Chipotle and Jalapeno: The Two Spicy Chicks

...It was just the beginning

2011-10-11T16:57:00.000-05:00

Wow! Looking back at this blog that we stopped using more than a year ago, I have come to realize that it was just the beginning of me and Chipotle's writing "career". This blog was where I first discovered my love for writing. It was in use from October 2009 to May 2010 and it was so fun.

You're probably wondering, "If this blog was SO fun to maintain, why did they quit blogging on here in the first place?"

Good question. Ultimately, the first reason is because we were frustrated with no one commenting on our posts, no one sending us emails... we wanted feedback, and it seemed as if we were nothing, and this whole blog was pointless. If you are a blogger also, you can understand our frustratedness. We were also suffering from a severe case of Writer's Block.

The second reason we quit using this blog was because we actually moved on to another blog (Yes.. I'm so sorry we betrayed you!). It's on Facebook, and it's so much more successful.The blog is on an Amish lady - Penelope C. James-Sabastian - and what is happening in her life. I think that she is a little more interesting to readers than this blog ever was. She also has a Blogger that she uses as a homepage, www.penelopecjames.blogspot.com.

Honestly, I miss writing on here! If you haven't noticed this blog was based on pure randomness.. whatever came to our mind (which sometimes was tough to do) we blogged about. Needless to say some posts could get very interesting. Often I go back on this blog just to read all of our old posts. They make me laugh. When we hosted a contest on who could design the best Chipotle & Jalapeno shirt on www.customink.com, an employee from their company sent us an email thanking us that we were practically advertising for them. This blog not only exposed me and Chipotle's thoughts to the world, I would also say it brought us closer together. I learned stuff about Chipotle that I never knew before, and vice versa.

If you scroll down a bit, you can see the start of the blog's slow death when we said we couldn't think of anything to write about. We even came up with the idea of writing about our "fictional lives", but that idea was later pushed aside.

I would like to thank everyone who brought this whole shenanigan together. First, Blogger, who this blog couldn't have been made without your wonderful site. Second, Chipotle, for coming up with wonderful ideas and being my partner in crime. ;) And third.. the readers. (If there is any. If you are reading this right now, you are considered a reader!) Thank you so much for letting us be your morning cup of coffee.. if that's a good comparison. Haha!

All my love,
~Jalapeno (and Chipotle)!

We've Moved!

2010-06-01T07:00:00.000-05:00

Check out our new sight/blog! It's on Facebook, but we also have a blog spot to explain what's happened! http://penelopecjames.blogspot.com/

Have fun!

LOL

2010-05-26T16:40:00.001-05:00

HELP!

2010-05-14T20:38:00.000-05:00

As you may have noticed, we haven't been writing on here as much as we normally do. Like I said in the last post, we are experiencing the pain of having a mental block, AGAIN. We've been having quite a few lately, and I think it's because we've been writing for so long and we are running out of ideas to entertain you. We've been writing for about 8 months now.
Basically what I (Jalapeno) am asking is to send us in ideas to our email, chipotleandjalapeno@gmail.com. We need you help extremely bad. Plus, if you don't have an idea, you can always send us an email just to say "Hi", or anything like that. Even a little bit of support can inspire us with ideas to write more and more.
Have a nice weekend,
Chipotle and Jalapeno

Our Fictional Lives

2010-05-12T07:00:00.000-05:00

Me and Chipotle have reached another Mental Block in our writing career, and you know what that means: nothing to write. But we have came up with a brilliant idea that we think you will like. A couple of days a week (whenever we get inspired) we will write a fictional diary thing that will make this blog seem like a real blog. A real blog is where people say what they are doing, how they feel, etc. Our blog isn't like that, as you know- we write about whatever interests us. Anything. You really can't summarize our blog- you can only really say we are random bloggers that write whatever we feel like writing. So what we have decided to do was to actually make this a real blog- well, a part time blog. Part of the time we will be writing about our fictional lives, the other part, the original idea of this blog: anything random.
What we mean by fictional lives is this: our lives are wayyyy to boring, and if we wrote about it, you would be asleep within a couple sentences! So we are going to be writing about a fictional day, which means we are going to write fake stories about what is happening in our lives. We will make it interesting and addicting! Does this make any sense?
With Love and Spice,
Chipotle and Jalapeno
Questions? chipotleandjalapeno@gmail.com

