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Ohio man charged with drunken driving on bar stool
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
TV imitates real life... in Lafayette
I've been seeing many previews of the new Amy Poehler show "Parks & Recreation". It took me a couple of commercials before I noticed that the seal in the background of the commercial said INDIANA. Turns out they actually contacted the Lafayette parks & rec for inspiration.
Chances were good that I would watch the show, but after hearing this, I'll definitely be watching!!
Chances were good that I would watch the show, but after hearing this, I'll definitely be watching!!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
I hate walking slow
Ever since the 3rd trimester started and my stomach got extra large, I just can't walk as fast as I used to. It's a combination of things, really. There is the extra weight to lug around, the fact that the space where my lungs usually reside is now also housing my stomach and the baby's feet, the general waddle that comes from pregnancy, and the glorious hip pain!
I used to be a pretty fast walker for my height and I hated dodging slow moving vehicles on the sidewalk. It really sucks to be one now.
It is so convenient to be able to catch every walk sign on the 9 block walk to the train. But, now I can only catch MAYBE two green lights in a row.
And it is really depressing to see the people that pass me these days. Here is a list from my commute on Tuesday:
* Overweight union workers talking politics
* 6 month pregnant chick (just wait, honey)
* Black dude with "pimp limp"
* Guy with actual real limp
Fortunately, I will probably only be going into the office for 4 more weeks.
I used to be a pretty fast walker for my height and I hated dodging slow moving vehicles on the sidewalk. It really sucks to be one now.
It is so convenient to be able to catch every walk sign on the 9 block walk to the train. But, now I can only catch MAYBE two green lights in a row.
And it is really depressing to see the people that pass me these days. Here is a list from my commute on Tuesday:
* Overweight union workers talking politics
* 6 month pregnant chick (just wait, honey)
* Black dude with "pimp limp"
* Guy with actual real limp
Fortunately, I will probably only be going into the office for 4 more weeks.
TBL - Lauren is impressed by players she doesn't like
At the beginning of this show, to no one's surprise, the game went into "singles". I knew this was right around the corner because:
1. The blue team was so inferior to the black team, it was just sad.
2. Due to #1, the blue team was almost extinct.
3. Filipe & Sione were already refusing to work with Jillian, so the teams were all screwed up.
The players got to pick their own trainer. Most weren't too surprising:
Bob - Filipe, Sione, Kristen, Ron & Aubrey
Jillian - Tara, Laura, Mike & Helen
Probably the biggest surprise was that Mike didn't go back with his father. I think Mike prefers being around the ladies, personally. There was quite a bit of boo-hoo-ing during the choices. I don't know what they're whining about. At least they get the choice of who to work with. And despite the contestants' co-dependent outlook, I'm guessing the trainers didn't go home and cry over the people that didn't pick them.
There was a 2-part challenge for immunity. In the first part, everyone got to take the amount of weight that they had lost so far and put it on someone else. As guessed, Tara was a HUGE target and ended up with 257lbs of weight. For some weird reason, Helen ended up with the 2nd most weight. She doesn't seem like a big threat at all, so I guess people just don't like her? This should have been taken as a HUGE compliment on Tara's part. She is a huge threat, she has lost the biggest percentage of weight so far, she is always winning challenges... But, for some reason she takes it as a reason to cry and want to quit. Um, ok. I'm winning this game, but I think I'm going to give up? This mental instability is why you got fat in the first place. Shockingly, Laura is able to talk some sense into her.
For the second part of the challenge, they took the weight that each person had been given and added it to a car. Each contestant had to pull the car + the extra weight (+ a driver which no one mentioned) for a 1/2 mile. Sione started out fast with Mike in 2nd place. Tara got a burst of competitive juices and ended up coming back to beat them all, even pulling more weight than anyone. (Are you sure Sione's driver wasn't riding the break?) I am not a big Tara fan, but I was impressed with that move. She won immunity and basically put it back in everyone's faces that gave her weight. Then she got to do a victory lap and some donuts with Nascar driver Clint Funk... I mean Clint Bowyer. It looked REALLY fun!
At the weigh-in, both Kristen & Tara had the chance to be the first women to ever lose 100lbs on campus. Both fell short of this goal last week. Tara needed to lose 4 lbs, but only lost 3... So, Kristen stepped up and lost 8, beating the 100 lb mark. In a huge surprise, Ron lost another 10 lbs. Two 10 lb weeks in a row? Who is that guy? I am almost starting to consider him a contestant... Ron couldn't enjoy his 10 lb weight loss though because it almost pushed Mike under the yellow line. It ended up being Aubrey & Filipe under the yellow line. I wonder who Filipe can blame now? He has had 3 weeks of bad weigh-ins now. (Or was it 2?) Either way, he was blaming it on Jillian, but now that he is back with his man-crush Bob, I'm not sure who he can point fingers at.
