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Highlights from last weekend

Eric and I were home from Thursday night until Monday afternoon. We crammed a lot into those 4 days and I'd like to share my highlights. They are as follows:

1. The shower - it was the most fun I could've ever hoped to have at a shower and it looked so cute, from the cake down to the mints!

2. The gifts - I'll be the first to admit that I love me some presents. The cake stand is probably my favorite (duh), but the funniest was the scale. When I opened up that bag, I thought I was going to die laughing. And what's with all the brownies??

3. Pictures - our photographer is amazing and I'm so excited to see the engagement and bridal shots! She was really easy to work with and knows what she's doing. You can view more of her work at jhsphotos.com and click on her blog to see a few of our shots.

4. Graduation - both Parker and Sara graduated, which is really awesome, but made me feel really old...and I'm only 24! Yikes.

5. Gator Golf - I have never played with 12 people before and it was an experience that I won't soon forget. Especially posing with the animals afterwards!

6. Doing wedding stuff - It really felt like I was about to get married last weekend and I'm pretty excited for the big day! I'm looking forward to about 5 weeks from now when Eric and I will tie the knot!

7. This picture - it's my favorite.

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This week has been so slow here at work. The hour from 3-4pm everyday seems to drag on for an eternity. I can't think of anything fun to blog about so in lieu of that, here is my list of Top 5 Things I Would Rather Be Doing RIGHT NOW.

1. Whitewater rafting

2. Enjoying a glass of wine on our deck.

3. Reading a book, preferably on the beach.

4. Sitting at the coy pond outside Kimpel Hall (does anyone remember that?)

5. Baking cookies.

I'm Back and Better Than Ever

Finally, I can post! I feel like it is Christmas! I hope you will both be patient with me as I learn some sweet bloggin' tricks...such as how to post pictures...

So THAT'S what my deltoid muscle looks like...

This past weekend we had guests! Eric's dad Mike and stepmom Karen were in town for a couple days so we took them to Detroit. That might sound like a punishment, but trust me, Detroit gets a bad rap. It's not all that scary...at least not at the Detroit Science Center!!


We went to see an exhibit called Our Body and it was so cool. The simple explanation is that they turn the muscles in your body into plastic in a process called plastination. This way, you can see what the inside of your body looks like! It's really weird and awesome and sort of creepy, but mostly it's amazing. To be able to look at something from 2 inches away and know that your insides look something like that is...well, creepy, but I liked it!


There were exhibits of bodies that were in certain poses, like a guy kicking a soccer ball in midair, or riding a bike. My favorite was a body that had been sliced into 1 inch sections and then placed in order about 2 inches apart so that you could see in between each slice.

I realize that I sound like a HUGE nerd right now, but I enjoyed myself at the museum, OK?!

Bitch, please.

"I know, I look pretty fly. Jealous."

Sloane loves her bandana.

Two Months To Go!

Two months from today, Eric and I will be gettin' hitched! I'm pretty excited for the wedding of 2007. Let the countdown begin!!

This weekend was a great farewell to my bachelorette days of yore. Here's my Top Ten list of things that happened this weekend:

10. Ordering half a chicken for dinner.
9. Asking our waiter to marry me.
8. Calling the Hogs...3 times.
7. Singing Comcast karaoke on the couch.
6. Watching the drink-off.
5. Riding with Brittnee through the ghetto as she hunched over the steering wheel afraid for her life.
4. Shopping on Friday (especially the stores where we all bought something!).
3. Doing nothing Saturday morning except vegging out on the couch and watching TV.
2. The infamous drink spillage (She did that on purpose!).
1. Playing Apples to Apples.

It was a wonderful weekend! So, thanks for everything girls! You're the best!!!

Why I Like Martha

This picture makes me want to go out and by all these utensils and the cute utensil holders and completely redo our kitchen. I love reading Martha Stewart's magazine and website because the pictures alone are motivational enough to make me want to change my whole living arrangement. If you also love organizing and looking at pictures of organized kitchens, closets and bathrooms, click here.

