Loved this from last nights episode!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Apple Event - Is it the iTablet that we've been waiting for?
Apple computers has created a LOT of hype over the last couple of months with speculation that it has been working on a new tablet device similar to the iPhone, but with a 10 inch screen. Well after months of waiting, the company has announced a product launch conference tomorrow ... but is it what we've been waiting for?
I have a couple of issues with the current rumours that are in circulation, such as:
The device is just a giant iPhone
If this is true, then I'm going to be VERY disappointed! Apple struck gold with its original 2G iPhone and has successfully launched its two upgrades (3G and 3GS). If the new device is going to be selling for the rumoured $800-$1000 price range, then its going to have to be able to do soooooo much more. One suggestion would be for Flash and Java applets to be installed pre-sale - if they're touting it as a serious contender to a net-book, then it needs (at the very least) to do the same as a net book (which in some cases is 75% cheaper!).
Like the iPhone, the iTablet will be mobile network specific
Oh dear god, I'll cry if this is true. I'm already stuck in an 18 month contract for the iPhone because of Apple's exclusive deal with O2 Ireland. I really want one, but how can i justify the cost of another lengthy contract on top of the premium price? What if i just want to use it on my wifi network at home?
I suppose I'll just have to wait to find out exactly what the story is tomorrow ...
The event kicks of at 1PM EST (6PM GMT) and you can follow all of the details live at techcheck.cnbc.com - their correspondent Jim Goldman will be live blogging from the audience. And keep an eye on the Apple stick price to see what investors make of it by clicking here.
I have a couple of issues with the current rumours that are in circulation, such as:
The device is just a giant iPhone
If this is true, then I'm going to be VERY disappointed! Apple struck gold with its original 2G iPhone and has successfully launched its two upgrades (3G and 3GS). If the new device is going to be selling for the rumoured $800-$1000 price range, then its going to have to be able to do soooooo much more. One suggestion would be for Flash and Java applets to be installed pre-sale - if they're touting it as a serious contender to a net-book, then it needs (at the very least) to do the same as a net book (which in some cases is 75% cheaper!).
Like the iPhone, the iTablet will be mobile network specific
Oh dear god, I'll cry if this is true. I'm already stuck in an 18 month contract for the iPhone because of Apple's exclusive deal with O2 Ireland. I really want one, but how can i justify the cost of another lengthy contract on top of the premium price? What if i just want to use it on my wifi network at home?
I suppose I'll just have to wait to find out exactly what the story is tomorrow ...
The event kicks of at 1PM EST (6PM GMT) and you can follow all of the details live at techcheck.cnbc.com - their correspondent Jim Goldman will be live blogging from the audience. And keep an eye on the Apple stick price to see what investors make of it by clicking here.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
More Bridals!!!
Last Friday Gav and I and other friends, Tristan and Suzanne had an awesome oppurtunity to go up to Zions Ponderosa Ranch and take more pictures in our wedding attire.
The story behind it was so cool! Over Christmas break, I got a call on my house phone from my Foods teacher at the college. She said that she had a friend that was turning her house into a wedding venue up in the Zion's National Park and needed brides and their grooms to come up and take pictures for her brocure. In exchange, we would get the pictures, and we would get a free weekend up at their cabins. We got up there and it was so beautiful! It was the perfect day to take pictures. Her home was GORGEOUS! I was kinda bummed my family didnt live closer, but just being there for pictures was a privledge. She went all out and decorated a table with decorations and china and she even decorated a huge cake to take pictures. So I called my friend Suzanne and her husband, Tristan and asked them to come along. The whole evening was fabulous! Pamela was amazing and Tyson, the photographer was wonderful to work with. Here are just a few of the pics... More to come!
Check out the Zions Ponderosa website at http://www.zionponderosa.com/ This is the Ranch.... I'll post the brochure when I get it!