I kind of thought it was a no-brainer to vote Filipe out. He is much more of a danger than Aubrey. She is smaller and just not that great. But, as usual this season, the contestants voted with their hearts instead of their heads and sent Aubrey home.
Back at home, Aubrey hoped to get down to 125 lbs by the finale. Again with the pretty unrealistic goals. Aubrey is about my height, and let's just say 125 is a weight I haven't seen since the freshman 15. And to start things off on the right foot back home, Aubrey goes ahead and packs on 9lbs. Wrong direction dumbass! I'm going on record right now to say that if Aubrey weighs 125 at the finale, I will give up cookies for a month.
1. The blue team was so inferior to the black team, it was just sad.
2. Due to #1, the blue team was almost extinct.
3. Filipe & Sione were already refusing to work with Jillian, so the teams were all screwed up.
The players got to pick their own trainer. Most weren't too surprising:
Bob - Filipe, Sione, Kristen, Ron & Aubrey
Jillian - Tara, Laura, Mike & Helen
Probably the biggest surprise was that Mike didn't go back with his father. I think Mike prefers being around the ladies, personally. There was quite a bit of boo-hoo-ing during the choices. I don't know what they're whining about. At least they get the choice of who to work with. And despite the contestants' co-dependent outlook, I'm guessing the trainers didn't go home and cry over the people that didn't pick them.
There was a 2-part challenge for immunity. In the first part, everyone got to take the amount of weight that they had lost so far and put it on someone else. As guessed, Tara was a HUGE target and ended up with 257lbs of weight. For some weird reason, Helen ended up with the 2nd most weight. She doesn't seem like a big threat at all, so I guess people just don't like her? This should have been taken as a HUGE compliment on Tara's part. She is a huge threat, she has lost the biggest percentage of weight so far, she is always winning challenges... But, for some reason she takes it as a reason to cry and want to quit. Um, ok. I'm winning this game, but I think I'm going to give up? This mental instability is why you got fat in the first place. Shockingly, Laura is able to talk some sense into her.
For the second part of the challenge, they took the weight that each person had been given and added it to a car. Each contestant had to pull the car + the extra weight (+ a driver which no one mentioned) for a 1/2 mile. Sione started out fast with Mike in 2nd place. Tara got a burst of competitive juices and ended up coming back to beat them all, even pulling more weight than anyone. (Are you sure Sione's driver wasn't riding the break?) I am not a big Tara fan, but I was impressed with that move. She won immunity and basically put it back in everyone's faces that gave her weight. Then she got to do a victory lap and some donuts with Nascar driver Clint Funk... I mean Clint Bowyer. It looked REALLY fun!
At the weigh-in, both Kristen & Tara had the chance to be the first women to ever lose 100lbs on campus. Both fell short of this goal last week. Tara needed to lose 4 lbs, but only lost 3... So, Kristen stepped up and lost 8, beating the 100 lb mark. In a huge surprise, Ron lost another 10 lbs. Two 10 lb weeks in a row? Who is that guy? I am almost starting to consider him a contestant... Ron couldn't enjoy his 10 lb weight loss though because it almost pushed Mike under the yellow line. It ended up being Aubrey & Filipe under the yellow line. I wonder who Filipe can blame now? He has had 3 weeks of bad weigh-ins now. (Or was it 2?) Either way, he was blaming it on Jillian, but now that he is back with his man-crush Bob, I'm not sure who he can point fingers at.
I kind of thought it was a no-brainer to vote Filipe out. He is much more of a danger than Aubrey. She is smaller and just not that great. But, as usual this season, the contestants voted with their hearts instead of their heads and sent Aubrey home.
Back at home, Aubrey hoped to get down to 125 lbs by the finale. Again with the pretty unrealistic goals. Aubrey is about my height, and let's just say 125 is a weight I haven't seen since the freshman 15. And to start things off on the right foot back home, Aubrey goes ahead and packs on 9lbs. Wrong direction dumbass! I'm going on record right now to say that if Aubrey weighs 125 at the finale, I will give up cookies for a month.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Birthday / Birth Day!
Yesterday was Fubar's 31st birthday... HAPPY BIRTHDAY FUBAR!
And today is the big birth day for these soon-to-be parents.
Can't wait to meet little PBR!
TBL - Who says you can't go home?
On this week's Biggest Loser, the contestants got to go home for the week. I was excited as this usually makes for an entertaining weigh-in at the end of the week... Usually they just can't keep their hands out of the cookie jar while they are home!
