THIS IS WHY I DO NOT WATCH TV...

Because I have been dreaming I am a contestant on The Bachelor for the last 4 nights.

                                                                              Bob DAmico/ ABC

Come on Brad, gimme that rose!

INDIA ANYONE?

Maybe if you get bored, you can vote for me to win a trip to India here. It's a trip for 2 so maybe I'll take YOU if I win... Please? Pretty please? It's easy...

SWEET GEORGIA BROWN

The Globetrotters came to town and guess who was there for the show....

maybe even part of the show...

this girl.

I couldn't get that Sweet Georgia Brown tune out of my head for the next two days, but why would I want to really?! The game was so much fun.

BOOB THINGS

My niece Jacq asked if she could pick out my outfit the other day...all of my outfit. She chose earrings, socks, shoes, hair clips...you name it. She even opened a drawer and asked if she could pick out which "boob things" I wore. From the mouths of babes... It was the pinkest most sparkliest outfit I have ever worn. LOVE HER.

CRAZY DOG T-SHIRTS WINNER

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YOURNOVEL.COM GIVEAWAY

Scroll back 2 posts to this one about the loving rivalry I have with my siblings to win the title of best gift for my parents.

I received several messages from friends saying they want to order the same romance novel gift for someone they know. So, lucky you, the nice people at YourNovel.com are allowing me to give away 1 paperback novel on my blog.

This is how it works:

1. Go to http://www.YourNovel.com to get started

2. Next, Choose a fantasy location (beaches, exotic, mountains/outdoors, mysterious, etc)

3. Choose what book or eBook you want and whether you'd like to add a personal photo to the cover

4. Fill out the questionnaire - selecting Wild or Mild - this is where you enter personal information about the main characters (nicknames, favorite color, features, etc)

6. Proofread sample for spelling errors, order, and your book will be on it's way!

It's that simple and fun. So if you want to get a personalized novel for that special someone who might be hard to buy for, here is your chance to win.

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TO ENTER:

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7. Share what fantasy location you might choose

This contest will end 3/7/11 at 11:59pm MST. Winner will be chosen at random. Good luck!

75 CENTS...EACH!

I wonder how many people actually took the entire cart up to a register before the sales staff decided they needed to post the hand-written addendum at the bottom.

"Quick, honey, ALL items ONLY 75 cents! Back the truck up!"

RIVALRY

I have a small rivalry with my brothers to see who can give my parents the best present. Granted the Elvis impersonator coming to our house to give the sash my mom never got from Elvis live in concert, the edible flower arrangement, the stripper visiting them at dinner while at Sizzler, a hand full of lottery tickets, and that dang flannel shirt (which was purchased from a THRIFT SHOP) were good attempts. However, I think I took the cake this year.

Ever since I can remember, my mom has enjoyed reading tacky romance novels. You know, with Fabio and his throbbing manhood aboard a pirate ship. So what could be better than to place my mother as the main character in her own romance novel? I'll answer that...NOTHING! That's right, at YourNovel.com you can enter in awesome personal information (names, cities, favorite colors, personal traits, etc) to make your book unique and you can choose either mild or wild scenes. To make it even better, I had a special photo shoot session and put an awesome romance novel pose on the cover.

**Taking off glove and slapping your cheek** I challenge you to beat this one, brothers. Happy Birthday Moms.

HOLIDAY AISLE

I love love LOVED going to the store today to see guys of all ages fill the holiday aisle and then walk to the register with pink jammies, balloons, and stuffed puppy dogs in hand.

Happy Valentine's Day!

THIS...

...is why I love my mom.

CRAZY DOG T-SHIRTS GIVEAWAY

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Which one is my fave? The women's That's Shady shirt.

Want to win your own Crazy Dog T-shirt? I want to giveaway a shirt (valued at $16.99 or below) to one of you awesome readers. You can keep it for yourself or give it away as present to your older brother who is hard to buy things for.

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Giveaway will end Feb 25, 2011 at 11:59pm MST. Good luck.

**Winners cannot have won something form any of their sites in the past 90 days.**

UTE FANS ARE CLASSLESS

My friend Craig and I went to the Jazz game last night in SLC (goodbye Jerry Sloan).
That guy in red next to us, yeah he was booing the loudest.

It was fun blah blah blah. That is not my main thought. It's that we were in Salt Lake City, where there are a lot of Ute fans, and the BYU Cougarettes dance team were there to perform a number at half time. What happened? They were booed. (I even heard someone say, "They are gonna divide the fans in the stands with this one.") I know, the University of Utah and Brigham Young University are long time rivals, but that does not mean you should boo the dancers who are there to perform for your entertainment. For heaven's sake the game and performance had nothing to do with BYUofU rivalry. This is not the first time I have witnessed Utah fans behave this way.