14 Quirks About Me (Chipotle)

2010-05-11T07:00:00.002-05:00

1.    I mouth lyrics to songs instead of singing in the shower because I am worried someone might hear me.
2.    I can only drink half of a can of soda thinking I can finish it, but if it's not in a can I guzzle it down.
3.    When other people are driving and breaking for a light I clench up thinking their not going to make it.
4.    I almost never talk in my reel voice with people I know very well.
5.    I chastise people....
6. I am a germ freak.
7. I am awful at spelling and grammar.
8. I have to have something else to do when I am watching TV because it does not occupy me
      (Draw, clay, paint my fingernails, etc.)
9. I have an infectious laugh.
10. I have way too much pencils, but not enough.
11. I laugh in sad movies.
12. I laugh when people in movies get hurt.
13. I am way too random sometimes.
14. I have to shave my legs every other day or my legs itch.

Additional Quirks:

1. I get hick-ups if I don't eat.
2. I love rainstorms.
3.   I am always paranoid there is something in my teeth!
4.   I can only listen to a song about 50 times and then I hate it or need a LONG break from listening to it.
5.   I over use LOL, JK, :D, =D, and :)

14 Quirks about me (Jalapeno)

2010-05-08T21:56:00.001-05:00

1. If I start thinking about the future, or something I would like to do, I must start walking back and forth.
2. If I stand for long periods of time, my legs start to itch.
3. Sometimes I replay me and someone else's conversation in my head all day long, and I say out loud what I acually said to the person.
4. When I am done eating at a restuarant I stack up all of my plates and silverware even if the rest of the people eating with me are not finished yet.
5. When I go out into the sun right after being in a dark room, I sneeze.
6. If I am holding it to go to the restroom, I get a shiver down my spine.
7. If I don't brush my teeth I feel guilty, thats why I brush my teeth every morning and night.
8. My bedroom must be nice and neat.
9. I look at myself in the mirror for about 4 minutes before getting into the shower.
10. I don't buy anything unless I can imagine myself using it. (For that reason, I don't buy much souveneirs. I imagine them sitting on a shelf getting old and dusty.)
11. I must lay on my stomach to get to sleep at night.
12. Like in #3, I also make my facial expressions.
13. I make my bed before getting in it at night.
14. I cry in most sad movies.

One Cute Site!

2010-05-07T07:00:00.001-05:00

http://cuteoverload.com/2010/04/22/liquid-courage-makes-him-sleepy/

Pygmy Marmoset

2010-05-06T07:00:00.000-05:00

Pygmy Marmosets are the world's littlest monkeys and they are so adorable!

http://www.wildzoofari.com/animals/pygmy-marmoset/

Pygmy Marmosets are one of the world’s smallest monkeys. A Pygmy Marmoset could easily fit into an area the size of an adult human’s hand. These tiny primates differ from other monkeys in several ways. Pygmy Marmosets use calls which sound like birds. Some are call are so high pitched, humans can’t hear them. They also use their sharp teeth to bite into living trees and get at the tree sap and tree gum. Also, unlike many monkey species Pygmy Marmosets have a furless face, making them very easy to identify.
They Eat:
Sap, tree gum, insects, flowers and fruit

Short Story

2010-05-05T07:00:00.000-05:00

Bland Life

A Short Story

He always had a far away look. It was disappointment, depression, and worry. It was hard to think or even have a good mood when someone like that is around you all the time. It really makes you think and make you feel blessed to have certain things others don't.

