Roll Tide

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Sorry t.u. friends... and Lauren ;)... Hopefully Texas will play like they've played the past few games and bite it tonight. That would make my week. Although... my mother was "mostly" from Alabama, so I can legitimately claim a very flimsy tie to UA. Roll Tide!!!!!!!!

Laura made me a very fancy decoupage wall hanging from my Daughtry photos for Christmas. (We hadn't seen each other since before then, can you believe that?)  I am SO blown away by it! She did an amazing job. What a fabulous memento of the experience. It is going on my "wall of celebrity meetings" in my office, with the Bob Schneider baseball cap and all the other stuff.

She gave it to me while her class was working on something. They were very curious about it, so I showed them. Laura said, "She met Daughtry!"

They were all, "Daughtry?"

So I said, "Chris Daughtry from American Idol!"

Magic words for 8-year-olds: American Idol. Were they ever impressed with that!

"CHRIS Daughtry???!!!"

OMG y'all. I found Doug's MySpace page!!!!!!111!!!1!!! And he isn't listed as Doug Williams either. He has a code name. Fortunately, I have well-honed sleuthing skills from searching for him for years online. I totally recognized him from his profile. Okay, he hasn't logged in since June of 2006. Still. I sent him a message there. And now we wait.

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Doooon't Forget Me When I'm Gooooone

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

...my heart would breeeeeeeak...  Remember when I was going to try and appropriately title every post with a song title? HA. Well you get the occasional one. May this Glass Tiger classic stick in your head all morning, as I am certain it will in mine.

I am a committee chair for the most enormous Foundation event ever held, which is coming up in May. I was appointed back in September, and we haven't started meeting yet, so I had forgotten about it. Completely. In a moment of panic, I just checked to make sure I had the event on my calendar. I didn't. Luckily that night is open. I'm telling you, these days if things don't go on my calendar or one of my lists, they are put right out of my head.

Like for instance... An officer of the law approached me while I was filling the car with gas yesterday, to inform me that my inspection sticker expired in November. Oops. He gave me a verbal warning so I could avoid the hassle and expense of the ticket. So nice! When I got back in the car, Lauren was just pleased as punch that she wasn't driving at the time. LOL. Then I had to suffer through the long lines of others who are late on their stickers, getting them on the 5th of the month. Put it on your calendars, people. :D

Are any of you familiar with Eddie Cibrian?



Evidently he is on one of the NCIS shows. He's no Clooney in the personality department, but he is nice to look at.

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Adventures in Grocery Shopping

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

So I ventured into the world and went to the grocery store yesterday. I am happy to report that I felt fine, other than choosing a rogue shopping cart that pulled to the left the whole time.

I do enjoy grocery shopping over holidays when the people who don't usually do the shopping (mostly guys) are there, wandering around like kids in a candy store. They pick up random sweets or interesting alcoholic beverages and say "Ooh! Let's get this!" Their eyes widen when they see that huge vat of bacon dip at the deli. If they are there alone (poor souls), they are desperately searching for something like vanilla or a particular cereal, and we regular shoppers can help them out.

And the couples shopping! So cute! Jeff and I shopped together. It takes longer, but it's fun.

I dreamed last night that I started a mothers' club for empty nesters. Rather than being a club where we talk about our babies and toddlers/preschoolers, it was one where we planned road trips and parties and like every night was Moms' Night Out. Hmm!

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Step. Away. From the TV.

Monday, January 4, 2010

I was laughing at The Simpsons late last night when the police chief said of women, "Why are all the pretty ones insane?" Ahaha. He sounds like my brother-in-law.

Also in television news from the House of Flu, we were just talking about the Sonic commercials and how we haven't seen our favorite pair, TJ and Pete, in a while. Well they are back. And hilarious as ever.



I have to be functional today. Lots going on this last vacation day before Lauren goes back to school tomorrow! I need coffee. Lots of it...

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What If

Sunday, January 3, 2010

So yesterday was that first day after being sick that I did my hair, put on makeup to disguise my Nicole-Kidmanesque pallor, got dressed and went out briefly. As is typical for this stage, I felt terrible afterward, put my jammies back on and climbed into bed again. Hopefully today will be better.

Sunday Stealing: The "What If" Meme

1. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?
Kelly Bensimon from "Real Housewives of New York"

2. You can flip a switch that will wipe any band or musical artist out of existence. Which one will it be?
Kanye West

3. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?
This is a really negative-energy sort of survey, ain't it? I'd say... Octomom. Although she would probably kick my ass.

4. What is your favorite cheese?
smoked havarti

5. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your immediate disposal. What kind will you make?
A traditional Reuben.

6. You have the opportunity to sleep with the movie celebrity of your choice. We are talking no-strings-attached sex and it can only happen once. Who is the lucky celebrity of your choice?
George Clooney.

