Winter Wonderland

8 1/2 inches of snow and counting!! News says we should expect 2 more today, for a total of (drum roll please...) 10 1/2 inches (again, for the History majors). I have a client tonight, I sort of hope she cancels. I also have an eyebrow wax appointment this evening, I hope she doesn't cancel.

I'm sure glad Bud (my dad) woke me up at 6:06 to shovel the driveway! We finally left for work at 7:41, arriving to work at 8:22 (one of many perks to living at home and working with dad.. I would look bad if dad showed up and I didn't.. if I had my own place, I would have claimed 2 feet at least! But I'm not complaining.. Mom made us cinnamon rolls!).. what? Everybody doesn't keep track of time like this?? I wonder if our street has been plowed?



I hope if you have snow you're not at work. I hope you're outside having a snowball fight, sledding, and making snow angels.

Happy Snow Day!

PS Totally wearing pants today.. don't be mad.









I'm not wearing any pants..

PS I haven't worn pants all week!! Take my word for it and take the challenge!

See "I'm not wearing any pants" button to the right (copy and paste to your own blog if you have one)..

And check out Hayley's blog at http://cheapgirlchicworld.blogspot.com/
(She's the brains behind this no pants operation..)

Old Skool

So going around the Blogosphere are "The 7 Things About My Childhood" (That I'm assuming one should know..) Bloggers are tagging other Bloggers.. and while I'm known only to family and friends, no big time bloggers (YET!!!) thus, never being tagged.. I thought I would do my own "The 7 Things About My Childhood."

SO THERE.

Numero Uno:

Although there have been many stuffed things..

Tuggie (short for Tuggins) slept and continues to sleep with me every night.

I've had him since I was one (Speaking of uno..)

Me with Tuggie, Gramcakes, Papa, Cousin Emi

2. I've had cats my whole life, usually two at a time.

 Prissy (Priscilla) and Poey (Napoleon) 

Poey and Racket

Racket and Woody (Woodrow Wilson, 28th President)

Racket and Sweeper

Sweeper and Pedro (currently cat nappin' at home)

Racket was MY first cat. I had her from ages 3-21.
She lived to be 18 (For all you History majors..)

3. I'm an only child.

So, when my friends were playing with their brother and sisters, 

I was playing with my dad.

 (Mom, too, of course, but for the purpose of the picture..)



Whadda guy!



4. As you already know, because you read this..

I spent lots of time at the hospital/doctor. And not because I'm clumsy!

Whatever. Scars are sexy. And I am awesome.

5. Don't be intimidated by my beauty,

 and my totally normal obsession with all-things-sailor (it was totally the clothes)..

Glamour shots, 1990.

Mom was there, too.



You're welcome.



6. By 4th grade, I was your typical "jock".. I think, anyway.

Playing every sport, and letting you know about it.

I wore Adidas Sambas, soccer shorts and over sized t-shirts to school everyday..
rain, snow, or shine.

Don't worry, Mrs. Hines. Dr. Sato said it was OK.

7. In 5th Grade, I was big into the NBA.

 Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, Shaq, Penny Hardaway.

(I wore their shoes!.. not their shoes, the replicas.. in my size..)

Our assignment was to pick a person, and write something about him/her.

I picked Charles Barkley.

The best part.. we traced ourselves on big pieces of paper,

and then colored, drew, cut and pasted to make 'our person.'

Then, it was laminated! Boo-yah!



Leave your "The 7 Things About My Childhood" in the comments!

Happy Wednesday!

Golden Globes

Ok, who watched 'em? We watched up until Desperate Housewives started (How was Eva two places at once!? Magic!) and then turned back to the globes once Brothers and Sisters started.

And who were or wore your favs???

First of all, GLEE! YEAH (TV Series-Comedy, Best Supporting Actor-TV, KURT!)! Second, the facebook movie (Best Pic-Drama, Best Director, Best Original Score- Hello Cam and Jack Black in "The Holiday," Best Screenplay.)?? Really?? I mean, I loved the movie, found it totally entertaining and informational and interesting, but it just isn't a golden globe-ing movie to me. I feel like "The Social Network" should be a big winner for Teen Choice Awards, whatevs. Props to you, Mark Z. You bazillionaire, you sub-30 bazillionaire.. so jeal.

Best Actor, Colin Firth, mom approved, so I did, too. She said "The King's Speech" was totally awes. She'd see it again (with me!) which is a recommendation.

Best Acress, Natalie Portman.. "The Black Swan" is terrifying. You should see it, but I don't recommend it. And after her speech, I was like.. "uhhhh it's probably because she's pregnant and hormonal." Regardless, she's still pretty adorable.

Did anyone see "Love and Other Drugs"?

How about best and worst dressed?



Ann Hathaway looked amazing!



Good ol' Brad and Angie. I was surprised to see Angie in not black.

Even Crazy Eyes won something! And looked fab!

Kurt. I love you.

WTF? She's English. As in, from England.



Blah. Thanks for coming to present one award. Surely, we could have found someone else willing..




I feel like it's hard for the men of the Golden Globes to look bad and, different..

 

I adore you. Don't ever do a whacked out flick like Black Swan, again. EVER.

 

Love your hair. Want your hair. Hate your dress. I wouldn't spit on it, if it were on fi'a.



I just saw Mandy Moore in the pics right now, GORGE!



All the Gleeks looked AMAZE!

 

Hated it. Sorry, Sandy.

 

Xtina. I just rolled my eyes.

I feel like there were more long sleeved dresses, I totally loved them!! Also lots of muted tones.. like beiges, and champagnes, pinks and peaches.. looked better on some than others. That's norm.

Happy MLK day!