Mr. Cooler was a widowed man who has a daughter named Piper. Mr. Cooler lived in solitude. He went to the store alone. He drove to work alone. He did everything a person does alone. Piper was a girl who was not ugly, but not pretty. She wore plain colors and had plain medium white skin with medium blond hair. She was medium everything. Her father was a tall thin man with gray hair and a gray mustache. He wore big black glasses and a suit everyday. They were always in their small lonely world.

Mrs. Cooler died in a car wreck. She was 41 and Piper was 16 months old. Mrs. Cooler was the glue to their family. Supposedly they were one of the more popular families. They went to parties and out to eat with other families and had full schedules, but when she died the Cooler family's life went gray like Mr. Cooler's hair. Their lives were ruined. They spent their free time siting at home reading or drawing. They had no TV and never wished for one.

In case you are wondering, Mr. Cooler is my teacher. His classroom is as dull and gray as his life. He teaches math. He makes it easy to understand, but boring. He has a bland voice, bland face, bland attitude. Sometimes you see the old him come out and he smiles. He has the most beautiful smiles I have ever seen in my life. His face gets color and he has dimples and he looks like someone you would want to know.

“So next you want to-”

“-Mr. Cooler...I don't get it.” Bill Watson interrupts the lesson again. He's not that bright.

“Billie-”

“Bill”

“Bill, you know this. I know you do. Let me-”

“How do you know, you're not in my head.”

“Maybe if you didn't interrupt me every second-”

“No I don-”

“You might learn something!”

Bill was silent after that. Lately, Mr. Cooler has been harsh. Something is happening in his life. Everyone wonders about him and why he is so sad and now suddenly harsh.

“Hmm. Hmm. Let me continue.” Mr. Cooler wiggles his mustache when he clears his throat, “So next, like I was saying, you move the-” The bell rings for lunch and Mr. Cooler's face drops more then it was before.

At lunch, I sat with a big group of kids. We always laughed and gossiped and cried and everything else, but this week was silent. Everyone knew something was up. Mr. Cooler probably thought he was hiding his emotion of whatever was going on in his head.

“So,”

I finally break the ice,

“who else thinks something is going on with Mr. Cooler?”

Rebeka Thompson was sitting across from me. She leaned over the table and got close to my face. “Piper's having issues. I don't know what kind.”

“Wait. Issues?”

Rebeka nods very obviously making her ponytail go all over the place.

“Does anyone know anything else?”

I asked looking worried.

“Oh, Lanie, you always are trying to get in everyone else's business. If Mr. Cooler is just going through some sort of mid-life mental breakdown, so be it! It's not our problem.” Rebeka is a snob. She never cared about anyone. If it was not her business she would either ignore it or make things worse by gossiping so I never believe anything she says, but that's not the case for the other girls. They believe it and even if the person the gossip is about disagrees, it's still true.

“I know it's not, but I just hate to see the man so sad and now angry.”

“Oh! Intense. Poor little Lanie. She cares so much about the old man. He'll never be happy...Embrace it. Because it's true.”

All the other girls nod and look at me like I am stupid.

“Sorry. I'm just curious...” I was uber embarrassed.

“Whatever...”

That afternoon I was doing homework and then suddenly I got a wild hair. I sat down at our family computer and looked up the death of Mr. Cooler's wife. “Meredith Cooler dies at age 41. She was a loving mother and wife. On Saturday 7/12/1997. She died of an unknown poisonous substance. She died at the wheel and hit an oncoming car killing Mikaela Higgins who died at age 29.”

I had been lied to. People say she died from the car wreck. Maybe they did not want to get into details, but that makes a huge difference.

Night came and I could not sleep. I toss and turn. Why was this bugging me so much? I must find out what's going on.....Something is fishy.....