And speaking of cookie jars, this time they had an at-home challenge. The contestants had to run a 1/2 marathon and the winner would get $10k. I know they have been working out really hard, but they haven't been specifically training for a 1/2 marathon, so this should be tough. As a twist, each contestant also got a tin full of cookies. For each cookie they ate they could add 5 minutes onto someone's time. 5 minutes could be pretty huge! Surprisingly, only Helen & Aubrey succombed to the cookies. Helen ate a cookie against Tara and Aubrey ate against Helen (I'm not sure what she was thinking here... Maybe that a lot of other people would go against Tara & Sione??? Aubrey is not really a thinker.)
All of the players did really well... Except Ron, of course. Sione & Tara, as expected, did awesome. Until the end when Sione had a muscle tighten up on him with just 200 yards left. Ouch. He finally got himself across the finish line.
As usual at home, everyone around these people are eating fatty foods and taking them out to eat. All the contestants really did pretty well this season though... Sadly. Come on people. Following your diet doesn't make for good tv!
Aubrey took the opportunity to talk to her ENORMOUS father about dieting and losing some of his 500lb girth. He kept saying that he had already started a diet. Then she brought up his breakfast that was, like, every fattening breakfast food scrambled together in a vat of grease. Sounds delicious.
The contestants all said their farewells and headed back to the ranch. They announced the results of the 1/2 marathon. Sione would have had the fastest time by a lot if it weren't for his pulled muscle. So, Tara ended up with the best time... BUT, Helen ate a cookie against her so Sione ended up winning. Tara was not pleased with Helen! All of their times were pretty impressive though. Oh, except for Ron who only finished like 2 miles and said "I had no intentions of finishing the 1/2 marathon." WHY ARE YOU HERE?
On to the weigh-in. Nothing super shocking except that Ron somehow lost 10lbs. Um, I think this is even more evidence that he should go the F home. Kristen gained 1lb proving that she is NOT ready to go home at all. Surprise surprise, the blue team loses the weigh-in. And unfortunately, freakin' Ron has immunity.
Cathy stepped up and asked to be eliminated. Ron had immunity and she didn't want Kristen or Aubrey going home. This is what Ron should have done weeks ago. Stepped up and took one for the team and jumped on the grenade. So, Cathy went home. Adios Cathy.
And speaking of cookie jars, this time they had an at-home challenge. The contestants had to run a 1/2 marathon and the winner would get $10k. I know they have been working out really hard, but they haven't been specifically training for a 1/2 marathon, so this should be tough. As a twist, each contestant also got a tin full of cookies. For each cookie they ate they could add 5 minutes onto someone's time. 5 minutes could be pretty huge! Surprisingly, only Helen & Aubrey succombed to the cookies. Helen ate a cookie against Tara and Aubrey ate against Helen (I'm not sure what she was thinking here... Maybe that a lot of other people would go against Tara & Sione??? Aubrey is not really a thinker.)
All of the players did really well... Except Ron, of course. Sione & Tara, as expected, did awesome. Until the end when Sione had a muscle tighten up on him with just 200 yards left. Ouch. He finally got himself across the finish line.
As usual at home, everyone around these people are eating fatty foods and taking them out to eat. All the contestants really did pretty well this season though... Sadly. Come on people. Following your diet doesn't make for good tv!
Aubrey took the opportunity to talk to her ENORMOUS father about dieting and losing some of his 500lb girth. He kept saying that he had already started a diet. Then she brought up his breakfast that was, like, every fattening breakfast food scrambled together in a vat of grease. Sounds delicious.
The contestants all said their farewells and headed back to the ranch. They announced the results of the 1/2 marathon. Sione would have had the fastest time by a lot if it weren't for his pulled muscle. So, Tara ended up with the best time... BUT, Helen ate a cookie against her so Sione ended up winning. Tara was not pleased with Helen! All of their times were pretty impressive though. Oh, except for Ron who only finished like 2 miles and said "I had no intentions of finishing the 1/2 marathon." WHY ARE YOU HERE?
On to the weigh-in. Nothing super shocking except that Ron somehow lost 10lbs. Um, I think this is even more evidence that he should go the F home. Kristen gained 1lb proving that she is NOT ready to go home at all. Surprise surprise, the blue team loses the weigh-in. And unfortunately, freakin' Ron has immunity.
Cathy stepped up and asked to be eliminated. Ron had immunity and she didn't want Kristen or Aubrey going home. This is what Ron should have done weeks ago. Stepped up and took one for the team and jumped on the grenade. So, Cathy went home. Adios Cathy.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Casa Biscuits and Gravy
Lately I've been having these crazy pregnancy cravings for the biscuits and gravy at a restaurant that I went to in Athens, OH called Casa.
