Date With a Werewolf

I'm not sure which is more embarrassing.

The fact that I'm so excited about these, or how truly awful I am with the little Paint program "spraypaint can". 

Nothing To See Here

Okay, okay.  I'll stop with the Grammar Rock posts.  For now I mean.  But it's possible that in the future, I may have something to say about Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla.  You never know.

So besides Grammar Rock,then,  what do we have to talk about?

....Cricket....

...Cricket...

I know, right?

It seems that my life is stuck  in one of those cycles where I just hurry from one event to the next, barely crossing events off my calendar before I begin writing lists of things I need to do for the next one.

And not really noteworthy events to blog about, either, unless you count things like canning 140 cases of cooked carrots at the cannery, complete with cranberry cupcakes afterward .  (Ok they weren't cupcakes - but alliteration makes me happy, ok?)   I made Cranberry Orange bread, and Pumpkin Pecan bread, and both seemed to be a hit. (yay!)

Next up on my calendar :  New Moon Party and double feature tomorrow night, which I am very excited about.  I can't wait to be out with my girls!  That would be my own daughters, as well as my amazing friends, together in one big theater party room.  Like I could miss that. (even though I predict being asleep before Edward dents the van.)

notes to self:   buy more diet coke.  And a bigger purse.

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In Other News... my quest to open a small business during the worst economy since the great depression continues.  It's actually looking pretty good, though after riding this roller coaster for 2 years now,though I think it's too soon to use the word "excited".  Let's just stick with "delusional".
  Hey, it could happen.  It even MIGHT happen.

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Does it make sense that I refuse to watch Oprah's Sarah Palin interview because I've been boycotting Oprah for a year now because she wouldn't have Sarah Palin on?  Because it all seems very rational until I write it down like that.

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Through all this, I am still struggling to keep my flybaby status.  I could just let it go, but I can't stand the thought of not having a plan.  Even if I don't follow the plan, there's comfort in having one.

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And that, my friends, pretty much sums it up.

Speaking of Eternal Families and Grammar Rock

I was thinking this morning about Mr Morton.  I have no idea why.  I guess I was wondering if his marriage contrived out of desperation and loneliness ever actually worked out.

I think I might have already mentioned this last week,  but I got so personally involved in some of the Grammar Rock videos, that I could never learn the actual lesson.

As a kid, and even now, I feel SO sorry for Mr. Morton,  that I have trouble focusing on the whole subject/ predicate thing.   All I can think about is this poor guy who talks to cats, sweats a lot, and was apparently so desperate, he married his neighbor, even though they had never spoken a word to each other.  Seriously, how long can that marriage be expected to last?





 NO wonder my generation has such a messed up view of relationships.  


I wonder if there's ever been a follow-up study on the psyche's of kids who watched a lot of Grammar Rock. Because even though I can't remember the subject or predicate, I very much remember Mr. Morton stalking Pearl - sitting on her porch until she came out, and then running away.

Grammar Rock was great at grammar, but not so good at acknowledging men as bright, capable, actual PEOPLE.

(And I'm pretty sure it goes without saying, but for as much Grammar Rock as I watched, I didn't learn too much about grammar.  Or anything else, really.)

We Have A Winner!

My family loves to play games.
Here's the game I'm bringing to Thanksgiving this year!

 It's like Bingo, but with things that will make you laugh and wince at the same time.  In case you can't read them (I know the lettering is small, but it's easier at the Milko site) some of the bingo spots are:

Help Dry Dishes
Antacids
Choking
Broken Dinnerware
Green Beans
Go for a Walk
Sore Subject
Blown Diet
Belch
Test Grandpa's Patience
Kiss Somebody
...and the list goes on.


 I think it's hilarious! And it's all going to happen either way.  Might as well get it all out there, right?  I'll just let everyone print their own cards, and have at it.

I love it when my family gets together, but it's exhausting. It's not that we're all that crazy. (Present company excepted, of course) We're just a LOT of people. We like to do everything together, and we like to keep very busy.. All 35 of us.

This year, my brother who is the organizer extraordinaire, is having us all over to his house in the country, where he has has all kinds of things planned:
Our own Turkey Trot 5K
Family Turkey Bowl
pheasant hunting
shopping
paintball
trail runs and hikes
games (rock band, anyone?)
mountain biking
BYU game in high def
bonfires
and of course a HUGE dinner.  Probably more than one.

He even hooked up his old oven in his garage so he can cook 2 turkeys at a time.

(is my sister-in-law a saint?  why yes, yes she is!)

See, the thing is, we're in denial about how big we are. It just doesn't really occur to anyone that if you take 35 people to the movie theater, we are probably not going to be able to sit together.And then we're all totally annoyed through the whole movie, which completely cracks me up.

My family is SO excited to go!

Anyway, I thought you might like to have the link and the idea for your own Thanksgiving this year!

You're Welcome, and uh, good luck!

Good Luck With That.