“Good morning class.” Mr. Cooler announced, “You are going to have extra homework tonight. I feel like the class needs extra practice before the test tomorrow.” The whole class groaned with disappointment and Mr. Cooler gave us the stink eye. As I was leaving the room for lunch, with the sea of kids, I looked at his desk trying to find if he has anything weird on his desk. I didn't find anything; just a bunch of papers and a pencil cup. “Lanie?” Mr. Cooler said with slight emotion, “Are you OK?” I started to blink really fast like I was just out of it and staring off into the distance, not snooping right in front of him (stupid me). “Um,” I began, “I'm just tired and glazed over.” I smiled and laughed about it, but he did not buy it. He only looked stern and angry. I looked down and ran off.

“You really did that...In front of him!?!”

One of Rebeka's pretty friends, Juliana said at the lunch table,

“That's so crazy what if he like got mad--er...and did something.”

“I know it's crazy, but what would he do?”

I asked worried.

“I don't know...he's crazy what do you think?”

I nodded and looked off. Over standing in the door way of the lunch room was Mr. Cooler looking right at me. I was so scared. I tried to tell the other girl with my eyes, but Rebeka was all like

“What the heck is wrong with you!?! Doing your eyes like that...Sooooo embarrassing.”

That was the last straw!

“NO! Rebeka, look!”

I stood up and pointed over to the door. Mr. Cooler was gone. Of course.

“What's wrong with you? If this weird hang up on Mr. Cooler and whatever you were looking at continues, you'll be sitting somewhere else.”

She lifted one eyebrow to make her statement sting even worse fallowed by a flip of her (fake) bleach blond hair. She was the thing at the school. If she even looked at you, you would be considered blessed. No one payed that much attention to me because I thought not just followed her every move and word. I fought with her and had my own mind. She was wearing a black sweater with skinny jeans. She had on fuzzy boots which her jeans were tucked into and even though we were inside she wore big black, super model sunglasses. They consumed her face. Her hair was up in a tight ponytail. Everyday she had a theme color. Like yesterday was yellow. That was an interesting choice of colors. She never wears anything twice. That's why I felt threatened by her remark.

“I understand, but he was-”

“-I don't care. And next time try putting less dressing on your salad.” She smiled, but it was really evil still. I looked down at my salad and there was pretty much nothing on it.

After school, a girl stood right in front of me before I got onto the bus,

“Um...” I started out, “I need to get by.”

“Sure you do”, the short homely girl said, “but I know what your up to and don't do it any more! That's too dangerous. Rumor is that he drugged his wife and made her got get milk at the store so she would die on the road. He was never found guilty, but he still did it.”

I was worried then. Maybe I was getting in a dangerous situation. Should I just forget about it. Should I just turn around and talk to him....What do I do?

“What do you mean? Are you suggesting I just forget about this whole thing?”

The girl tucked her long black hair behind her ear and exhaled leaving her breath visible on the cold cloudy day. She looked around to make sure people weren't looking,

“More then that. Just pretend you don't know anything. Go straight home and don't talk to anyone!” “OK.” She looked fiercely at me and pointed her mitten covered finger to me, “You didn't hear this from me.” She turned and walked towards the neighborhood across the street from the school and her walk turned into a run.

I walked onto the bus and it felt like everyone was staring at me like I was some freak. My emotions showed on my face as I walked towards a seat away from people, but the bus filled with kids and I got claustrophobic. I was wrapped up in big coats and a scarf and I tugged at them and shifted around uncomfortably. The bus ride felt like 5 hours.

When we got to my stop I ran off the bus towards my house. I flung the front door open and ran towards my bedroom. I shut the door. With my back to the door I slid down and sat. I reached into my backpack and started on homework. As I reached in my back pack I found a note.