The restaurant had amazing vegan Biscuits & Gravy. Strange, I know, since I'm not usually big on vegan food!
I'd totally go there to get them if it weren't a 6 hour drive... I couldn't get Lee to take a trip over there for Biscuits & Gravy either.
So, I've been searching all over for a comparable recipe, but I can't find one anywhere. Any ideas?
The restaurant had amazing vegan Biscuits & Gravy. Strange, I know, since I'm not usually big on vegan food!
I'd totally go there to get them if it weren't a 6 hour drive... I couldn't get Lee to take a trip over there for Biscuits & Gravy either.
So, I've been searching all over for a comparable recipe, but I can't find one anywhere. Any ideas?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
BIG 10 CHAMPS!
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Last week Lee's mom called to offer us tickets to the Big 10 Championship game down in Indy on Sunday. Going to this game is a bit of a gamble... Purdue might have gotten beat, and then we would be driving all the way down to Indy to watch two teams we don't give a crap about. But, Lee & I took the gamble and it paid off!
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Purdue beat Penn State and Illinois to get into the championship game! This was the first time that Purdue had made it to the Big 10 Championship game since they started having the tournament in 1998.
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AND, we were happy to have Ohio State beat Michigan State to join Purdue in the finals!
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The first half of the game was not pretty. Purdue wasn't down by a ton, but they were playing pretty crappy. Going into halftime, I was really dreading watching a Boilermaker loss...
But, a different team came out of the lockeroom after halftime. Boilers turned the game around and ended up winning 65-61. Boiler UP!
Now we are onto the #5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Hopefully Purdue can keep their momentum from the Big 10 Tourney!!! Go Boilers!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Timely find
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While getting an address out of my address book, I came across a random piece of paper I had tucked away long ago. Apparently, the ideas jotted down were far too valuable to throw away.
What was on it? St. Patrick's Day t-shirt ideas. Here I brought some of them to life:
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While getting an address out of my address book, I came across a random piece of paper I had tucked away long ago. Apparently, the ideas jotted down were far too valuable to throw away.
What was on it? St. Patrick's Day t-shirt ideas. Here I brought some of them to life:
Minus the shamrock, this one could be worn year-round. Pretty much sums up college...
This shirt is just accurate and informative. A little about your heritage, a lot about your drinking problem.
And this shirt was Ahow's creation. Doesn't leave much to the imagination, but it could save a life. I guess this is one of those times that Kathryn's invention, the adult sized Bumbo seat would really come in handy.
My what a furry baby you have...
Last night I got my Hotsling in the mail. A Hotsling is basically a sling that you can carry your baby around in so you might actually be able to do something that requires two hands... Like blog. Or doublefist beers.Anyway, I really wanted to try the sling out, but clearly, I do not have the baby yet... So, I used the next best thing. An 8-lb cat named Jasper.
She was not at all happy about being put into the sling. But, once she was in there, she was happy as a clam, purring and letting me walk around with her chilling in the sling.
Poor Jasper is in for a RUDE awakening in 2 months when the real baby shows up!
(P.S. Don't mind the fact that I look like I hadn't slept in a month... It's really only been a couple weeks.)
She was not at all happy about being put into the sling. But, once she was in there, she was happy as a clam, purring and letting me walk around with her chilling in the sling.
Poor Jasper is in for a RUDE awakening in 2 months when the real baby shows up!
(P.S. Don't mind the fact that I look like I hadn't slept in a month... It's really only been a couple weeks.)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
TBL - Contestants Gone Wild!
Reuter did a good summary of last night's episode. So, I won't focus too much on the parts he covered. Basically, the black team was dominating because the blue team sucks at life, so TBL had to try and shake things up a bit. They did a challenge and the prize was 24 hours of luxury. Of course, the black team won...
And then they went wild!
Reuter thinks that they deserved a break and to let off steam. I think that they went a bit overboard. I mean, this is TBL, not The Real World! I probably would have opted for a good dinner and maybe a couple drinks, a massage & a mani/pedi... But, I wouldn't have gone overboard and I would have made sure to get a workout or two in. These guys went crazy. I mean, a HUGE meal, then a ton of booze and some fried bar food after the huge meal? Not to mention some smoking... Wow. I knew Jillian was going to go off. A few seasons ago she flipped out because one contestant had a glass of wine!
Jillian did go overboard. But, she always does, so that was really no surprise. However, I was surprised when she didn't work out Filipe. That was just weird.
To mix things up TBL also had the contestants weigh-in against each other. This turned out to bite the blue team in the butt too. I mean, as if they needed more against them. Both teams lost 18 lbs and the blue team weighed less to begin with, so they would have won without the one-on-one weigh-in crap. Oh well...