The story behind it was so cool! Over Christmas break, I got a call on my house phone from my Foods teacher at the college. She said that she had a friend that was turning her house into a wedding venue up in the Zion's National Park and needed brides and their grooms to come up and take pictures for her brocure. In exchange, we would get the pictures, and we would get a free weekend up at their cabins. We got up there and it was so beautiful! It was the perfect day to take pictures. Her home was GORGEOUS! I was kinda bummed my family didnt live closer, but just being there for pictures was a privledge. She went all out and decorated a table with decorations and china and she even decorated a huge cake to take pictures. So I called my friend Suzanne and her husband, Tristan and asked them to come along. The whole evening was fabulous! Pamela was amazing and Tyson, the photographer was wonderful to work with. Here are just a few of the pics... More to come!
Check out the Zions Ponderosa website at http://www.zionponderosa.com/ This is the Ranch.... I'll post the brochure when I get it!
Gardner Bridal Shower
This last weekend, my wonderful new family threw me a bridal shower. My mother-in-law (to be) and sisters-in-law (to be) worked so hard to throw me a wonderful shower. I was absolutely amazed how many people showed up to support me! My mom and sisters came with me and we were running a bit late but when we pulled up to Gavins house, he was there to vallet park all the cars. :) So we ran inside and saw that almost everyone came! We chatted a bit then Shalei started the party by asking me to tell the story of how Gav and I met and how he proposed. They all oohhh-ed and awww-ed in all the right places. Next, Shalei brought out a rose and asked me to give one reason I loved Gavin for each pedal. That was super fun. I started off a little broad in my reasonings and with everyone watching I was trying to come up with a few more reasons for the last few pedals when Grandma Kate said that I should just add them and say that's for me to know. :)
After that, we add a wonderful lunch of sandwiches and salads, and CUPCAKES! It was so cute and so perfect! I absolutely loved it and am so thankful for such a wonderful family to be marrying into. They are amazing. Thank you so much!
After that, we add a wonderful lunch of sandwiches and salads, and CUPCAKES! It was so cute and so perfect! I absolutely loved it and am so thankful for such a wonderful family to be marrying into. They are amazing. Thank you so much!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler is an incredibly funny lady who has her own late night talk show in the US called Chelsea Lately. The show is also showing on E! in the UK and this is where I first saw her acid tongue in action. One reviewer says that most comedians are edgy from time to time, but Chelsea is all edge. You can watch some clips below of her stand-up and tv appearances.
Chelsea on The View
Chelsea Stand up
More Stand up
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Are you a Gleek?
If you haven't heard of the new smash TV show Glee by now, then you must be living under a rock in the middle of a desert!
Fox has aired the first 13 episodes in the US and the show is currently on a 4 month hiatus. A further 9 episodes are planned (starting to air on Fox in April) and some of the guest names that have been whispered for these are Wicked's Idina Menzel and Grease's very own Olivia Newton-John. Both TV3 in Ireland and E4 in the UK have started to air the show this week and viewers should see no break between the original 13 and new 9 episodes.
The show has spawned two albums and an array of singles (the songs featured in each episode are realeased when the show airs) with the Journey classic Don't Stop Believing getting as high as number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Click here for full charting details (updated as the show begins to air in new territories).
Personally, I think that this is a welcome change to all of the detective and police dramas that are farmed out by the US networks and thats why its become such a sucess. Alongside the music and dancing, there are some genuinely laugh out loud funny and touching moments and a storyline that will keep you gripped. Oh and make sure to check out cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester - she's a hilarious nutcase!
If you haven't managed to catch it, then click here to find out when it airs where you are! It's an hour of feel good tv (a change from whats normally shown) and ... if I may be so bold as to say ... this would be the new Friends.
2010 is the year of Glee .... You have been warned!
OUCH!
This is possibly the most famous man in Ireland at the minute! Theres a facebook campaign trying to track him down and it has over 44,000 fans.
Presented in HD for your enjoyment
Presented in HD for your enjoyment
Just a taster....