Stop What You're Doing

My heart started to pound with fear. I locked my door and my window, shutting the blinds and the curtains. I ran to my bed and looked underneath and looked in my closest. I was safe in my room, but felt like someone was watching me. I looked through my blinds and saw Piper, Mr. Cooler's daughter, walking by my house very slow and calmly. She suddenly stopped and looked right into my eyes. Then she continued walking. I felt like screaming, but I held my mouth shut. Breathing quickly. I hurried towards my door. I unlocked it and ran to my front door making sure it was locked. Then I looked through the peep hole seeing Piper's face. I was silent. She reached for the door trying to open it. It was locked so she gave up. She walked off and away from my house. When she had left my vision I turned around. My mother came out of the kitchen,

“Oh Lanie you're back I guess you snuck in the house.”

“Hi mom.”

“Are you...OK?”

“Yeah. Of course!”

I smiled and walked towards my bedroom “Lots of homework!” I smiled to my mom and she smiled back. As I walked in my bedroom I locked the door and checked the windows again.

In the morning I woke up almost forgetting about the whole Piper thing yesterday. Fear consumed me on the short walk to my bus stop. The wind was strong today and I was in a dress with tights and a long sleeved shirt underneath it. I had a big coat over everything, but I was still chilled.

As I look around there were no kids anywhere. The street seemed empty and cold. It sent shivers up my spine as I felt a very strong wind rush by. I spun around to find Piper standing in the street next to me. I looked down to not believe she was standing there.

“Lanie? Hi...I switched buses because I moved. That's why I was near your house yesterday. I tried to say 'hi', but your door was locked.” Who would just barge in like that and just say “Hi”? But I did the polite rout because I was too freaked out to put up a fight and like Juliana said, you never know with crazy people.

“Oh, well welcome to the neighborhood. Why'd you move so far away from the school?”

“Thank you and we moved to be closer to...other....things.”

“Oh. So I guess I'll be seeing a lot of you then?”

“I suppose so.”

She was standing normally and talking normally. I guess she just didn't know not to walk into people's houses. What if it's just a big misunderstanding?

The bus came around the corner and pulled up next to us. I sat next to her and we talked a little bit about school and how her dad became a teacher. I felt comfortable with her instead of screaming and running away like I wanted to before we got on the bus. She has a pretty smile like her dad and she laughed really sweetly, but people were still scared of her. When child after child loaded on the bus they stared at her in disbelief and sat as far away as they could. She ignored it because I guess she is used to it.

At lunch I decided to sit with Piper. As I sat for a while Rebeka walked up to the table. Her color today was lime green. She wore a green: Sun hat, sunglasses, sweater, tank top, jeans, flip flops (even though it's winter).

“Why are you sitting with this hopeless little...thing? Just leave before anyone sees you!!”

“She's not weird, she's nice. I'm not going to sit with you unless she sits with us too.”

“Nice doesn't matter silly. And no. Sit with us alone or not....At all!”

I shrugged and shook my head no. She looked completely appalled, “Fine then...Don't.”

Later that day Rebeka came up to me in the hall. “Look Lanie. My other friends are boring and you are interesting and fight with me and make me look awesome! OK so dump that loser Piper and come sit at owr table!”

“You know her name?”

“Well.....Everyone knows her name...I mean she's Piper...The freak.”

“You never remember people's names! Not even your own friends.”

She looked down and looked guilty.

“Listen don't tell anyone! Piper and I have a history. When we were little we played together a lot and I thought she was all awesome and everything, but her dad.........”

“What did he do?”

“Nothing to me....But.....Listen, he's not a good man and I don't want you to get hurt. Stay away from Piper please.....”

“Tell me what he did first.”

She ran off to her locker and got her other books for class. Her eyes were full of tiers and she ran off. I knew she was serious when she took off her sunglasses when she talked to me.

I know there is more to this. Plenty. I must figure this out for Rebeka, Piper, and Mrs. Cooler.

How to know if you are a Facebook Addict

2010-05-01T17:14:00.000-05:00

From http://www.associatedcontent.com/, here are ways to know if you are addicted to Facebook:

You start losing huge chunks of time and wonder where on Earth the day went.
You find yourself making up lies about what you "did all day" to compensate for all those lost hours.