So, the blue team is headed back to the elimination room. Big shocker there. Even with the black team going on a bender, they still can't beat them. And why? Well, they were the weaker team to begin with... But, then they voted off their best player... And they have kept the worst player in the game, Ron, around. Stupid! So, as soon as they lose the weigh-in, Lee & I both are like "OK, there is a mother/daughter team, a team of 2 sisters and Ron. Ron is going home."
They get into the room and Ron goes "Ok, it's Mandi's turn to go home." WHAT?!? Who died and made you a useful team player? So, no one even mentions voting Ron out as they sit there and decide whether Aubrey or Mandi would go home. Do they not realize that they are going to be in the elimination room every week until Ron gets the F off the team?
In the end, there is yet another stupid vote and Mandi goes home. And Ron stays another freaking week.
Dumbest team ever!
Oh yeah, and in the end, Mandi says that she hopes to be a size 2 by the finale. A 2?!? That is really really tiny. Are you planning to lose all the weight and some of your actual hip bones? She really should have opted for a more realistic size like a 6. But, I mean, if Dane/Blaine can run a marathon in 3:50... Maybe she can do it.
And then they went wild!
Reuter thinks that they deserved a break and to let off steam. I think that they went a bit overboard. I mean, this is TBL, not The Real World! I probably would have opted for a good dinner and maybe a couple drinks, a massage & a mani/pedi... But, I wouldn't have gone overboard and I would have made sure to get a workout or two in. These guys went crazy. I mean, a HUGE meal, then a ton of booze and some fried bar food after the huge meal? Not to mention some smoking... Wow. I knew Jillian was going to go off. A few seasons ago she flipped out because one contestant had a glass of wine!
Jillian did go overboard. But, she always does, so that was really no surprise. However, I was surprised when she didn't work out Filipe. That was just weird.
To mix things up TBL also had the contestants weigh-in against each other. This turned out to bite the blue team in the butt too. I mean, as if they needed more against them. Both teams lost 18 lbs and the blue team weighed less to begin with, so they would have won without the one-on-one weigh-in crap. Oh well...
So, the blue team is headed back to the elimination room. Big shocker there. Even with the black team going on a bender, they still can't beat them. And why? Well, they were the weaker team to begin with... But, then they voted off their best player... And they have kept the worst player in the game, Ron, around. Stupid! So, as soon as they lose the weigh-in, Lee & I both are like "OK, there is a mother/daughter team, a team of 2 sisters and Ron. Ron is going home."
They get into the room and Ron goes "Ok, it's Mandi's turn to go home." WHAT?!? Who died and made you a useful team player? So, no one even mentions voting Ron out as they sit there and decide whether Aubrey or Mandi would go home. Do they not realize that they are going to be in the elimination room every week until Ron gets the F off the team?
In the end, there is yet another stupid vote and Mandi goes home. And Ron stays another freaking week.
Dumbest team ever!
Oh yeah, and in the end, Mandi says that she hopes to be a size 2 by the finale. A 2?!? That is really really tiny. Are you planning to lose all the weight and some of your actual hip bones? She really should have opted for a more realistic size like a 6. But, I mean, if Dane/Blaine can run a marathon in 3:50... Maybe she can do it.
The Nursery Prep Begins
I have pretty much as much as I can do done with the nursery until
1) we get a crib
2) after the baby showers
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Heaven!
Betty Crocker... That biatch knows what she's doing with an oven! These things are SO delicious. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.(Clearly the "watch my sweets" part of Lent is not going so well. At least I went cold turkey on MySpace!)
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Baby Girl is... Still a Girl!
Today we got a 3D ultrasound done. This was actually my birthday present from my mom. I had to wait a month and a 1/2 to get my gift, but it was worth it. I was especially happy to confirm that our little girl is in fact a girl. I didn't want any surprises at the hospital... Somehow I feel like it would be a travesty to be bringing home a surprise baby boy all dressed in pink. That might scar him for life...
Our little girl just wanted to sleep the whole time with her hands up by her face. She did wake up a few times, blinked, yawned, stuck her tongue out some. She also gave us one really dirty look like "Would you a-holes just let me sleep?" Of course my mom & Lee said that the annoyed look she inherited from me. They're so sweet. She also managed to flip us off at one point. She is definitely my daughter...
It also appears that our baby has some really full lips. The ultrasound tech would not stop commenting about them. Not sure where those might have come from... Lee was double checking the dates of conception and when he got back from Virginia... Haha. 
Our little girl just wanted to sleep the whole time with her hands up by her face. She did wake up a few times, blinked, yawned, stuck her tongue out some. She also gave us one really dirty look like "Would you a-holes just let me sleep?" Of course my mom & Lee said that the annoyed look she inherited from me. They're so sweet. She also managed to flip us off at one point. She is definitely my daughter...