Just spotted this online - holy lamb of sweet Jesus, I'm watching the weather on BBC from now on. I wonder if we can get him to strip off for Red Nose Day or Children In Need.....
You can catch this in the new issue of Attitude which is apparently out now. The front cover features recently out of the closet rugby player Gareth Thomas, but when you flip to the back cover, this is what will greet you.
Is it just me, or does he fill out those little shorts VERY well?
New year ... New blog
W e l c o m e !
With Christmas and the New Year behind me and no money in the bank, I've been trying to find constructive ways to spend my time. I have a Twitter and a Facebook, but I thought that perhaps I needed another outlet for the mundane postings (such as "Monday ... bleurgh, not again" - that there is prizewinning writing). So I would now like to declare the Celebs & Hot Men... blog officially open *cues fanfare and cuts ribbon*. It will not be exclusively for Celebs & Hot Men - I had to use that title to get your attention ... and it worked if your reading this!
I'm off work this week so expect plenty of updates on how crap daytime TV is and the weather. Now where to begin - there's so much to cover and so little time to cover it. First up lets start with the celeb side of things. A couple of newsie bites from the web:
Dannii Minogue is pregnant - Congrats!! That X Factor show won't be the same without you if you don't come back this year. You are the classy lady to balance out the chav that is Ms Cole.
Jonathan Ross possibly teaming up with Chelsea Handler for a one off show - this would be the best show ever! Sources say that it would only be a one off but the two acid tongued comedians are a match made in heaven.
Kathy Griffin swearing on CNN's NYE coverage - you go girl *snaps fingers*. It seems that CNN bosses are now very unlikely to re-hire Miss Griffin due to her dropping the f-bomb when talking about Balloon Boy. I also love the fact that she read out her contract live on air while standing beside the very yummy Anderson Cooper (is he gay or not). The contract included a clause stating that if she swore, she would have to return her fee to CNN immediately! Click below to see Kathy drop the f-bomb...
And I'll update with some hot men later on.... I promise
With Christmas and the New Year behind me and no money in the bank, I've been trying to find constructive ways to spend my time. I have a Twitter and a Facebook, but I thought that perhaps I needed another outlet for the mundane postings (such as "Monday ... bleurgh, not again" - that there is prizewinning writing). So I would now like to declare the Celebs & Hot Men... blog officially open *cues fanfare and cuts ribbon*. It will not be exclusively for Celebs & Hot Men - I had to use that title to get your attention ... and it worked if your reading this!
I'm off work this week so expect plenty of updates on how crap daytime TV is and the weather. Now where to begin - there's so much to cover and so little time to cover it. First up lets start with the celeb side of things. A couple of newsie bites from the web:
Dannii Minogue is pregnant - Congrats!! That X Factor show won't be the same without you if you don't come back this year. You are the classy lady to balance out the chav that is Ms Cole.
Jonathan Ross possibly teaming up with Chelsea Handler for a one off show - this would be the best show ever! Sources say that it would only be a one off but the two acid tongued comedians are a match made in heaven.
Kathy Griffin swearing on CNN's NYE coverage - you go girl *snaps fingers*. It seems that CNN bosses are now very unlikely to re-hire Miss Griffin due to her dropping the f-bomb when talking about Balloon Boy. I also love the fact that she read out her contract live on air while standing beside the very yummy Anderson Cooper (is he gay or not). The contract included a clause stating that if she swore, she would have to return her fee to CNN immediately! Click below to see Kathy drop the f-bomb...
And I'll update with some hot men later on.... I promise
Monday, January 11, 2010
Before and After
Finally! I am all moved into our new apartment! We are so tightly packed in here but its nice and cozy. Tell me what you think of our decorations!
