I absolutely LOVE the new McDonald’s commercial for the Filet-O-Fish sandwich and have been singing the fish’s little ditty since I first saw the commercial. I’ve also expanded my repertoire to include Don’t Worry Be Happy and Take Me To The River from the original, Big Mouth Billy Bass.

What a great way to bring the fish sandwich to the top of mind during Lent!

While in the Bahamas a few years ago, my mom, dad, sister and I spent an afternoon swimming with the dolphins and had so much fun. It was amazing the personalities these dolphins had. Playing and splashing and squirting water at us.

At the time I didn’t know about dolphin bubbles, yet playful dolphin activity. The dolphins at SeaWorld Orlando have the unique talent of blowing underwater bubbles and rings for their own amusement. It all started with one dolphin, and now they all push the bubbles around with their noses, pop them into tiny bubbles and nip at them just for fun.

They look like they are having so much fun and what a great thing to experience! I’m hoping to visit SeaWorld this summer, and I can’t wait to see their dolphin’s unique talent!

You can learn all about dolphins on SeaWorld’s new blog dedicated to their playful friends, www.dolphinbubbles.com. There are lots of entertaining photos and videos, as well as interesting dolphin information and a chance to comment on each and every post! You can even book your very own trip to swim with the dolphins at Discovery Cove!

Ollie is a little bitty weiner dog that thinks he’s a great dane and hogs more than his fair share of the bed. I’ve woken up more than once to see Mike clinging to the side of the bed because Ollie won’t make room for him to get comfortable.

Besides buying Ollie his own queen size mattress, the only solution to a good night sleep for Mike and I are large dog beds so that Ollie can sprawl out like he’s accustom to doing.

I’m partial to the Harry Barker dog beds because they come in simple shapes and colors that match our apartment, but the Bowsers dog beds, especially the Bowsers Ball, look awfully comfy, too.

So, if we do ever kick Ollie out of bed in favor of a peaceful slumber, don’t feel sorry for him, because he’ll be relaxing in his own designer dog bed.

I’ve already established that I think Michelle Obama is no Jackie O, but the dress she wore to the first White House state dinner was what she should have worn to the inagural ball. Love the sparkle, love the pearls. Much better than the wad of toilet paper she was rolled in back in January.

It’s official. I’m down 15 pounds and I even had cheesecake and a piece of pizza yesterday.

Granted, it took me almost two months to lose 15 pounds (please see above comment about cheesecake and pizza), but at that rate I can lose 90 pounds this year.

Holy shit. I knew girls in high school that didn’t weigh 90 pounds. That’s like Nikki M. (name slightly disguised, but not by much, because I really never liked that girl and her frizzy hair) dropping off my backside, and Lord knows I’d be happy to be rid of her.

My goal is to be down another 30 pounds by Vegas in May, which is lofty, but I’m sticking to my diet of nothing white (no sugar, flour, rice, or pasta) and letting the belittling Wii Fit serve as motivation.