It’s only fair I share my own personal faves from my crazy, random playlists (Laura and I call Z 93.EM)since u guys gave me such new rockin tunes!:

• Africa by Toto (Jenny Lane days;))
• Train in Vain-The Clash….(one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES)
• Collide Over My Head-the Fray (obvious reasons;))
• FuNkYtown-Lipps, Inc.
• Bitch-Meredith Brooks (I’m a walking contradiction much like song)
• Beautiful Day-U2
• Back that AZZZZZ-400 degreez
• In a Big Country-Big Country (one hit wonder but one of my all time FAVES)
• Animal-Def Leppard
• Voices Carry-Til’ Tuesday

• ATLiens-OutKast
• Bitch-Meredith Brooks
• Black & Yellow-WizKalifah
• Blister in the Sun-Violent Femmes (Em & Sue days…we were the only preppy NON-pot smokers in the ampitheater at this concert FOR SURE! LOL)
• Break Every Chain-by OUR VERY OWN WILLIE…WILL REAGAN & THE UNITED PURSUIT BAND
• Break it down again-Tears for Fears
• Can’t Fight this Feeling-REO Speedwagon
• Collide-Howie Day (my reminder that “even the best fall down sometimes”LOL..cocky beeeeatch..haha..JK)
• Desire-U2
• Dirty Little Secret-All American Rejects
• Dizzy-The GooGoo Dolls
• Don’t Stop Believin’-Journey  (reminds me of Adam Sandler and love him but also reminds me of some other profound soul but cant put my finger on it right now..hmmm?)
• Dreams-Fleetwood Mac
• Fifteen-taylor Swift (totally takes me back to the butterflies and boyfriends days!…love it…makes me feel like a giddy high school Freshman trying to decide what to wear to the dance!)
• The Final Countdown-Europe (Laura has THE BEST DANCE TO THIS ONE..lol)
• The Freshman-The Verve Pipe (love it but reminds me of that person that got killed in elevator shaft at UT for some reason???)
• Friday im in love-the cure
• freeze frame-J. Geils Band (Skatin’ Rink BABY..awww yeahhh)
• Gin & Juice-Snoop Dogg
• Gives you Hell-all american rejects
• Glycerine-Bush
• Good Life-OneRepublic (this song makes me hopeful for balance, change, less stressful way of life??)
• Gossip Folks-Missy Elliott
• Head to Toe-Lisa Lisa & the Cult Jam (awwww yeaaaa=))
• Here is Gone-Goo Goo dolls
• How Far Weve Come-Matchbox Twenty(this song feels like a bundle of nervous energy…hmmm…wonder why I LIKE IT???)
• I Remember You-Skid Row (LOVE THEM)
• I still havent found what im looking for-U2
• In a Big Country-Big Country(one of my personal FAVES and no one
• In the house of Stone & Light- Martin Page
• Burning Down the House-The Talking Heads
• Halo-Beyonce
• Hanginaround-The Talking Heads
• Im so Excited-The Pointer Sisters (reminds of Vacation)
• Im Too Sexy (Right Said Fred)
• Insane in the Brain-Cypress Hill
• Invincible-Pat Benetar
• It Ends Tonight-All-American Rejects
• Jack & Diane-John Cougar Mellancamp
• Jenny/867-5309-Tommy Tutone
• Just Like Heaven-The Cure
• Landslide-Smashing Pumpkins
• Like a G6-Far East Movement
• Mambo #5-Lou Bega
• Milkshake-Kelis (hahaha…all my kids sing this..OOPS…my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard…haha..niiiiice)
• **Mr. Brightside-the Killers (another REAL FAVE FAVE of mine!)
• One night in bangkok-Murray Head
• Owner of a Lonely Heart-Yes
• Photograph-Def Leppard (PHOTOS and ME ….im OBSESSED)
• Pictures of You-The Cure (again, photo obsessed!!!)
• Pretty Fly for a White Guy (The Offspring)…LOVE LOVE LOVE this one makes me wanna busta move! lol.
• Remedy-The Black Crowes
• The Safety Dance-Men Without Hats
• Semi-Charmed Life..third eye blind
• Send me on my way-Rusted Root (makes me happy!)
• SexyBack-Justin Timberlake
• Shake It-Metro Station (FUNK’N ROCKS)
• Someday-Glass Tiger
• Stacy’s Mom-Fountains of Wayne
• Strait to Hell-Drivin’ N Cryin’ (COLLEGE DAYS)
• Sugar Were Goin Down-Fall Out Boy
• Swingin’ Engine-Byron Lee & the Dragonaires (from the Caymanian/Redneck days…a little SOOCCAAAA that reminds me of the waitress on the beach with the southern twang!)
• Tennessee-Arrested Development (enough said.)
• This house-Tracie Spencer (OMG a BLAST FROM THE PASSSSTTT)
• Thanks for the Memories (Fall Out Boy)
• Toxic-Britney Spears (this song is another nervous energy one like my head!..they work well together)
• Toy Soldiers-Martika (ROFLMBO)
• Unwritten-Natalie Bedingfield
• Viva La Vida -Coldplay
• We Didnt Start the Fire-Billy Joel
• We No Speak Americano-Yolando B. Cool & Dcup (haydn and his friend beau got me onto this one!!!)
• When I Grow Up-(The Pussycat Dolls)
• Where are you Going (Dave Matthews)- feels like a valid question everyday!
• You Spin Me Round-Dead or Alive-This is GREAT ONE!
• 18&Life-Skid Row
• 99 Red Balloons-The Wedding Singer
• 100 years-Five for Fighting