It also appears that our baby has some really full lips. The ultrasound tech would not stop commenting about them. Not sure where those might have come from... Lee was double checking the dates of conception and when he got back from Virginia... Haha. Here is a big yawn. Oh, in just 10 weeks that won't be a yawn but a blood curdling cry... I can't wait!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Mixed Drink
Lee has come up with a new drink. I just tried it for the first time and I am lovin' it.
The ingredients:
Orange Juice
Cran~Rasberry Juice
You can mix it at pretty much any ratio and it tastes good.
And if I close my eyes, I can almost imagine that I'm sitting on a beach somewhere and there is booze in it... It would be really tasty with booze in it.
The ingredients:
Orange Juice
Cran~Rasberry Juice
You can mix it at pretty much any ratio and it tastes good.
And if I close my eyes, I can almost imagine that I'm sitting on a beach somewhere and there is booze in it... It would be really tasty with booze in it.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
How did I not hear about this before TODAY?
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MERLE HAGGARD is going to be right up the road from us at DC's Country Junction tonight. Tickets are still available. They must not have advertised this well because I listen to all the country stations around here and this is the first I've heard of it!!! If Lee didn't have econ class tonight, I would totally be going. {frown}
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MERLE HAGGARD is going to be right up the road from us at DC's Country Junction tonight. Tickets are still available. They must not have advertised this well because I listen to all the country stations around here and this is the first I've heard of it!!! If Lee didn't have econ class tonight, I would totally be going. {frown}
TBL sucks a fatty
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In the words of Fubar (via text): "Biggest Loser, are you kidding me?!"
I am not even going to dignify last night's Biggest Loser with a recap. I'm pissed. Last week was one thing... We had a show with no weigh-in or elimination, BUT, we had a 2nd show the following night. This week, there is just no excuse. To not even have a COMPLETE weigh-in is total BS. Talk about trying to stretch their footage out an extra week. LAME!
I only have this to say about the episode: Laura is annoying.
That is all until next week when they damn well better have a FULL episode.
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In the words of Fubar (via text): "Biggest Loser, are you kidding me?!"
I am not even going to dignify last night's Biggest Loser with a recap. I'm pissed. Last week was one thing... We had a show with no weigh-in or elimination, BUT, we had a 2nd show the following night. This week, there is just no excuse. To not even have a COMPLETE weigh-in is total BS. Talk about trying to stretch their footage out an extra week. LAME!
I only have this to say about the episode: Laura is annoying.
That is all until next week when they damn well better have a FULL episode.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Can't wait to meet PBR!
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This weekend, some of us ladies gathered for a little brunch to shower Michelle and baby PBR with gifts. We had brunch at Wishbone (um, yum). Unfortunately, some of us couldn't enjoy the mimosas and bloody mary's...
The drinking table....
Here is part of the gift I got for PBR. I covered outfits for football season with a couple of Gator onesies and a Bronco sleeper set.
We were lucky enough to have Kathryn make it out from DC. She definitely kept me entertained with some of her baby inventions.
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This weekend, some of us ladies gathered for a little brunch to shower Michelle and baby PBR with gifts. We had brunch at Wishbone (um, yum). Unfortunately, some of us couldn't enjoy the mimosas and bloody mary's...
The drinking table....
Here is part of the gift I got for PBR. I covered outfits for football season with a couple of Gator onesies and a Bronco sleeper set.
We were lucky enough to have Kathryn make it out from DC. She definitely kept me entertained with some of her baby inventions. 
Mich & I... Soon to be two madres. Pretty crazy! (Oh, and I have no idea what that is on my shirt. I didn't have a sticker on me!)
Can't wait to meet Baby Girl Reuter sometime this month!!!
We finally got a shelf for the bathroom...
So, it's completely done! Yay!
But, never fear, Lee is already onto a new project... A toybox for the baby.
Here he is modeling the toybox by pulling a toy truck out of it. The toybox is really big! I swear it is going to double as a tornado shelter for the baby!
So, it's completely done! Yay!
But, never fear, Lee is already onto a new project... A toybox for the baby.
Here he is modeling the toybox by pulling a toy truck out of it. The toybox is really big! I swear it is going to double as a tornado shelter for the baby!
I no longer feel guilty about not vacuuming my car all winter!
Check out this car that I parked next to at Ikea. It is filled to the BRIM with trash. Yuck. How do you drive around in that? Sorry the pic isn't that great, I really didn't want to get up close to it and have some big white-trash dude come out and ask why I was taking a pic in his car...
