10 Things We Do Around Christmas Time More Than The Rest Of The Year…
1. Eat more dessert. Way more.
2. Play more board games with friends and family.
3. Read by the fire and maybe even doze off.
4. Think about God, faith, spiritual things in a more in depth way.
5. Drink more wine.
6. Go to more movies.
7. See more kindness all around.
8. Send and receive more group text messages and/or emails.
9. Go to bed at an embarrassingly early hour.
10. Enjoy the people you don’t get to see enough.
And….ladies and gents…
Pam Ricklin is the winner of the August Mug Shots contest!
Who doesn’t love a little Mambo No. 5??!
Thanks for playing 
AND THE WINNER IS….
KARI HEALD
Caption: “J&K mug going in for its first Cat Scan”
Well…March 20th-23rd, 2010 will forever be remembered as some of the best days on earth. We got to spend those days at a private game reserve next to Kruger National Park in South Africa. We got to get up-close and personal to the amazing wildlife…and we mean CLOSE. Like, pee your pants a little cause there are lions right next to your car…Or in Kate’s case–pee your pants cause there are spiders the size of baseballs EVERYWHERE. It scared her more than the lions did. Each day we went for morning and evening drives, bush walks, bike rides and ate some fabulous food under the big, bright African stars.
Because we are cheesy awesome, we named our group/car “Lady Dagaboy” and our guide was a guy named Dave (aka Captain Kittycat) and our tracker was Clemont (aka Clementine). Seriously, these two macho men were not only cute as can be but they had some of the best personalities ever….we laughed, we sang…they wore bow ties…we wore formal wear…haha…good times all around The best part too was that my (Kate’s) dad was with us. He pretty much thought he was Rambo the majority of the time which was very entertaining.
Here are some small highlights from the trip:
I know…it was like heaven.Anyway…here are some pics. Disclaimer: we all shared our pictures so most of the awesome shots we probably didn’t take…so a big thank you to all our friends who shared their pics
The gorgeous African sky.
The sun…setting or rising…not sure…but beautiful either way!
So peaceful.
Safari vehicle fun!
Elephant up close & personal.
Rhino.
Lady Dagaboy in action taking pics of a hyena.
Leopard about to climb the tree.
Up he goes.
Dinner time…eating an Impala. We could literally hear the bones crunching.
The best tracker EVER…Clement!!!
Clement & Kate chasing the Impala to make them jump for people taking pictures. Woohoo!
Hippo under the water.
Hippo out of the water.
Zebras have BFF’s too.
That’s right. Worst nightmare.
Terrible. Horrible. Awful. They were huge.
My dad taking pics
Our rockin’ guide Dave.
Stop the car. Whip out the tablecloth. Pour the wine and Amarula. Check.
Lions.
Lions in a tree stealing food from the Leopard up above them. Freaking UNREAL.
Bike ride through a little lake.
Mud everywhere. Knife in my hand. Gun in his. We were ready for anything.
Mama Elephant with her two kiddos drinking at sunset.
Another Elephant. Sweet.
Wild Dog.
Leopard. You could almost reach out and touch him.
He loved his pink ribbon.
Ribbons represent.
We busted out the formal wear and were welcoming the other group.
Formal wear in the field.
Haha..nothing wrong with a little attitude in the bush.
RAAAAR!!!!!!
Giraffe
We got that close…it was unbelievable.
Chameleon love.
River we drove through.
There we are…driving through.
Lion tracks we found during our bike ride…awesome.
Wine tasting
Dinner under the stars.
Cape Buffalo.
Blown away by what we were seeing…cameras ready!
Last group shot…Dave let my dad hold the gun…my dad was SO happy…haha!
-jill-
When I’m SAD I…watch FRIENDS to cheer me up or listen to Patty Griffin to wallow in my sadness.
When I’m HAPPY I…laugh.
When I’m HUNGRY I…starve myself. Haha. Just kidding. Obviously.
When I’m TIRED I…hope I can sleep.
When I’m HOMESICK I…call my parents.
When I’m GIGGLY I…cannot stop.
When I’m MAD I…get quiet.
When I’m SCARED I…get tense and can’t relax.