Soooo the ones that im MOST EXCITED about are the WINNERS and here they are! Really lots of GREAT ones that i CANNOT BELIEVE i was missing bc i have LOTS of MUSIC but prob the MOST pumped about being reminded of Candlebox..LOL…I didnt realize how i’ve missed them! ROFL. xoxo (winners please post your email address in the comments here on this blogpost and we will be sending you a code for your $25 gift certificate good for up to a year!) Thanks for playing w/Emie friends! Will be thinking of a new contest bc they are FUN and very beneficial to me!!! i also posted one of Em’s Fave playlists for ya’ll …bad part is that isnt even the half of it but the ones i posted are my FAVES! xoxo

So yes, it has taken me FOREVER to go thru all these but a)there were a lot of comments and b) I never know names of songs so literally had to listen to lots of them on iTunes and then I loaded the ones I was like, “OMG HOW DO I NOT HAVE THIS?”onto my phone:)! SOOOO I said I would post some of the ones I loaded but sorry not everyone wins just bc I loaded one of your songs bc well…that’d be far too easy and we’d go broke workin’ for freeeee! Lol (adam sandler FOR FREEEEE VOICE IN MY HEAD)…sooooo the winners will be the ones I’m most excited about getting;)! So for now here are some of the suggestions that I HAD TO HAVE and can’t believe I don’t already have!(then it’s only fair I share my own faces w/u guys cuz I’ve got some seriously RANDOM ROCKIN’ SONGS IN THE OLE’ playlists! Geesh! Do I ever!…okay some of my new tunes from u guys (note I didn’t even look at who suggested when I picked btw):

WHIP IT! by Devo (really cannot believe I didn’t have this–total EM kinda stuff! Haha.

Far Behind-Candlebox

Dancing Queen-ABBA

MMMBop-Hanson (ROFL)

There she goes-the La’s

Your Woman-white town (OMG!!!)

New Age Girl-Dead Eye Dick

You-Candlebox

My Hero-Foo Fighters

Gloria-Laura Branigan (hahaha)

What I Am-Edie Brickell

Bizarre Love Triangle-New Order

Celebration-Kool & the Gang

Blurry-puddle of mudd

Hot Stuff-Donna Summer (LMBO)

Black Velvet-Alannah Myles

Linger-Cranberries

Time for me to fly-REO Speedwagon (what? My BFF even brought this one up the other day too and I have the CD’s somewhere but not on playlist)

Can’t fight this feeling-REO Speedwagon

It’s tricky-Run DMC (lovin it)

You & Me-Lifehouse

It’s a sin-pet shop boys

Laffy Taffy-D4L (bahahaha)

Need you tonight-INXS

Dancing in the moonlight-Toploader

Come on get higher-Matt Nathanson

The MAN Hands Results are IN!