Kitchen Before and After
Bed Before and After
LIving Room/Bedroom Before and After
Bathroom Before and After
Kitchen Before and After
Bed Before and After
LIving Room/Bedroom Before and After
Bathroom Before and After
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Family Bridal Shower
My wonderful family threw me a bridal shower this Christmas break. My cute cousin, Megan and her sister and mom put in so much hard work and it was so much fun. We played bingo and each square was a funny thing about myself or Gavin. We also had a awesome dinner of home made lasagna and chocolate molten cake... YUM!!! We all just love each other so much. My family is AMAZING and I dont know what I would do without them! Thank you all so much for your love and support!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Happy New Year!!!
One year ago today was our first date! Can you believe it? It has been such an amazing year! My new years resolution: Make this year even better! I love you Gavin!
Bridals
Bridals was an interesting adventure that is for sure. I will tell the story now and attach the pics as soon as I get them.
To begin, this Christmas break, we have been on a time frame in order to get things accomplished in time for the wedding. So we had bridals planned to go down to Provo Castle, have our carriage there as well as Gavin's horse. But unfortunately, we happened to plan it right in the middle of a snow storm. We had the carriage all hooked up. My hair and make up all done. We had called a couple people to borrow a harness for the horse. Gavin had is tux, I had finished putting beading on my dress THE NIGHT BEFORE and Gavin and his family were bringing the horse and trailer. My mom, my sister and I get in the car and start driving on the freeway and start sliding all over. There are cars pulled over on the right and left. We call our photographer and tell her we are going for it, instead of putting it off. We travel only going about 20 mph the whole way and FINALLY slide (seriously slide) into the parking lot of the castle. I waited in the car while my mom ran in to check in and she comes out with bad news from the mean receptionist lady, they werent letting anyone up to the castle. Gavin had gone and spoken to a lady earlier and made sure we would be good to go and Sarah (our photographer) was just up there. Finally we call security to get them to let us pass. We all start heading up the slippery road and my mom starts sliding on the switchback with the trailer and carriage in tow. She jack knifed and was stuck with the car almost on top of the trailer. So we ditch that idea and decide the horse and carriage will just be somewhere else. So we go back down and get ready in the horse trailer and drive up in Sarah's car to take pics. It was freezing as you can imagine and I was only in my dress. Burr...But it was worth it. OH! I failed to mention that the Provo Castle is near the Provo hospital... The mental hospital that is. There was a weird old man up by the castle with binnoculars and would whistle to the birds. Addie and Sarah claim to have seen him only a few yards away spying at us through his binnoculars... kinda creepy.
Anywho... we begin to come back down to find a place to take some pictures with the carriage and horse. Mike went out to find a place, and in the process, got a flat tire. It was a cold and interesting day, but I think the pictures turned out awesome. We shall soon see! I am so grateful to Sarah, my family and my new family, the Gardners for being such good sports. I sure had fun despite the trials we faced. They sure are awesome. :)
To begin, this Christmas break, we have been on a time frame in order to get things accomplished in time for the wedding. So we had bridals planned to go down to Provo Castle, have our carriage there as well as Gavin's horse. But unfortunately, we happened to plan it right in the middle of a snow storm. We had the carriage all hooked up. My hair and make up all done. We had called a couple people to borrow a harness for the horse. Gavin had is tux, I had finished putting beading on my dress THE NIGHT BEFORE and Gavin and his family were bringing the horse and trailer. My mom, my sister and I get in the car and start driving on the freeway and start sliding all over. There are cars pulled over on the right and left. We call our photographer and tell her we are going for it, instead of putting it off. We travel only going about 20 mph the whole way and FINALLY slide (seriously slide) into the parking lot of the castle. I waited in the car while my mom ran in to check in and she comes out with bad news from the mean receptionist lady, they werent letting anyone up to the castle. Gavin had gone and spoken to a lady earlier and made sure we would be good to go and Sarah (our photographer) was just up there. Finally we call security to get them to let us pass. We all start heading up the slippery road and my mom starts sliding on the switchback with the trailer and carriage in tow. She jack knifed and was stuck with the car almost on top of the trailer. So we ditch that idea and decide the horse and carriage will just be somewhere else. So we go back down and get ready in the horse trailer and drive up in Sarah's car to take pics. It was freezing as you can imagine and I was only in my dress. Burr...But it was worth it. OH! I failed to mention that the Provo Castle is near the Provo hospital... The mental hospital that is. There was a weird old man up by the castle with binnoculars and would whistle to the birds. Addie and Sarah claim to have seen him only a few yards away spying at us through his binnoculars... kinda creepy.