-kate-
When I’m SAD I…cry. Yup. And listen to one song over and over again on my iPod. The song varies.
When I’m HAPPY I…eat lots of Haribo gummy bears & watch FRIENDS.
When I’m HUNGRY I…get cranky. Or snappy as some have called it
When I’m TIRED I…shut down sometimes.
When I’m HOMESICK I…must immediately distract myself. A movie, dinner, a walk outside, etc.
When I’m GIGGLY I…laugh really, really hard. It’s uncontrollable.
When I’m MAD I…throw things. Or I’m quiet. Neither are good.
When I’m SCARED I…find a friend.
Surprise. It’s Sunday. YAY. We have a little idea for this Sunday.
We wanted to do something fun for ya’ll so we made a few more copies of our EP “Finding My Own Way”–handmade, in the denim pocket and everything–and we are going to be having some trivia fun on twitter today. So, ladies and gents…find your own way to our twitter page…and be looking for trivia questions from us throughout today…January 31st, 2010.
It’s gonna be simple. We’ll ask a question and the first person to Twitter @ us with the correct answer will win an autographed copy of the EP. We’ll twitter @ the winner and let you know that you won. If you win, we will ask you to email us at askjillandkate@gmail.com and include your address in the message because we will need to put the CD’s in the mail tomorrow before we leave the country!
Play if you want. No pressure.
Hugs to everyone this Sunday morn.
-j&k-
We’ve discovered the world’s smallest travel game.
Travel Boggle on a keychain.
-j&k-
So, we have been all over the country…and world this year so we thought we’d play a little game called A-Z. We will list one place we’ve been for every letter of the alphabet. It might be a city, a country, or a state, or if we got stuck…a restaurant! haha. A-Z is fun to play with all sorts of topics…especially when you’re on a long road trip or…in a really boring class…or need a blog topic after 27 straight days of blogging. haha.
So here it goes:
Amsterdam
Baden Baden
Chicago
Delaware
Essex Junction
Fairfax
Germany
Hong Kong
Indio
Jack in the Box (got a little stuck there…)
Konacti
London
Melbourne
New York
Orilla
Pensacola
Qdoba (again…stuck, but great burritos!)
Reno
Sydney
Tennessee (!)
Uncasville
Victoria
Wisconsin
X-(what really starts with X anyway?? let’s go with…teXas! for 25 points, Bob.)
Youngstown
Zurich
Feel free to join the fun and try your own game of A-Z! Until tomorrow…
j&k—out.
Happy December 9th everyone.
A year ago today we released our EP “Finding My Own Way.” Honestly, we didn’t remember until someone very kindly tweeted us and reminded us. See now that’s something funny that’s happened over the last year…twitter. A year ago we didn’t say things like twitter or tweet. But now we do. So thanks to all who follow along with us on that magical ride called Twitter.
We’ve got 3 shows left with the KC gang….these have been some of the most fun shows we’ve ever done! If you’ve come out to a show you’ve probably seen the massive smiles on our faces.
And thanks to everyone who has been so kind and generous to us over the year. Whether it’s coming out to shows, sending us sweet messages, commenting on our blogs…We really, really do appreciate it !
I do believe I (kate) got a super sweet and AWESOME gift bag for my bday–which is in 1 week from today (WOOHOO)–so thank you to everyone that contributed! I will post some pics modeling the hats, but not right now because I haven’t showered in dayssss. True story. So maybe tomorrow I’ll post some pics But seriously…THANK YOU!
In January the J and the K-ster are gonna be recording again…yup…another true story.
Jill bought Scattergories To-Go at Target today! That’s a fun game. You should play.
Love,
k&J
Not charades or bingo…no no no…we are gonna play a little game called “2 Truth’s & a Lie.” We are gonna list 3 things about ourselves each & you have to pull a Sherlock Holmes and figure out which 2 things are true and which 1 thing is false. Leave your answers in the comment section and in a few days we will video blog what the right answers are.
Don’t go having too much fun now, ya hear???
Jill:
A. My middle name is Marie.
B. I have a freckle in my eye.
C. I have always liked Lima Beans.
Kate:
A. I have always liked Brussel Sprouts.
B. I have never had braces.
C. Near the age of seven, I was proposed to twice.