So as I have explained before I am a freak and have a MAN HAND FETISH….weird thing is SOOO DOES LAURA! Really, we discovered this a few years back and it led to a long discussion about how long is too long of a nail bed to be sexy..ROFL. Yep, totally serious. Were SICKOS! We know this. I promise we do!!! Annnyway…we decided to go on a rampage one day at work and see who could “collect” the most MAN HAND PHOTOS via text the quickest…hahaha..which in turn led to this contest bc welllll…yep, WE WANTED TO SEE YOUR MAN HANDS TOO. But hey, it could be much worse than hands, right?? LOL. (okay, sorry)…So needless to say we definitely enjoyed filing thru big burly, sexy, dirty, manscaped, chiropractorish, SMOKIN’ HOT, manly, strong, SMART hands that all of these MEN of our FB friends have! Really, some quite nice hands guys! haha…AND NO I DONT THINK THERE IS ANY CORRELATION WITH HANDS….the ole’ saying ive always heard was with FEET…NOT HANDS…=). Sooo nice hands means JUST THAT…NICE HANDS! BAHAHA.

(click on link below to see the entire gallery of our MAN HANDS)

http://app.photorocket.com/galleries/7a7ddfc9-0c45-45df-8711-1a00eb651ae4

I really have ALWAYS noticed MAN HANDS ever since i had “boyfriends”…I can’t really peg WHY I like MAN HANDS but i think maybe Casey Midgely was on the right track with her deep facebook post regarding MAN HANDS…

” Its strange and a bit silly, but I have to say looking at all these husbands’ hands I sort of teared up a bit. When you think about it, these hands hold us, they’ve held our tiny babies just out of the womb, they use them to support us, and their hands are a comfort and a constant in our lives. In a way, their hands are an expression of love. Ok, enough of that. These are t…he hands of a Physicist. He is a super geek, super smart, and I don’t understand half of what he says. And they are SOFTER than mine, jerk, because he is in a fancy office all day while I am changing diapers and potty training and gardening and cleaning… but I still love those hands. Especially when they are holding me.”

“Well, I’m a writer. I over think everything. But its strange, looking at all these men’s hands, my heart melts a bit. I just think of every moment they’ve held me, comforted me, and I remember the first time my husband reached out and held my hand. The hand is such a deep reminder of love for me. Can’t help it.”

Nicely put Mrs. Midgely! However, I am obviously a tad less “deep” than that it still made me stop and realize…”HEY wait, THAT’S a HUGE part of my man hand fetish”!!! Granted, sometimes I have loved my husband’s hands more than others but CES’T LA VIE BABY!, right?…But i must admit even when i want to beat him silly I still think my husband has very sexy hands! They are big and strong when you hold them and look huge when holding our skrawny little kids (very sexy when holding babies or the girls)…But also if you think of it, it’s like their hands do kinda tell their life story! Look at the gallery link of all the hands and notice the manscaped ones are really clean cut chiropractor/business man/etc. and then the ones that have hands on jobs are rougher, dirty, sexy dirty…not knocking the dirty hands AT ALL EITHER GALS, my husband works w/tractors and sometimes he gets down and dirty too! Dirty is HOT too. sooooo basically what my ADHD, psycho, insomniac head is TRYING to say is that they are all SUPER SMOKIN HOT IN THEIR OWN WAY! They tell a story.Laura and I also realized when we were talking that both our dad’s have nice business man hands…we said it at almost the same time, “my dad has good hands”…lol…and OBVIOUSLY WE ARE BOTH DADDIES GIRLS SOOOOOO could also be part of the issue? (my dad never sent me his hands…he just thought i was losing my mind by texting him and asking him to send me a photo of the front of his hands..ha! Even my mom was texting back after I asked for like the third time, “WHHHAAATTT ARE U TALKING ABOUT, EM?”…THEN she disappeared. They know im nuts, they’ve learned to ZONE ME OUT i think. haha. (no not really–im not scarred by my parents..actually YES I AM…Carol (my therapist)helped me conclude that i am scarred by a perfect childhood just as much as someone with a tough childhood is (but that is a entire blogpost in itself..save for later date!). Laura’s hubby sent his toes first in a super close up photo and i jumped back thinking, “YIKES, Laura says Bill has nice hands”…HAHA, then i realized…WAAAIIITTT those are TOES! LMBO! We got a fist, and a bird too. haha. Good thing it’s kinda hard to offend me boys!