Remember the guy who told me he could stand there all night just to ruin my photo.

I think it is wonderful to cheer for your team. Awesome. But I think it is total unsportsmanlike conduct when you boo the opposing team as they walk on to the court/field before any game play has occurred. I am afraid I have to agree with Mr. Max Hall and say Ute fans ARE classless.

YES, I WAS EMBARRASSED

I keep cycling the same socks through the wash and to the top of my drawer.
Too bad they happen to be Christmas and Halloween socks.


Yes, it is February.
Yes, I donated blood today and the cute guy who drew it might have seen my holiday socks.
Yes, I was embarrassed.
Oops.

NACHO MAMA TEES, EH

Nacho Mama Tees (www.nachomamatees.com) has some of the best crazy shirts around. Founded in 2004, the company offers items such as Chuck Norris shirts, hangover t-shirts and zombie shirts. They provide a variety of awesome offensive shirts, funny shirts, movie shirts, and awesome mens vintage tees. They have a cheap shirts section where most shirts are available at an affordable price of $16.99 or less. To make sure everyone is happy, they offer shirt sizes ranging from small-3XL. So go ahead and get your t-shirt on.

Secretly, I am planning on going to Canada in one way or another so I chose the Canadian Eh Team shirt from the cool t-shirts category. I love it. It's fits perfectly and washes nicely...as all of your best tees should.

WINNER

The winner of the $50 EdenFantasys gift card is....
dun dun dun


comment #123
Belinda M.
Woot! Woot!
Thank you to EVERYONE for entering.

FREE TUNES

Amazon is giving away 14 free songs for Valentine's Day here.
I'm sharing this because 1) free music is cool and 2) free music is cool when it is from a cool band...like the song from Band of Horses on the list (L-O-V-E them).

Also you can get a $2 free credit to get whatever you like or to give as a Valentine's gift to your sweetheart (wink wink. nudge nudge. say no more say no more.). Look for this box on top right side of page

then click on Redeem a gift card or promotion code and enter VDAYMP3S.

**Both links good until 2/14/11**

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I'D BUY JAMES BLUNT ON EBAY!

Ever since my friend Jeff posted a video tribute about his beloved blue cup to the song Goodbye My Lover (you must see it here...I laugh as if it's the first time I've ever heard it every time), I've had James Blunt on my mind. Amazingly, I heard he was going to perform a small show at Flemings in SLC and I happened to score tickets to it. He was beautiful.

I don't normally have super star crushes, but I'd totally buy him on ebay tomorrow if I knew he was for sale!
When I arrived at the venue, I went to use the restroom. As I was coming back to the room where the concert was I noticed him sitting at a table taking a photo of himself. Well, I wasn't sure if it was him. Then when he walked into the room to sing a few songs, I found my guess was true.



DUH! Why didn't I sit down next to him and jump in his photo? I could kick myself. We could be eating steak together right now over my American howdy partnerish laughs and his super cute english muffin talk. If only I could replay that moment...I wouldn't make the same mistake.

So if any of you have connections out there...send the bloke back to me!

USS BIRTHDAY ENTERPRISE

I do NOT like Star Trek.

However, I do enjoy birthday parties and love my friend Nate.

So when I was invited to his surprise themed party I was there with bells...err communicator and big hair on.

What's a Star Trek party without Counselor Deanna Troi and Captain James Tiberius Kirk?!

Throw in some Star Trek scene it, delicious food, the new Star Trek movie, and you've got an awesome ride aboard the USS Birthday Enterprise!

Live long and prosper, Nate.

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2011

Today is the last official day of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT.
I have grown to love this event and all of the people who attend it

from making new friends on the various shuttle buses


to having your dreams interpreted before eating at Main Street Pizza & Noodle

to the crazy people in costumes each year


to the LA people who have to buy a new winter wardrobe just for this event


to private screening swagg


to sneeking into parties with celebrities


to seeing old friends and making new ones


oh...and I almost forgot they show films there too!


Stanley Tucci, John Salley, James Franco, 50 Cent, Oprah, Justin Beiber...see you again next year...same time, same place!

90% OFF

I think next year I'm going to celebrate Christmas on January 15th. Gosh I thought I was getting good deals on "sales" before the holiday, but just a few weeks later everything is anywhere from 50-75-90% off. Good golly. I guess you've got to make your money somehow, Mr. Economy. (But you, little Miss Victoria's Secret, will not trick me again this year!)

$50 EDENFANTASYS GC GIVEAWAY

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This might sound a little funny, but I am a real sucker for the commercialness of holidays. I know, I know...most people hate that part about them and despise walking by the seasonal aisle in most supermarkets or drug stores. However, I LOVE heart shaped pizzas for Valentine's Day, pastel sprinkles on my donut for Easter, putting green dye in food for St. Patrick's Day, decorating bikes with streamers and flags for the 4th of July, cashiers in costumes at the mall on Halloween, tacky Christmas sweater parties in December, and so on. It all just makes me smile.

