not quite annual) ppg beirut tourney

tonight is the second annual ppg beirut tournament and i am pumped! here are the radomly generated teams:

• Ben & Nicole
• Dan & Hannah
• Greg H & Kristin
• Greg R & Delia
• Matt & Andrea
• Mike & Kayte
• Pat & Megan
• Phil & Brittany
• Phillippe & Teresa
• Tim & Amy
• Will & Jen
• TBA

this year i am paired up with phil the newbie fra. lucky for me he is fresh out of college and will be able to pick up my slack (i havent played since last years tourney- yikes!) im confident team philbee is gonna kick some solo cup butt.

found this snapshot on my phone from last years warm up round:


note that we took miss. caroline's wonderful advice and are not using communal cups this year. instead the cups in the pyramid will be filled but not drank out of. everyone will have their own drinking cup (sharpie it up) and when someone hits a cup you will pour the beer from the hit cup into your drinking cup.

take that h1n1.

check back later for snapshots from the night and for the results (and a special prize)

*also note based on our pizza ordering logic we now have one large pizza per team. so glad my coworkers love food as much as i do.

whats wrong with this picture?

was so excited to get my invitation to the new england roanoke college alumni holiday reception! so why did i do a double take? incase you missed it:

cash bar?! does the >$100K you received from me over five years really not cover a few glasses of red wine once a year?! jeez. times must be tough...

but im still excited.

and already rsvp-ed.

big girly bows.

ray lamontagne was absolutely amazing last night. and another great perk- the opening act was the singer for rustic overtones and he was fabulous. theres nothing better than a great performance AND a great discovery (luckily rustic overtones are playing this saturday in boston- going to try and get tickets today!)

wont lie- it was a late night (by my old lady standards) so getting out of bed this morning was difficult. decided to perk up with a big ol bow. loveee it.


time for my pink lemonade emergen-c and oatmeal... happy thursday!

my citys cooler than you.

well clearly so do you since you have nothing better to do than comment on a blog about a city you dont like at 2:42 am.

see yaaaa.

would NOT wanna be yaaa.

(appologies for my carrie bradshaw city is my boyfriend moment)

chick chicky boom.

saw this recipe on kath eats real food and i cannot wait to make them! i love chick peas more than anyone should- they are just so good. (when i go to salad bars i typically have: 3 leaves of lettuce and then fill the rest of my plate with chick peas and chow mein noodles. healthy, right? oh and i forgot large amounts of blue cheese dressing.)

Pumpkin Spice Roasted Chickpeas

1 can of chickpeas, rinsed, drained and patted dry
2 T. maple syrup
1 t. canola oil (or oil of your choice)
1 t. apple cider vinegar
1/8 t. salt
1/4 t. nutmeg
1/4 t. ginger
3/4 t. cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl until evenly coated.
2. Spread chickpeas on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
3. Bake for 25 minutes. Stir chickpeas every ten minutes to ensure even crisping.

she got the recipe from here

getting excited.

super excited to see ray lamontagne tonight at the wang theatre. last year my boss went and had an absolutely amazing time so i am so glad i was able to snag two tickets to the sold out show tonight!

a few others from my work are going tonight- but incase youre like dan and dont know who he is, here are a few songs for your listening entertainment.

boston says its okay too.

if i was reborn as an animal, itd probably be a toss up between a cat (for obvious reasons) and a squirrel (because they love them some sparkles.) thankfully in this life i dont have to befriend these furry little creatures because mg loves her some sparkles too:

(incase you missed her daily obsession featuring these bad boys- go check it out now!)

and thanks to kp- if youd like to order yourself a pair of these beauties (absolutely tempting) or another express item: use the coupon code above (4291) an save 20%!

that is a sweet costume you might say.

i was able to snag some halloween pictures from offline- woo woo! (and while we are talking about halloween: check out this sweet halloween pie. yikes. cavitiy in a crust. although i do love the talking candy pumpkin.)

guitar heroes (matt & mal) with sandy and danny (mike & me)

note the authentic zuko coller pop. yeah, we practiced that.

the biggest loser & jillian (tj sure let himself go fast after the wedding... sorry leeanne!)

roller derby & the oregano toting hippie (aka miss & mrs. rose)
...and yes- missie wore her skates all night!

double dare (one of my favs!)

so now to start thinking about next years costume... i want a baby trophy!

hey, wheres tj?

very productive so far tonight! already hit the gym, did the dishes, showered and made a casserole. now its time to relax and watch biggest loser. oh yeah, and eat!

made a few changes to my healtfy tuna noodle casserole (fyi healtfy is my word for healthy comfort foods. i like making up words. take that webster.) instead of whole wheat egg noodles i used whole wheat rotini- held up against the sauce better. i also used two cans of tuna instead of one (protein baby!) didnt have peas this time- but other than that it came out delic.

lets go danny! (old one)