ROFL…the photo Laura’s hubby sent me first (his toes) but i flinched! ha.

Soooo, If you are able to follow my head on paper let me remind you that you HAVE GOT TO BE INSANE TOOOOO! =) We chose 3 MAN HAND WINNERS and here they are with an explanation of why we liked it!!!:

THE MOST MEANINGFUL POST: If i remember correctly he sent this as he was getting on plane, correct? I’m sure he didnt think about it but very GOOD CALL LEAVING The Camo in the background. quite a sexy touch…but very sweet that he just did as his wife asked and sent the pic even though I am certain he was thinking….”WTFuNk?”…LOL…very sweet though…and these hands help keep US ALLLLL SAFFEEE!!! SOOOOO I APPRECIATE THESE HANDS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY AMERICAN HEART!=)…REALLY!

GENIUS STAGED PHOTO HANDS!!!/MOST CREATIVE WIFE: This is TOTALLY something I would have done!!! LOVE IT! LOL….and yes she is right when she posted this pic on facebook saying, “nothing much sexier than a man doing the dishes” (or something to that effect..haha. Very creative touch that well OBVIOUSLY CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION!!! nice hands too of course but the EMTanner Designs plate and creativity reminded me of my crazy ars and well…..i think we’d probably be FAST FRIENDS..ROFL!!!

…ANNNDDDD DRUMMMROOLLL…of course we HAD TO HAVE THE HOTTEST MAN HANDS:

and well, these hands are just HOT. haha. really Kristen u did good! The silver toed white socks made me laugh but i gotta be honest I didnt notice those until after seeing these hands and watch lots of times soooo they are just some NICCEEE MAN HANDS. Really. NOTE: NOT making fun of the sock feet but i am weird about men in socks and for some reason this made me think of ya know like Seth Rogan on Knocked up when he’s hooking up in ummmm JUST WHITE SOCKS..haha.. I think that movie has made me zone in on the white socks even though it’s not like he has no clothes on and just white socks! Kristen you have been around for a while so you know IT’S MEEE and my INSANE BRAIN and NOT your hubby!!! His hands=SMOKIN’ HOTTT!!!…Guessin’ he just had his watch on but if not it was a very nice added touch of masculinity!=)

Alright ladies that are the owner’s of these nice MAN HANDS please post your email address on the comments so we can send you a gift certificate code via email! Funny now that I was being nice about my hubby’s hot hands he has texted me and is being a big turd and if my super mature ars wasnt so tired and still a LOT to try to get done I wanna go EDIT the NICE PARTS!!! LMAO!! But he still does have HOT hands SO i WONT but ughhh…However, now that i am thinking while i type im willing to bet all of these hands can be tied to complete fartheads from time to time too!!! haha…There ya go Em, perfect way to wrap up the rambling, confusing, grammarless blog post! VERY “EMTannerISH” way to end! lolol..

