Week 4 Trivia - Grammys/music

So sorry for the missing trivia posts of late! We will come back with full force! :) Today's trivia, in light of last night's Grammy Awards we are doing grammys/ music topic!! :) ok here goes (Answers in Red):

1) Last night Adele (who Kala loves by the way) won 6 Grammys, this tied the record for most Grammys won by a female on a single night, who was the first woman to reach this record and what year was it?(Beyonce)

2) Bon Iver won best new artist last night, the frontman Justin Vernon is from what town? The purposefully misspelled name Bon Iver is french for what? (Eau Claire, WI) (Good Winter)

3) This female artist who won two Grammys last night also holds the record for being the youngest artist to win Album of the Year in 2010 and she was 20 years old. Hint: Country pop singer (Taylor Swift).

4) "The Cave", which was nominated for 4 Grammy awards, is a song and album by this band? (did not win, sad! :( Also one of Kala's new musical favorites) (Mumford and Sons).

5) What English indie pop band (another of Kala's favorites at the moment) had albums titled 'Lungs' and the new one this year 'Ceremonials'. They sing the popular song 'Dog Days are Over' and one of Kala's newer favorites 'Shake it out'. Hint: Nominated for Best New Artist Grammy for last year. (Florence and the Machine)

6) Who was given the first Grammy for a Rap Performance in 1989? (Fresh Prince aka -Will Smith and  DJ Jazzy Jeff)

7) Who holds the record for winning the most Grammys in one year? (Michael Jackson or Santana with 8)

8) Who was the first American Idol contestant to win a Grammy? (Kelly Clarkson)  

9) Which artist won 7 Grammys and an Oscar in 2002? Also name the movie which the artist won the Oscar for. (Eminem and 8-Mile)

10) Bon Jovi (one of Kala's all time favorites) has won  how many Grammys? Bonus: For what? (One for Who Says You Can't Go Home with Jennifer Nettles)

What we have been up to...

So I promise to get some pictures soon, I know it is pretty terrible to only have words to read and no pictures SORRY! But we have been busy, being sick (upset tummy/flu/chills), I had a presentation of my most recent set of thesis work (the presentation went really well, and the chair of my department spoke to me after and said I did a really great job and explained everything very well!) so all that hard work for that kept me busy, and now I am taking a biostats class online this semester (gggrrr) I am not the biggest fan, but that has been taking a bit of time in the evening so that causes me to not be able to get new fun posts up with pictures. Sorry! And I might not get to it tonight, cause I want to snuggle with my hubby and catch up on some TV shows! :) However I do have pictures to share from some of our family and friends.

Here are some pictures from 2 Sundays ago. These were taken by Mike's cousin Katie. We went by Mike's uncle Ray and aunt Nadine's to brew some of the Italian side of the family's FAMOUS Italian Liquor! We bottled our 8 batches(?) up for Evelyn's Wedding, yep we are going to let it sit and get delicious for 20+ years!! Uncle Pat, Mike's great uncle from Naples Italy, says you really need to make the liquor right when the child is born so it is the best for their wedding! I love this tradition and we had this liquor at our wedding thanks to Uncle Ray and now it is famous and I am sure many people are going to be very excited for Evelyn's wedding! :)



Evelyn is loving her "cousin" Nina playing in the puppy's toy basket! P.S. she is wearing her miss piggy shirt, I love this outfit! :)



Silly Evelyn and mommy are playing in the tupperware container we need to transport all the booze! :)



Grandma Chris probably won't like that I added this, but I think it is cute loveing her great neice and granddaughter! p.s. this is the hoddie that goes witht he shirt, got to love the muppets! :) we found it at Target and cousin Milli has a matching one! :)




Also, my good friend Kim that I go to school with (yes I listen to my previous post, that there is always time for a few beers with friends) had us over, and Kim recently had a baby boy in November, well I think the pictures will explain for themselves, but Evelyn LOVES other kids (I guess we should work on giving her a sibling! :)) So these photos are from Kim (and her very nice camera). Evelyn is getting ready for bed, it was around 9:30 last Friday, and that is pretty late for Evelyn these days, she usually goes to sleep around 7:30-8. She is also really funny when she gets tired, my sister and I have tagged this time for kids as their "sleepy drunk" time cause they just start acting goofy like they are drunk!




Here Evelyn is loving her future (~11 month younger) boyfriend Ean! Look at those beautiful eyes she has!




Ean looks like he is enjoying all the additional attention from his buddy!




She was just laying her head on him and cuddling like he was her little dolly or something!




Ean even started to play with her hair in the back that is starting to grow in! This one makes me laugh because of his cute happy little face... such a "boy" look on his face! :)



Lesson to keep in mind!

First sorry for lack of posts, we have been busy (I know, preaching to the choir) anyway I have a presentation of some of my thesis work coming up and well we have been sick, or making Italian liquor for Evelyn's wedding (yeah that is right it will age for like 20+ years, I am sure you are all hoping you are invited to her wedding!), or we have been dealing with jerk-y cable guys! But I saw this and wanted to post it right away, that is how much I love it! I am going to print it out and put it by my desk! :)

LosersBracket.com is a website run by my cousin Andy's friends and in which he is also a guest columnist, anyway, it is truly a man's-kind-of-site (including guess the boobs trivia) in which Mike is probably their biggest fan. Anyway Mike came across this article and shared it with me and I loved it so much I wanted to share it on here with everyone else! It is really the truth. Here is the link (2-beers) and here is just the text below:

Mayonnaise Jar & Two Beers…

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full..
The students responded with a unanimous ‘yes.’

The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed..

‘Now,’ said the professor as the laughter subsided, ‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things—your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions—and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car..
The sand is everything else—the small stuff.
‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued, ‘there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Spend time with your children.
Spend time with your parents.
Visit with grandparents.
Take your spouse out to dinner.
Play another 18.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first—the things that really matter.
Set your priorities.
The rest is just sand.

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented.
The professor smiled and said, ‘I’m glad you asked.’
The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.