i'm here for the party

Welcome all you 2010 Ultimate Blog Partiers. Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the interwebs. Please help yourself to some punch and a cookie or three.

Now a little about myself... gah! I hate public speaking. My name is Shannon, but you can call me Shan or Shanny. I am a soon to be 37 year old wife and mother of 2 gorgeous girls. Michael and I have been married for 13 years. And we're having huge amounts of fun raising our seven year old, Abby and our four year old, Maya.

Besides all the laundry that a family of four requires me to do, in my spare time I like to cook and bake. I also knit, mostly scarves and hats for a local agency. It's my way of making some good come out of all the trashy TV I watch, like Dancing With the Stars, American Idol, Survivor, Parenthood, The Office and Greys. I host a monthly movie night with my girls friends... we just celebrated our 1st anniversary. It's the best thing ever. I highly recommend it. We also like Family Movie Nights with themed snacks. And we love to play board games of all kinds. Not surprisingly we call those, Family Game Nights. I truly love social media and waste copious amounts of time of twitter and facebook.

Mike and I both enjoy volunteering, giving back and paying it forward. We are both on the parent's council at our daughter's school. He as co-chair, I as secretary. We are both active with our local agricultural society and the fair it puts on every year. Mike is 1st vice president this year as well he sits in on other committees. I help out with the society's social media stuff (more time for twitter and facebook, heaven!) as well as looking after prize tabulation for the school fair.

Wow, once I get started I just can't stop.

And when I'm not doing all of that I also find time to be -- be it by blood or by marriage or by choice -- a daughter, sister, Aunt, best friend, niece and cousin. I am currently in the midst of making healthy life changes - which for us means being on weight watchers. Between Mike and I we've lost over 50 lbs - the difference being split 80/20 for him. I love my crocs, my yoga pants and my jammies - not necessarily in that order. Also the Wii, my kitchenaid mixer, sprinkles, royal icing and my barbecue... oh and Chef Guy Fieri and his show Diners, Drive ins and Dives. I'd love to own a diner or a drive in or a dive one day. Or a bakery. Or small general store.

Thanks for stopping by.