This is kind of a strange photo but his hands really are quite SEXY and NOT discolored like these look! LOL…look at the dirty office floor…my guess is they are just DIRTY..ha! They dont look big here either but they are really big(again, im just referring to HANDS, ladies!)…may have to get a better pic of these just to prove it later! haha. kinda look like he’s been BURNED or something. hmmm….well, it’s all i got to wrap this up …so im leavin’ ya with the HANDS of a FARTHEAD LATENIGHT TEXTER TONIGHT! LOLOL.

xoxo, thanks for letting us see your man’s hands too BTW;). LOL.

Dunno why i never had this video posted anywhere…maybe i

didnt find it or know how to post it…dunno but just adding to our press section…my virtual EMTanner Designs scrapbook. haha….

aaaand apparantly i STILL DONT. Answer to my own question. Anyway, I have ALWAYS LOVED Meredith Vieira sooo needless to say this was PRETTTY COOOOL.

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Look who’s decided to post on the blog! I cannot believe i remembered HOW and anyone who reads this just be aware SCHOOLTEACHERS, ENGLISH majors, etc…i was a Finance girl–HATED ENGLISH and still misuse apostrophe S’s if it make the personalization cuter…yep, i sure do sooooo apologizing NOW for the paragraphLESS/run on sentence blogs that will run thru this FuNk’n blog..LOL!!! Anyway, here is a little guide with some links to our inventory BLOWOUT SALES we call “LIMITED LOOT” and our “JUNK IN THE TRUNK” which is our messups and could be a rockin’, cheap, FUNKY gift from you for someone!!! Check it out because lots of it will be HISTORY when SOLD OUT! …NOTE: the KAPOW dress was actually designed for a famous little “Willow” sooooo keep an eye out in the rag mags because welllllll ya never know…we have some pretty good luck in the magazines  so keep an eye out….We have a fairly good stock of these but they are completely discontinued so if you love these like i do……then you better come and get it!!!

Handy Links:

click on link below for our junk in the trunk section which is our stockpile or overorders, mess ups, etc…NOTE: these are our “JUNK” meaning they are ALREADY personalized …still great items (if they have imperfections they are listed in the product description) but they are cheap because they already have names on them…

http://www.emtannerdesigns.com/gifts/junk-in-our-trunk-sale

click on the link below here for our LIMITED LOOT SECTION….this section is NOT pre-personalized but there are limited quantities and soooo when they are GONE they are GOONNNNEEEE!!! Sooo grab it while you can! Great deals on overstock and clearing out but ALL FIRST QUALITY ITEMS!

http://www.emtannerdesigns.com/gifts/limited-loot

Okay so I am currently working on clearing out some inventory sooooo you WON’T wanna lose touch with us this week or you could miss out on some Limited Loot and some HUGE Closeout savings!!! If you want to be sure not to miss out on some SAVINGS and FUN stuff join us on our facebook page and twitter feed for more w/our crazy arses!

Facebook link below:

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and i must admit i SUCK at Twitter BUT I am working on it so come follow us and talk to me bc no one does! LOLOL.

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Ok…so as promised here are MY CAMERA BAGS that I LOVE:)!
a)EPIPHANIE “Ginger” bag…this is my FAVE for most regular usage! I toss my iPhone, cc, lipstick & drivers license in front pocket and ditch the purse and carry my paparazzi lenses undercover to my boys sporting events! Looks just like a hip purse!;)…and MY camera bag is pretty dang full..fisheye lens and a couple others go everywhere I go!! Along with my flash too. So it’s roomy enough for some extra photo toys! AND well…it ROCKS!

http://mepiphanie.epiphaniebags.com/

(I HEART the camera tag on these Soooo much!;0)!!!