Signs of Spring
There are actually TWO Dog N Suds locations around Lafayette now. I have been driving by them every time I've been in town, longing for a Coney Dog and a Rootbear. Mmmm. So, now, finally my craving can be satisfied! The weather may still say WINTER, but Dog N Suds says IT'S SPRING!
Happy Pulaski Day!
I just said that to Lee and he said: What is Pulaski Day? (click on the link to find out) aka, a reason for Chicago Public Schools to have yet another Monday off. In case MLK Day and Presidents' Day wasn't enough...
This makes me think of an old story from WAY back when I was an intern. The scene was 7 years ago. It was me, Josh Flowers, Sean Everett and Brian Kowalski. We had just arrived at the Philly airport and a car was supposed to be waiting for us under Brian's name.
Josh to Brian: What's your last name? Pulaski?
Brian: No. It's Kowalski.
Josh: Oh, I knew it started with a P.
This makes me think of an old story from WAY back when I was an intern. The scene was 7 years ago. It was me, Josh Flowers, Sean Everett and Brian Kowalski. We had just arrived at the Philly airport and a car was supposed to be waiting for us under Brian's name.
Josh to Brian: What's your last name? Pulaski?
Brian: No. It's Kowalski.
Josh: Oh, I knew it started with a P.
Scandal hits TBL
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Here is an article about Dane's questionable completion of a marathon.
(This is for you Ahow.)
Don't get me wrong, running 23 miles is still great. But, I don't know why TBL would feel the need to knock 2 hours off his time, etc. I'm plenty impressed with just running a marathon! I sure as heck couldn't do it!
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Here is an article about Dane's questionable completion of a marathon.
(This is for you Ahow.)
Don't get me wrong, running 23 miles is still great. But, I don't know why TBL would feel the need to knock 2 hours off his time, etc. I'm plenty impressed with just running a marathon! I sure as heck couldn't do it!
Last week's Loser (A double shot)
Last week TBL was split into Tues & Wed show. I wasn't a real big fan of that because Lee has class on Wed and LOST is on, so then TBL gets pushed back to Thursday... And my Thursdays are very full for tv already.
The Tues Show
This show was a bit useless. I mean, there wasn't even a weigh-in. Come on. So, in order to keep some excitement, they decided to switch up the teams. I was seriously confused on their method the entire time it was happening. Basically, the winner of the challenge got to stay with their partner AND stay with their trainer. Everyone in the middle was up to the toss of a coin. Then the loser automatically had to switch trainers. Sounds easy enough, but things kind of got jacked up when it was actually happening. Tara & Sione were neck & neck through the whole challenge, but Sione just lost it at the end. So, green team got to stay with Jillian. The blue team went with the flip of a coin and were forced to go to Jillian's team. Basically, Jillian's team ended up being STACKED with the green team, the blue team, + Mike & Helen. Bob's team was the purple team, the yellow team, + Ron & Dane.
And the boo-hoo-ing begins. Bob's former team totally acted like the world was ending. And actually, Bob did too. That pretty much took up the rest of the show.
Ok, they did have a blue vs. black challenge at the end. They had a stationary bike and the challenge lasted 24 hours. Basically, whichever team put the most miles on the bike won. Seriously, the black team has SUCH an advantage, it isn't even funny. A lot of the players whined about it, but when you think about it, you ride the bike for a 1/2 hour, then you have 2.5 hours to rest. So, in the 24 hours, you ride for 4 hours and rest for 20. I know that the rest is split up, and that is not ideal, but still. The yellow team was especially whiny and wanted both teams to stop riding. What a shock, they're never cry-babies. Oh wait, they always are. In the end, (as expected), the black team won. They won bikes and a 3lb advantage at the weigh-in... ON WED SHOW.
The Wed Show
The show starts out with a "pop quiz" challenge about aging with some annoying chick from Prevention magazine. The winning team wins a trip to FL. Now, this is a challenge where the blue team SHOULD have a chance. But they lose anyway.
The players are finally whining a little less about the trainer switch-up and realizing that both trainers are pretty competent. If I were on TBL, I would want Bob as a trainer, but I know that I would still lose a ton of weight if I were working out with Jillian.
On to the weigh-in. The blue team lost 54 lbs with a total 3.24%. This included Dane hitting the 100lb weight-loss amount in the fastest amount of time in show history. Black team lost a total of 57 lbs with a total of 3.65%. No surprise there.