Your house is getting messier as the weeks go by and you have no clean laundry.

You are one of the few people who uses the Facebook chat option.

You can't stop nagging other reasonable people to join Facebook. Like teenage peer pressure, it's o.k. for you to do it as long as others are doing it as well.

You call into work sick because you just came across all of your old photos and have a ton of scanning and tagging to do.

You visit sites and articles that list the reasons you are addicted to Facebook.

You invite someone you can't stand to be your friend because you simply must know what they are up to or because you simply cannot miss out on anything.

Getting angry at people who didn't wish you a Happy Birthday because "C'mon...it's on Facebook!...There is no excuse for forgetting!"

Instead of looking forward to your vacation, you are more worried about what you are going to miss on your computer while you are gone. Which then leads to....

Completely changing your cell phone plan and your cell phone because your current one doesn't have access to Facebook.

You have to pretend you don't know someone when meeting them for the first time, yet you know their deepest, darkest secrets thanks to a mutual friends' pages.

You only check your email to see if you have an update on Facebook.

You suddenly have 200 emails in your inbox and they are all Facebook updates. Which then leads to...

Spending two hours going through each email making sure you didn't miss anything when you checked your profile page. Which then leads to....

Feeling horrendously guilty that you didn't immediately respond to a comment someone left for you 2 days ago. How could you possibly have missed it?

You get insane if your friend number drops and you go crazy trying to figure out who deleted you.

Your usual bedtime is now two hours later than it has been in years.

As soon as you meet someone the first thing you do is go home and "Facebook" them.

Not having access to someone else's profile can push you over the edge. Which then leads to...

You must chat with everybody currently online the same time as you.

Ha! I hope you aren't a Facebook Addict. It is very easy to become one- with all the stuff you can do on Facebook, it is easy for the hours to fly by. Speaking of Facebook, why don't you Become A Fan (Now, they call it "like", but we like "Become A Fan" better!) of us on there? We love to hear from our readers, and it is very supporting when we do! Thank you! :)

Cucumbers

2010-04-29T07:00:00.002-05:00

1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.

2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.

3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.

4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.

5 Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!

6.. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!

7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.

8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.

9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!

10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.

11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.

12. Looking for a new way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.

13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!
Pass this along to everybody you know who is looking for better and safer ways to solve life's everyday problems..
Source: Karena

With Love and Spice (Cucumbers too),
Chipotle and Jalapeno

Crafts---What You Said

2010-04-28T07:00:00.000-05:00

Most of you said:

Scrabooking
Painting
Sewing
And Doing Whatever I Can

Good Job!

Craft Your Brains Out,
Chipotle and Jalapeno

Aww!

2010-04-27T07:00:00.000-05:00

A three-year-old walked up to a pregnant lady while waiting with his Mother in the doctor’s office.
He inquisitively asked the lady, “Why is your stomach so big?”
She replied, “I’m having a baby.”
With big eyes, he asked, “Is the baby in your stomach?”
She answered, “He sure is.”
Then the little boy, with a puzzled look, asked, “Is it a good baby?”
She said, “Oh, yes. It’s a real good baby.”
With an even more surprised and shocked look he asked,”Then why did you eat him?”

Pictures Taken at Just the Right Angle

2010-04-24T08:21:00.001-05:00

Think About It

2010-04-23T07:00:00.000-05:00

Crafts

2010-04-22T07:00:00.000-05:00

Like you know we like to ask our readers what they like to do sometimes. So today we want to ask what kind of crafts do you do???? You have until 4/26/2010 to send in your answer to chipotleandjalapeno@gmail.com . You might be wondering why we ask this....Well we ask so we know what kind of people read our blog so we post on subjects you like.

