Get Snuggie?

Okay...so I'm guessing that most of you have seen the commercial for the Snuggie...you know the blanket with sleeves!  I am not here to debate whether or not the Snuggie is a good buy or not (even though they do kind of make you feel bad about "normal" blankets, "Blankets are OK but they can slip and slide, plus your hands are trapped inside"...trapped?  sounds very dangerous...I know some of you who have your own personal Snuggie and my children beg me for one every time the commercial comes on the T.V.  What I am here to talk about is the commercial....If you haven't seen it...check out the link above to the finely crafted ad before you read on....If you have seen it.....I wonder if you agree with me in the high "cheese" content of this ad? Also I wonder if anyone who "starred" in the ad is thinking hmmmm I wonder if posing in a Snuggie by a bonfire, wearing a Snuggie at a football game or simply relaxing as a family, watching t.v. with all of us in Snuggie's will boost my T.V. career.  Every time this ad comes on I am oddly attracted to how over the top cheesy it is--but they must know what they are doing because like I said my kids are begging to get one....a blanket....really.....you want a blanket?  I will keep you posted if we buy Snuggie's or maybe you will see us at the next sporting outing clad in our Snuggie's--stay tuned :-)

Wine anyone?

Last night we got together with 2 other couples for what we are going to call "wine club", we decided that this was a much more civilized name then "let's get drunk club". This was our first "meeting" and we had decided that the focus of the meeting would be Cabernet Sauvignon. Each person had to bring a Cabernet...we didn't specify year, region, etc....just Cabernet. We held a blind tasting---where the wines were covered and we had to rate them--always interesting when you put wines side by side--interesting to note that the most expensive and the highest rated wine did not come in first but was a close second and that the #3 and #4 choices were definitely best value for the money--because they were just slightly behind the top finishers....and much less money! (I know that was a huge run-on sentence...sorry lots of wine last night!) The most disappointing was the Merryvale--not just because it was one I picked out--but because it had gotten some decent reviews--just goes to prove that cost doesn't always mean it is the best. Here are our very non-scientific results:

#1-Clos Pegase-Napa Valley--2005---retails for $38

#2--Don Melchor--Chile--2005--retails for $69--Wine Spectator rated 96 points!

#3--Peter Lehman--Barossa Valley--Australia--2005--retails for $16

#4--Valdivieso--Chile--2005--retails for $9.99

#5--Merryvale--Starmont--Napa Valley--2004--retails for $28.99

#6--Smoking Loon--2007--retails for $8.99--Wine Spectator rated 85 points!

26.2 or bust!

I know my posts have been few and far between lately....I feel Facebook sucking my blog post ability right out of me! Some of you know already....but I am officially signed up for the Ing Georgia Marathon in Atlanta. As if running a marathon isn't a big enough task....I have agreed to do a marathon that is only 12 weeks away... on March 29th...which in my book is really not that far away! Why a marathon? Why Atlanta?

The woman I ran my first (and only) marathon with waaaay back in '96 e-mailed and asked if I (and her other running friends) would join her in doing this marathon. She was looking to get back into running after a hiatus due to foot surgery and was looking for a way to get motivated and get back on track. So I said "yes"...what is funny is I didn't think long and hard...I just said "yes"....It just felt right saying "yes". She lives in North Carolina--which means...no long training runs together--which is something I will miss...it is amazing how much can be worked through during a long run! We are tracking our progress through e-mails, which I will say has been amazingly motivating. So here I go...long runs...more long runs....and even more long runs....I'll keep you posted--If you will keep me in your prayers....26.2 is a long way to go!