B)my SHOOTSAC:
love it for those days I drag my 4 kids out somewhere (like the graveyard shoot last Halloween this would’ve been handy)…I switch lenses like a crazy woman. Some shots I see with one lens then 2 seconds later I see a “portraity” shot forming amongst one or all of my kids and need to switch to the zoom. This bag help me NOT MISS A SHOT AND LET’S ME BE ABLE TO SHOOT HOW I SEE FIT-regarding lenses;)! The material keeps your lenses safe without lens caps and all while your in the thick of it! Very nice addition for avid lens switchin’ photogramomma like MYSELF;)!!! I of course have a couple of the bright and fun bag flaps. (pics to follow).

www.shootsac.com

C)my Jill-E bag. This is my big ole carry all my photoshiznit with me bag! Very snazzy leather and adjustable padding to fit your camera toys’ needs! I do however find this one a tad too bulky to use as an everyday bag!but this is the one I take on trips to the beach or anywhere I take an extra camera or need LOTS of lens choices! Def a beach/family vacay kinda camera bag! But the looks of it might actually be my fave. I think. Hmmm. Wait depends on the day and what I’m wearing I guess. But you can’t go wrong with any of these BAD BOYS!;)

www.jill-e.com

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….and OH SO HOT HE WILL BE! LOLOL..OK..so we looked everywhere..all we found were ebay that looked like it could arrive in a plastic bag with a handle and a cardboard photo in the front..you know like when you order your halloween costumes from an expensive catalog and get them in the same packaging as PARTY CITY COSTUMES! yep, we all know what i mean! it sux..total bummer. in fact i think that happened to me THIS YEAR!=)….sooooo we didnt wanna mess with that…it was HARD and time consuming but i eventually got it after making rounds to kmart/the mall/walmart/etc! here is the LOW DOWN ON THE COUSIN EDDIE GARB THAT I THINK I NAILED FOR MY HUBBY!: (NOTE: WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS MISSION FOR SEVERAL YEARS SOOOO I KNOW THIS IS THE BEST BET BUT IT ACTUALLY WORKED GREAT!.EVEN SOME OF THE SHOES W/OUTFITS ON EBAY DONT EVEN LOOK CLOSE TO IT…ITS LIKE THEYVE PAIRED NURSING SHOES WITH IT JUST BC THEY ARE WHITE! not gonna work for my picky butt!!! ok…off my soapbox and breaking it down for you:

shoes:

stacy adams pimp shoes from JCPenney

$80 YES! WTH? i got them on sale for $50ish..still ashamed of myself BUT he WILL be wearing them every year for christmas eve!

Belt:

white pleather belt in XL from wal-mart women’s dept…it has lots of holes so would be accomodating for all sizes i would think…granted kris’ waist is NOT very big!

Turtleneck cut into a dicky (hunter green…we had to switch hunter green from pants to dickie and do black pants):

got this one at walmart in women’s plus sizes and it was the ONLY hunter green ttlneck i could find in KNOXVILLE!?
the brand-white stag??? lol

Off white sheer V-neck sweater:

K-mart womens dept. size XXL was the largest but remember Eddies is SNUG! it is literally again the ONLY sheer off white vneck i saw ANYWHERE!

brand:basic editions

Pants (CUT just like EDDIES fit!)

Wal-mart women’s dept. dress pant (boot cut)..kris wore a size 14 and normally wears a 34 in mens just to give you a starting point. (must get them snug though to make them “nuthuggers” like eddies..lol.(pardon the expression for lack of a better way to explain!).

brand:GEORGE..OOH wait Kris’ were 14Petite! lolol.

Socks:

We just did REALLY SHEER almost pantyhoselike BROWN (lolol) dress socks..they looked sooooo rotten gross! PERFECTO!

AND there ya have it! you’ll have yourself one fine piece of arm candy for that holiday party coming up!!!!!

happy holidays friends! xoxo

NOTE: Brad’s THOM McANN shoes shown in above photo are HORRIBLE! Really quite a toss up to the white pimp ones if u have trouble finding those these were hysterical!

BLACK FRIDAY AT EMTANNER DESIGNS:

Are you CRAZY enough to set your alarm to shop Black Friday (2am-6am) at EMTanner Designs? It’s literally 4 hours of the BIGGEST DISCOUNTS EVER!=)…

ENJOY and happy Thanksgiving! xo

I STILL WANT THIS FRIDGE SOOOO BAD I CAN TASTE IT!

CONGRADS NANCY NASBY! WOO HOO…

Here is my contribution for family friendly recipes!