So, the blue team heads off to decide who to vote off. Now, have I mentioned that Ron is useless? As Reuter said this weekend, he is all denominator. He weighs a ton, and due to his injuries (which used to be just his knees, but now his shoulder has been added to the list?) he is not losing weight. I thought this was a NO-BRAINER. But, apparently the blue team has no brain because they kept useless Ron and voted off Dane. Their best player. Morons! Yes, there IS a point in the game where you want to take out the threats, but this is not the time. You still need the strong people or else your team is going to be in the elimination room EVERY WEEK. Stupid. I am losing more & more respect for Ron. I mean, instead of saying "Hey, I suck, I don't want to hold you back," he pointed Dane out and said that Dane could do it at home and Ron couldn't. Well, that's true, but Ron, you're not doing it on campus either. So, what's the point.
Sorry for that rant.
The good news is, they showed Dane at home and he completed a marathon with his skinny wife. However, the show claimed that he did the marathon in under 4 hours... Which seemed REALLY fast to me... I just looked online, and apparently everyone is all atwitter about it. I think the show fudged the time.
Let's watch this week to see if the blue team continues to suck at life.
The Tues Show
This show was a bit useless. I mean, there wasn't even a weigh-in. Come on. So, in order to keep some excitement, they decided to switch up the teams. I was seriously confused on their method the entire time it was happening. Basically, the winner of the challenge got to stay with their partner AND stay with their trainer. Everyone in the middle was up to the toss of a coin. Then the loser automatically had to switch trainers. Sounds easy enough, but things kind of got jacked up when it was actually happening. Tara & Sione were neck & neck through the whole challenge, but Sione just lost it at the end. So, green team got to stay with Jillian. The blue team went with the flip of a coin and were forced to go to Jillian's team. Basically, Jillian's team ended up being STACKED with the green team, the blue team, + Mike & Helen. Bob's team was the purple team, the yellow team, + Ron & Dane.
And the boo-hoo-ing begins. Bob's former team totally acted like the world was ending. And actually, Bob did too. That pretty much took up the rest of the show.
Ok, they did have a blue vs. black challenge at the end. They had a stationary bike and the challenge lasted 24 hours. Basically, whichever team put the most miles on the bike won. Seriously, the black team has SUCH an advantage, it isn't even funny. A lot of the players whined about it, but when you think about it, you ride the bike for a 1/2 hour, then you have 2.5 hours to rest. So, in the 24 hours, you ride for 4 hours and rest for 20. I know that the rest is split up, and that is not ideal, but still. The yellow team was especially whiny and wanted both teams to stop riding. What a shock, they're never cry-babies. Oh wait, they always are. In the end, (as expected), the black team won. They won bikes and a 3lb advantage at the weigh-in... ON WED SHOW.
The Wed Show
The show starts out with a "pop quiz" challenge about aging with some annoying chick from Prevention magazine. The winning team wins a trip to FL. Now, this is a challenge where the blue team SHOULD have a chance. But they lose anyway.
The players are finally whining a little less about the trainer switch-up and realizing that both trainers are pretty competent. If I were on TBL, I would want Bob as a trainer, but I know that I would still lose a ton of weight if I were working out with Jillian.
On to the weigh-in. The blue team lost 54 lbs with a total 3.24%. This included Dane hitting the 100lb weight-loss amount in the fastest amount of time in show history. Black team lost a total of 57 lbs with a total of 3.65%. No surprise there.
So, the blue team heads off to decide who to vote off. Now, have I mentioned that Ron is useless? As Reuter said this weekend, he is all denominator. He weighs a ton, and due to his injuries (which used to be just his knees, but now his shoulder has been added to the list?) he is not losing weight. I thought this was a NO-BRAINER. But, apparently the blue team has no brain because they kept useless Ron and voted off Dane. Their best player. Morons! Yes, there IS a point in the game where you want to take out the threats, but this is not the time. You still need the strong people or else your team is going to be in the elimination room EVERY WEEK. Stupid. I am losing more & more respect for Ron. I mean, instead of saying "Hey, I suck, I don't want to hold you back," he pointed Dane out and said that Dane could do it at home and Ron couldn't. Well, that's true, but Ron, you're not doing it on campus either. So, what's the point.
Sorry for that rant.
The good news is, they showed Dane at home and he completed a marathon with his skinny wife. However, the show claimed that he did the marathon in under 4 hours... Which seemed REALLY fast to me... I just looked online, and apparently everyone is all atwitter about it. I think the show fudged the time.
Let's watch this week to see if the blue team continues to suck at life.
Need a new credit card
I'm looking for recommendations on a good credit card. I used to be using a United one where I got frequent flyer miles for every dollar I spent, but now that Lee & I live in Indiana, we don't fly all that much. I would rather just have a card with no annual fee, a low interest rate... Any other perks are just a bonus. I really don't use my credit card that much. Pretty much just for work expenses that will be reimbursed or for big purchases when I want control over when the amount comes out of my checking account. So, if you have a credit card that you like, leave me a comment and let me know!
Gracias!
Gracias!