I (Chipotle) have lots of favorite crafts...Here is a list you might get inspired form:

Scrapbooking
Sculpting
Drawing
Jewelry Making
Soap Making
Candle Making
Writing
Blogging (of course)
And What Ever Else I Can Do

So Have Fun With It!!

With Love and Spice,
Chipotle and Jalapeno

Life

2010-04-20T07:00:00.000-05:00

If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the
million who won’t survive the week.

If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people
around the world.

If you attend a church meeting
without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death,
you are more blessed than almost
three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back, a roof over
your head and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.

If your parents are still married and alive,
you are very rare.
If you hold up your head with a smile
on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.

If you can hold someone’s hand, hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can
offer God’s healing touch.

If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over
two billion people in the world
that cannot read anything at all.

You are so blessed in ways
you may never even know.
-Author Unknown

With Love and Spice,
Chipotle and Jalapeno

Facebook Tips

2010-04-19T07:00:00.000-05:00

Tip 1:   When you play a game like Farmville on FB and you want to succeed and get to a high level, you should work on it a little bit every day about 20 mins. or less will do. Make your crops 1 Day or 12 Hours so you just go on the same time every day and work a bit on your farm. It doesn't take long and it gets you far!

Tip 2:   Double check your spelling because you can't edit your comments or posts. If you post a comment and delete it to fix your spelling mistakes it will still send an email to the person who posted.

Tip 3:   Make sure you know someone before you accept their friend requests. Check for mutual friends.

Tip 1: Hannah, age 15, state NONE
Tip 2: Granny Lady, age None of Your Business ;) , state NONE
Tip 3: Mallory, age 16, state Oklahoma

With Love and Spice,

Chipotle and Jalapeno

30 Books Of The Bible Answers/Results

2010-04-18T15:23:00.000-05:00

We have our winner for the 30 Books Of The Bible puzzle we posted last Wednesday! Her name is Leslie Longstreth from New York, New York. She sent us an email with the answers to the puzzle about 5 hours after we published it, and 5 hours seems like a long time, but really, its fast. The puzzle usually takes a person 2-3 days to finish, so really, thats pretty significant. In Leslie's email, she writes, "I love your blog and I always try in participate in the contests if I have the time. I love doing puzzles like cross-words and word finds, so when I saw that that was on a post, I was excited. I thought 'Even if I don't get first place, I will still have enjoyed trying it.' So I grabbed my Bible and looked through the Table Of Contents for books in the puzzle. I worked on it non-stop for a long time. When I was finished, I couldn't believe I got it all done. It was fun. Will you start publishing more puzzles?"
Thanks Leslie! We will now show you the answers. But just in case you didn't finish it and you are still working on it, we will only tell you what books are in the puzzle, but not where you find them. Here are the books, in order:
Amos
Mark
Luke
John
Joel
Judges
Job
Hebrews
Esther
Acts
James
Ruth
Romans
Titus
Matthew
Genesis
Philemon
Chronicles
Daniel
Nahum
Hosea
Lamentations
Revelation
Timothy
Samuel
Malachi
Peter
Exodus
Kings
Thats all of them! I hope you enjoyed doing it. And Leslie, to answer your question, since you really want us to do more puzzles, we will.
With Love and Spice,
Chipotle And Jalapeno

Facebook Tips

2010-04-16T07:00:00.003-05:00

We are having another contest....Well not really a contest, just you telling everyone your tips for Facebook and what you have learned about it, e.i. "Look at your friends profiles. You might learn about them in good or bad ways." or "Don't go on this certain application, it's a virus and will send it to all your friends!" So have fun with it.

Rules:
Must be G Rated and Appropriate....No Foul Language or Gross Nasty Pictures.... No Double meanings, Etc.

Now that that's clear we will be announcing the winners sometime next week. You have until 4/18/2010 to send in your tips. Send us your tips by posting a comment or emailing us at Chipotleandjalapeno@gmail.com

With Love and Spice,

Chipotle and Jalapeno

P.S. We are now on Facebook! So Join our page!