Tek-NO-lodge-i-kull Advances.

This is how the dictionary does it.. tek-nuh-loj-i-kuhl

I get a little more serious with the second syllable, "no". Whenever I have to pronounce the word in real life, I enunciate the "no" part, too. But only for "technological," because, let's be real, saying "technology" like "tek-NO-lodge-ee" makes you sound silly.

Anyway, Mary and I were just reminiscing about VHS (what's the plural?? VHSs?), and how funny it would be if we had our seasons of Gilmore Girls on VHS. Wouldn't that be funny!? We were trying to figure out how many episodes of a particular season would be on one VHS.. whatever the answer is, we're pretty sure it would be ridiculously frustrating and time consuming to figure out! I bet you'd have to fast forward and rewind and then fast forward some more. Totally unlike a DVD! Mr. Dvd, you are smart.

What are your favorite tek-no-lodge-i-kull advances?

Just. Say. No.

So this is the second time I'm being "handled," if you will.. two friends, actually they're friends of friends, so let's go with.. friendly acquaintances. Anyway, two friendly acquaintances have recently turned financial advisers. So, of course, they're calling anyone and everyone to try and get their grubby little paws on some money. Let's just pretend, I had ridonkulous amounts of money for them to get their grubby little paws on, I'm pretty sure I would exhaust all my other resources (Uncle/VP at Raymond James, Dad, that-guy-that-works-at-Charles-Schwab-that-seems-like-he-knows-what-he's-talking-about) first, before I called a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend. And isn't it interesting, that since I met with the first friendly acquaintance, she hasn't bothered called me again.

It isn't enough that I'm honest and say, "My Uncle already handles my monies so no, thanks." Their next question is, "When can we meet?" What? Did I miss something? Next thing I know, I'm meeting them at Subway tomorrow.. and I'll probably have to buy my own 6 inch. And, I'm sorry in advance for referring you. SUCKER.

Happy Tuesday! What are you watching on TV tonight??

Movie-ng In.

WARNING: What I'm about to say..err.. what you're about to see may ruin one (or four) movie(s) for you. Ask me if I care.

I should probably just move into the movie theatre. I think I've seen 4 movies in 23 days. That's like one movie every 5.75 days (take that Algebra). Is that weird? How about this little bit of knowledge- via Mom and Dad.. it's $4 (at Wherenberg theaters) if you go before noon! Which I've only done once, but plan on doing it again, and often!

Movie numero uno.. "How Do You Know"
Featuring: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson. I'm gonna go ahead and give it a big fat, "Eh. It's okkkaaayyyy." If you want to see it, wait till you can rent it or Netflix it or Redbox it, or see it before noon. I probably won't buy it, or rent it (now that I've seen it, obviously). It's cute. And I was entertained until I wasn't anymore.. Reese is a USA softball player.. she gets cut.. and doesn't know what to do with herself. Paul Rudd is in corporate America and his dad (Jack) indites him. Whatever that means. Owen is a baseball player.. he's dating Reese. Go figure. Reese dumps Owen because FINALLY she realizes she's in love with Paul Rudd. Something like that.

2. "Black Swan"
Featuring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis. This freaktastic flick will not warm your heart. Going in- I knew it was a dark movie, but I was not prepared for the inappropriate-ness.. I became a bit more familiar with the actual ballet, "Swan Lake".. Music by Tchaikovsky.. anybody? Ok, so in the story of "Swan Lake," pure, virginal white swan falls in love with the prince. Then, pure, virginal white swan perceives evil, crazy, black swan and prince as an item. Pure, virginal white swan commits suicide. For reals. In the movie, the ballet director (I don't know the technical name for him) wants the same girl to play both swans.. Natalie Portman (pure, virginal, naive) is picked for both parts. Mila Kunis (crazy, drug-doing and alcohol-drinking) befriends Nat and kind of brings her to the dark side, if you will. Then, good ol' Nat loses her mind and becomes a loony-tune. I was sure I'd become one, just from watching the movie! She dies, too. That's the best I can explain it. You're welcome. I was totally entertained, and on the edge of my seat most of the time. Mom dubbed it as a, "Psycho-Thriller." And I'm definitely not one to disagree!

3. "True Grit"
Featuring: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld. LOVED IT!! The original (I suppose) released in 1969.. John Wayne played Rooster Cogburn, U.S. Marshal, played by Jeff Bridges in 2010's remake. Hailee's (seen on Disney, I'm sure) father is murdered. So, Hailee hires Rooster to find the murderer. Hailee's plan is to tag along and murder the murderer. Matt Damon, a Texas Ranger is also looking for the fugitive. Ends up, all three get together and Hailee eventually does, in fact, murder the murderer. We paid $4 ea to see "True Grit," I would have paid full price.

4. "Country Strong"
Featuring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garret Hedlund (last seen in "Georgia Rule" with LiLo), Leighton Meester. AMAZE! I got totally into this movie. Probably, because of Garret Hedlund's everything.. I'm just going to copy and paste from imdb, because mom hasn't seen yet.. A drama centered on a rising country-music songwriter (Hedlund) who sparks with a fallen star (Paltrow). Together, they mount his ascent and her comeback, which leads to romantic complications involving her husband/manager (McGraw) and a beauty queen-turned-singer (Meester). I will say, all the previews are in the movie, but it was also FULL of surprises, like the ending!!

This just in: "Social Network" out on Blu-ray and DVD tomorrow!!! Holla Facebook!! And why doesn't spell check ever pick up on my Spanish.. I'm not spelling "number" wrong, I'm speaking Spanish. Hello, it's called bilingual.

Happy Monday! New "Bachelor" tonight!