Anywho... we begin to come back down to find a place to take some pictures with the carriage and horse. Mike went out to find a place, and in the process, got a flat tire. It was a cold and interesting day, but I think the pictures turned out awesome. We shall soon see! I am so grateful to Sarah, my family and my new family, the Gardners for being such good sports. I sure had fun despite the trials we faced. They sure are awesome. :)
Christmas Time at Our House
Unfortunately I have lost my camera and wasnt able to take any pictures of Christmas this year... :'( But none-the-less, it was a wonderful Christmas. We never knew it would be so hard to balance the holidays between both families but I believe we did rather well. We spend Christmas eve with my family and had a glorious dinner of prime rib, garlic mashed potatoes, rolls, and my fav...BREAD PUDDING! Yum! We then woke up bright and early to open presents and enjoy the morning with family. Gavin and I recieved some awesome stuff for our apartment and are thrilled to own such fun things. That morning Gav got to talk to his brother Matt who is on his mission in Switzerland. He seemed to be doing real well and enjoying his mission. Then we got ready and zoomed out to Spanish Fork so we could talk to his twin sister, Kate, who is also on her mission in Oakland. I have only ever talked to her over email so it was a real treat to hear her voice and enjoy talking to her. I am really excited to meet her. She comes home real soon! We then had a second Christmas with Gavin's family and got some more really cool stuff. We really have been spoiled and never expected such an awesome Christmas. Gavin really spoiled me. First, at my house, he whipped out a pretty side table and told me that me MADE it! I was so impressed! It must have taken him a really long time to make. I loved it. I also spent a lot of time into a gift I made for him. In the Disney movie, "Up" the main character and his wife make an adventure book and fill it with things that have given their life meaning. Gavin and I had been intending to start our own book but hadnt gotten around to it. So I had been saving things since we started dating and compiled it into a scrap book and made it our "Adventure Book". I put all kinds of things in it from ticket stubbs to journal entries I started since I met Gavin. It will be something we will be able to keep forever.
Then later in the day, I got spoiled some more... While we were at his house, we had second Christmas and towards the end, he said we should go for a drive. Everyone (I mean his whole family) got in their cars and we all drove to the high school. There, we went into the wood shop and there was a gorgeous canopy bed made of alder. I was shocked. It was beautiful. I couldnt believe he had made it let alone in the time frame he had. He is so amazing. I am so excited to be married to him for time and all eternity.
Then later in the day, I got spoiled some more... While we were at his house, we had second Christmas and towards the end, he said we should go for a drive. Everyone (I mean his whole family) got in their cars and we all drove to the high school. There, we went into the wood shop and there was a gorgeous canopy bed made of alder. I was shocked. It was beautiful. I couldnt believe he had made it let alone in the time frame he had. He is so amazing. I am so excited to be married to him for time and all eternity.
Happy Birthday Gavin!
Right smack in the middle of finals week, we got to celebrate Gavin's 24th birthday. That morning, we got up and went to the institute building for a wonderful breakfast of cereal and french toast. There, we ran into our institute teacher, Brother Day where he and I started a harmonious round of happy birthday where the 10 other students willingly joined in.
Afterward, we went to our new apartment and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned so we would be able to move in that week.
Then, being the good, hardworking students we are, we studied for some time before using our Texas Roadhouse giftcard and eating our second flavorful meal of the day. Then, of course, we had our waitress bring out the saddle and have all the other waiters and waitresses sing another harmonious (yet not as good as the institute students) round of happy birthday.
I love you Gavin, I am so thankful you are in my life and for all the blessings you bring me. Happy birthday babe!
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