30 Books of The Bible

2010-04-14T07:00:00.000-05:00

This is a really cool puzzle! Its addicting to keep on trying to find more books. I want you to try it. I recommend copy/pasting it to Microsoft Word or whatever is on your computer, then printing it off so you can try and find books in it whenever you want.
If you don't know all the books of the Bible, Google it. Plus, let me warn you, that their aren't all of the books of the Bible in this paragraph. And about a fourth of the words hidden in the puzzle are not the most popular books. So, really keep your eyes open. Here is the puzzle.

There are 30 books of the Bible hidden in this paragraph. Can you find them all?
This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are easy to spot. That's a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam. Especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or scholar to see some of them at their worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fundrasing event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, "The books are all here in plain view hidden from sight." Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus; there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found.

If you find all of the books, copy-paste this paragraph to the email you are sending to chipotleandjalapeno@gmail.com, and use bold print or underline the hidden books of the Bible.
The person who sends it in first will be named winner! The deadline is Thursday, the 15th.
With Love,
Chipotle And Jalapeno

It's Like Your Two

2010-04-13T07:00:00.000-05:00

It's Like Your Two

So warm and nice

Then to cold ice

Some thing's wrong

Not balanced here any more

I remember when you were all smiles

Now it's like your just plain unpredictable

Slamin' doors

Screamin' words you really don't mean

You start a fight for no reason

I get mad
Oh

So mad

You cry

It's like your two

One is you

Then one just

Oh it just ain't

You smile

Then you shout

Your alive

Then you pout

You really don't know who you are

I know when you laugh your about to

Cry

So hold on

It's like your two

One is you

Then one just

Oh it just ain't

You smile

Then you shout

Your alive

Then you pout

There's no

End

To it all

Some days it feels like

Your off

Then your

Again

It's like your two

One is you

Then one just

Oh it just ain't

You smile

Then you shout

Your alive

Then you pout

I'm getting'

Sick and

Tired, Oh baby

'Cause you

Oh, you

Your not the same person

I try to comfort you, you, you, YOU

Just throw me away

'Cause all you want is me

Does that make any since at all

Oh, to you

It's like your two

One is you

Then one just

Oh it just ain't

Anymore

You smile

Then you shout

Your alive

Then you pout

OH, Just come back to earth

Please, please, please

Just come back

Please, please, please

Come back

Please, baby please, please

Just come back to earth

Be your self again

Please, baby please, please

Please I beg you

Please, please, please

Just come back to.....

Earth

Caption Contest Winners

2010-04-12T07:00:00.003-05:00

And The Winners Are....

Andrea, age 49, state Michigan

"Walk on Water"

Gracie, age 28, state Alaska

"Odd Little Fish"

K. Welsh, age NONE, state Alabama

"Grass Hopper"
(Like they jumped over the patch of grass)

With Love and Spice,

Chipotle and Jalapeno

Our 100th Post!

2010-04-09T07:00:00.000-05:00

Hello!
This is our 100th post! Woohoo! We won't have a huge celebration like we did our blogoversary, but we will have a shortened version of it. Its another caption contest! We used this kind of thing for our blogoversary and it was a lot of fun. Send your ideas into chipotleandjalapeno@gmail.com and you can send in as many ideas as you want. You don't have to give us any information except your name, age and state. You really don't even have to give us that information if you don't want too- we just like to see what gender, ages, and states tune into our blog each week. Its not necessary; plus, you won't be notified if we pick your caption. You will just learn when we post the result! So:
1. Think of a caption for the picture below.
2. Send in your ideas to chipotleandjalapeno@gmail.com with your name, age and state (optional)
3. Wait until we post the winner's caption.

Isn't that picture___________________?
Please participate!
With Love and Spice,
Chipotle And Jalapeno
P.S. 100 posts went fast!