Since Valentine's Day is coming up, I have the opportunity to host a giveaway at a place where you can find lots of hearts for that someone special, yourself, or to give as a present - You choose because you can win a $50 gift card!

There are so many things to choose from starting with heart shaped hand warmers for these cold winter mornings lots of us are having now, cute lingerie with heart prints, heart shaped ice cube trays (pictured above), or many different heart candles.

CAUTION: Be careful about clicking on the links in front of impressionable eyes. Of course, you don't have to limit your search on this site to things with hearts on them. Shop around for whatever you like...I promise I won't judge you and your items will be delivered in a discreet package so nosy neighbors won't either.

TO ENTER:

(Do any or all options. Each option is good for 1 entry unless otherwise stated)

1. Follow my blog on Google Friend Connect (push the follow button on right side of blog).

2. List the name of an item you like or post a link.

3. Follow @EdenFantasys on Twitter

4. Tweet about the giveaway (unlimited entry as long as tweets are at least 1 hour apart)

#EdenFantasys $50 GC giveaway! visit

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Please don't forget to leave your email address so I can contact you if you win.

Enter now because the giveaway ends on 2/7/11 at 11:59pm MST! Winner will be selected at random.

AMAZON SHOPPERS

For those of ya'll who shop at amazon, Livingsocial is having a sweet deal today.

You can get a $20 Amazon gift card for only $10! So that's ten bucks free!

If you can't think of anything to buy at amazon.com, then you can always buy me something.

Only one per person. To make the deal sweeter, if 3 people buy from this linky, I get one for free. We all like to share, don't we?! Happy shopping.

RESOLUTION LIST

It is half way through the first month of the new year.

My new year's resolution: to be on time.

Oops...I kinda blew that one.

Oh well, I will soon get my parking spot back at the rec center from all the resolution-ers dying out and everything will be fine.

I have a confession: New Year's Eve is not my most favorite holiday to celebrate and I don't think I am the best at setting goals. I have never said, "THIS is gonna be my year!"

I know I have things to improve on, I just don't get the new year start over thing. I mean, I want to be smart, healthy, and loving all the time.

But I am willing to test it out. SO number one on my list is to actually make a list.

A small list.

Number two is to stop making lists.

Oh wait...just kidding.

I'm not sure yet what else will be on list, but I know for sure I won't ask to be more patient because the last time I asked for that people started driving slow in front of me on the roads, the girl at Subway barely put any cucumbers on my sandwich she was taking forever to make, and it took days to get email responses I needed fast. Yeah...note to self: don't ask God for tough lessons because He WILL answer your prayers.

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DEATH OF A SNOWMAN

He was a jolly, happy soul

whenever he put that hat on his head

Always running here and there.

He seemed like he was alive as he could be.

But I guess he said "Catch me if you can" one too many times to Mother Nature.

Last thing I remember, he was outside smoking his corncob pipe

when I heard a loud thumpetty thump thump

and his last request saying, "Don't you cry! I'll be back again someday."

Oh look at Frosty go...

FATTY

I was handed a yummy bag of Dove promises today. I know I have posted something similar to this before, but every time I get these (which isn't very often) I get giddy as if it's the first time I've ever had them and thought of this idea.

Today, I have officially decided that after reading each one I will add the term of endearment FATTY. It's like adding the phrase "in bed" after reading your fortune cookie. For example:

Savor the now, Fatty!

Live your life with an attitude of gratitude, Fatty.

And my personal favorite...
Learn to let go, Fatty.

No offense to Roberta, Carmella, and Erin who submitted these wonderful sayings. I just feel it would be better if they called me fatty and inspired me NOT to eat so many.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT

I'm just posting this for Jacq to remember who her favorite is...maybe the Hello Kitty gift pack influenced her a little bit, but I'll take it.

TRUE GRIT

I am not much one for westerns, however, I watched the film True Grit the other night. To my astonishment, I found that I quite enjoyed it. I believe the way the characters innocently spoke the obvious/truth and how they pronounced every syllable is what kept me interested.

Example from LaBoeuf: You give out very little sugar with your pronouncements. While I sat there watching I gave some thought to stealing a kiss... though you are very young, and sick... and unattractive to boot. But now I have a mind to give you five or six good licks with my belt.

After exiting the theater, and reviewing the film with my friend, I tried to speak as they did in the movie and found it rather difficult. I had to concentrate on not using contractions (we are so lazy in our speech these days) and frankly felt I sounded a little slow talking that way. But I'm gonna try it...a full day of using my True Grit speech. Starting....NOW...