For the last 3 nights in a row, I've been super tired.  I don't even know why, really.  Just crazy hey-this-almost-feels-like-8-months-pregnant-but-that-would-be-a-medical-miracle-and-plus-I-think-I-would-have-noticed kind of tired.

So I've been going to bed at 8:30, at which point I get the insane idea that I can probably make it through a 30 minute recorded tv show.

I have started the same 30 Rock three nights in a row, and have yet to see the end.  I thought about watching it this morning, but it sorta takes all the sport out of it, don't ya think?

I'll try it again tonight.  I'm considering it practice for the New Moon midnight showing next week, which yes, I DO already have tickets to the double feature starting at 9pm.



(Stop Laughing!.  I CAN HEAR YOU!)

Running. And Not Running. And Running Again.

Well, for those of you I haven't told yet, I have officially dropped out of the Rim Rock Marathon. I could give you all my reasons, but they really don't change anything, and as Vizzini would say,

“I do not accept excuses. I'm just going to have to find myself a new giant, that's all.”

So yeah, I'm looking for a new giant. Or wait, maybe I"m the giant.   Ok I have no idea.

I'm back to running, though, and getting excited for a few things on my horizon, though they will probably involve distances that do not require me pledging every spare minute plus my firstborn child in order to participate.   If I could find somewhere that would take my second born child though......
Just kidding, Hannah.  You know I'd never trade you off for a race entry fee. Probably.

Anyway,
I have complete admiration for this guy! A 2:10 marathon just blows my mind. For this guy, I'll even tolerate David Letterman!!

Re-Runs

Every morning my favorite morning news show -  America's Newsroom - records on my DVR.  That way, if I get on my treadmill about 15 minutes after it starts, I can get all the morning news without having to watch the commercials!  I love my fast forward button.

But what makes me laugh is when The Brain comes home after work and flips the tv on to watch the recording.  I think I mentioned to him once that there is more up-to-the-minute news available, but he didn't really care.  He likes America's Newsroom, ok? 

(Secretly, I think he likes Megyn Kelly, but since I kind of have a thing for Glenn Beck, we have an unspoken agreement to give each other a pass.)

Anyway, it really cracked me up when I came home from an early morning run last Saturday, and found The Brain lying in bed watching America's Newsroom... from last Wednesday.
When I looked at him like he was one step away from the drop off to crazyland, he just shrugged like I was the weird one, and responded,
"What?  I haven't seen this one yet!"
 

... I guess I watch reruns of my favorite shows, too...

Random Monday

Just random thoughts moving through my brain today....

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Pretty sure I burned out another running partner this morning.  She said she'd run 3 miles with me and I prodded her to do 4.  Looking back on it, she probably didn't really feel like she could say no.

I guess I forgot to explain the runner's code - which is basically that your partner is supposed to challenge you a little, and you are supposed to really say no if you can't or don't have time or whatever.  I think we just did the "challenging" part, without the "it's ok to say no"- part.  (Sorry Catherine)  (But you did great!!)

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I'm going in today to work on my ongoing pipe dream (meant with both meanings thankyouverymuch) to try to get/keep my gray hair uh, not gray.  Do you think it would be weird to go blonder in November?  Because, in the summer I don't think it's weird...  but in the winter???

And at what point do you just give it up and gracefully go gray?

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I told myself I wasn't going to drink Diet Coke until 10 am every day.  But that was before the time switch, so 10am is really 11 am, right?  So really, if I crack one open at 9am, it's all the same.  Yes, I know this is pathetic.

....it's 10:00 somewhere, right?

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I realized yesterday that I may never have to go to the store again.  I now have 3 kids who are officially adults and can buy spray paint, bb's, benadryl, and lottery tickets all on their own.
Not that I buy lots of those things.  But it's just happy to know that I wouldn't have be the one to go.

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Too bad they aren't old enough to drive with Mimi.  She's going in to get her driver's permit today.

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I have figured out why older women wear darker lipstick.
Uggh.

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I saw a radio station giving away Free! Air! Guitars!! I think I've found the perfect Christmas gift.  I just have no idea how I'd wrap it.

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Remember when you got your first blog comments??  My friend Nat  - who has recently emerged from life as a technophobe (and I mean that in the most loving way!!) - has decided to start a blog to document One Thing that was wonderful, or happy, or worth remembering every day.  If you have time, head over and welcome her to blogland, tell her YOUR One Thing for today.

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And if you have any thoughts on Christmas gifts for teenagers, besides the air guitars I mean,  let me know.  I'm completely stumped this year, and it's driving me nuts!  This was going to be The Year.  And you know exactly what I mean.

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Did you ever used to watch Grammar Rock and wonder what exactly Geraldine was so insulted by?  Because it always looked to me like Geraldo was really working hard to show affection appropriately.

I don't know if I learned more about Interjections or Interpersonal Relationships while watching Grammar Rock.  I think it's safe to say I learned a lot about both.

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Yeah.  I know.  Random doesn't even begin to describe it.