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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}
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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!