7. You have the opportunity to sleep with the music celebrity of your choice. Who do you pick?
Harry Connick, Jr.

8. Now that you’ve slept with two different people in a row, you seem to be having an excellent day because you just came across a hundred-dollar bill on the sidewalk. How are you gonna spend it?
Take my poor, neglected hubby to Musashino for dinner.

9. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?
Hawaii!

10. Upon arrival to the aforementioned location, you get off the plane and discover another hundred-dollar bill. Now that you are in the new location, what are you gonna do?
Buy a new swimsuit and head to the beach.

11. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. It is…?
Beringer White Zinfandel. I'm thinking practicality here. It goes with most everything.

12. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. What time are you traveling to and what are you going to do when you get there?
I'm going back to college and having one helluva party with my old pals.

13. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?
Frivolous lawsuits will be immediately thrown out, and the people who brought them will be punished by some form of public humiliation. (Yeah, we've been talking about this issue. lol)

14. You have been given the opportunity to create the half-hour TV show of your own design. What is it called and what’s the premise?
It's called "Wish Come True" and it's just regular folks chosen to have an experience wish granted--- something like performing at Carnegie Hall or being a policeman for a day. Something they've dreamed of doing but haven't achieved for one reason or another.

15.What is your favorite curse word?
I don't curse much, but when I do, I prefer the F word.

16.One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?
Start screaming and squeeze into the smallest space I can at the center of the bed.

17. Your house is on fire! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the item?
My purse. I'm very practical about these things. Remember the zinfandel?

18. The Angel of Death has descended upon you. Fortunately, the Angel of Death is pretty cool and in a good mood, and it offers you a half-hour to do whatever you want before you bite it. Whatcha gonna do in that half-hour?
hang out at the beach with Jeff and Lauren

19. You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What’s it gonna be?
definitely reading people's minds

20. You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?
There are so many! I think any time when Lauren was 2-4 years old and just the two of us were chatting would be really fun right now.

21. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
The Hodgkins diagnosis. That in-turn would eliminate the second cancer diagnosis... and countless other horrible experiences.

22. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But… you can move to anywhere else in the world! Bitchin’! What country are you going to live in now?
Germany

23. You have been eternally banned from every single bar in the world except for ONE. Which one is it gonna be?
The Dixie Chicken in College Station

24. Suddenly, you have gained the ability to FLOAT!!! Whose house are you going to float to first, and be like “Dude, check it out…I can FLOAT!”?
Cathy's

25. The constant absorption of magical moonbeams mixed with the radioactive vegetables you consumed earlier has given you the ability to resurrect the dead famous-person of your choice. So which celebrity will you bring back to life?
Peter Jennings

26. The Celestial Gates of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person, etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?
Mom

27. What’s your theme song?
"Mmmbop" by Hanson :)

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Happy 2010!!

Saturday, January 2, 2010

I have been very sick since Tuesday night. Fever, runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, coughing, major headache sick. To add to the misery, I got a zit for the first time in at least ten years. WTH.

Onward ho. I emerged from sickness to find it is 2010. Happy New Year! And I see from zoning in and out of countless hours of crappy television, it is "twenty ten" rather than "two thousand ten." Saves a syllable. Got it.

I somehow managed to watch ten complete hours of the last season of "The Next Iron Chef" yesterday. I had missed the original airing. I was going for Chef Jose Garces the entire time. And in the end- he won! I was so happy for him!! Garces was the best personality and I loved his dishes. As a side note, I may have a teeny weeny crush on Iron Chef Michael Symon.

Speaking of "Iron Chef America," the big contest between Batali/Legasse and Flay/Comerford (Cristeta Comerford is the White House Executive Chef) is Sunday night. Michelle Obama is the special guest. In the ad for the show, they keep saying "The secret ingredient is of national importance." And if anyone is in the room to hear, I say, "Tonight's secret ingredient..... BALD EAGLE!!"

Thank you, folks. I'm here all week.

I have officially made it through the holiday eating season still fitting into my tight jeans. Could one ask for any more than that? I think no.

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Tuesday

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

I have spent waaaaay too much time explaining a PayPal transaction to one of my advertisers. I don't know any other ways to tell her she did not pay me twice. Perhaps I need to bust out a laser pointer and some H. Ross Perot-style diagrams.

The A&M/Georgia game was interesting. At least Georgia managed to get some points on their own merit towards the end of the game. Most of them were a direct result of Aggie errors. Blah. They should have put Tannehill in, too, because Jerrod wasn't hitting anything last night. Glad to see the season behind them. I'm still thinking they'll do pretty well next year.

I have a new favorite song of the moment- Theory of Deadman "Bad Girlfriend." I dare you to sit still through it. Unfortunately I can't post the video or Google would flag me as an adult blog. lol. It was fantastic live! You know what she is, no doubt about it, she's a bad bad girlfriend...

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