Things you never thought you'd hear: "Ratings are low. We need Lachey!"

On last night's Dancing With The Stars we were treated to a surprise appearance by Season 2 winner, Drew Lachey. He danced to the song, "Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy" (which I can't stand), which was performed live by Big & Rich (who I also can't stand), and also happened to be the winning routine for him and Cheryl (which was AWESOME!) It only served to remind me just how boring this season is. Drew Lachey shows up with a ton of energy and he's on the floor for about 3 minutes and the crowd goes crazy for him and the dance and it was great! And that lasted...about 3 minutes. The dancers just aren't so good this year. The women especially, which is appropriate since the first 3 people voted off have been women. My favorites for this season are Joey and Kym. He's not embarrassed to do all the goofy head moves and exaggerated posing that makes you look like a good dancer. I think he will have a tough competitor in Steve Sanders (Ian Ziering) and Cheryl Burke, because she's won the past 2 seasons now and obviously wants to 3-peat.

I would like to stress that although I will continue to watch this season because I am addicted to the drama of the show, it's not near as good as the past 2 seasons. And someone needs to cut Billy ray's hair.

Honk Honk

I don't even really know where to start with this post. Nothing too annoying happened on my way to work or while I was running errands at lunch today. However, in general, most other people on the road annoy me. I am not a honker. If I honk, I must either be scared or in a bad mood. However, sometimes a polite honk is necessary.

Case in point, a few weeks ago I got behind an obviously confused driver. There are two stoplights, one not twenty feet after the other, right next to my office. As the first light turned green, the lady in front of me barely inched forward. I held my honk, trying to be nice. But after a few seconds, I give a hey-by-the-way-the-light-is-green-and-we're-all-waiting-on-you-to-move-forward-honk. It was short and sweet and not meant in a mean way. In return, the lady completely stopped in the middle of the intersection, turned around to face me, yelled something and flailed her arms. Seriously? I was amazed!

Even though my honk was justified, this reaction makes me never want to honk again. Oh but I'm sure I will.

What Not To Wear: Behind the Seams

I love What Not To Wear. It's definitely one of my top 5 favorite shows. So, when I heard about a behind the scenes show I had to tune in! I learned valuable things like what happens if a person says no to the show (they go find someone in NY) and what is up with Stacy's gray streak (it's natural and she's had it since she was 11!) and whether or not Stacy and Clinton are "more than friends" off the show.

Wait. What? Uhhmm, I'm sorry, did viewers honestly request this information? Maybe I'm over-simplifying, but I always assumed that Clinton Kelly was gay. They have such a fabulous "I'm-gay-and-you're-fashionable-perfect-duo" thing working so nicely that it has NEVER ONCE crossed my mind that they might be dating each other in real life. To me, they represented the real version of Carrie & Stanford or Charlotte & Anthony on SATC. So, I'm holding strong that he's G-A-Y and for all those viewers who thought otherwise I say to you, "Shut Up!"

P.S. Speaking of, lil' old Stacy now has her very own show entitled, "Shut Up! It's Stacy London." I wanted to love it, just like I love her, but I didn't. It felt forced and staged and not natural. Her chemistry and comedic timing with Clinton is superb and on her own she just didn't have it. But I still love her and want to be on WNTW so bad that I just might wear tapered jeans for a month.

Oh really?

It's snowing. Right now. Outside my door. Snow is falling. It's APRIL 5th. It is freakin' SPRING, people! I just don't think I'll ever understand why the weather does what it does. What happened to global warming, Gore? It's not warm here at all, if you want to know the truth. If people turning off lights and starting composts piles has somehow managed to drop the temperature here by about 30 degrees I'm going to be pissed!

This morning Eric mentioned that out of our 3 hometowns (Fayetteville, Idaho Falls and Ann Arbor) Idaho Falls is currently enjoying the warmest weather of them all. Temps are in the 60s there all week. I don't thinkI have to tell you how sad I was to hear that. Not because I don't want Eric's family to enjoy the warm weather, but because there is simply no rhyme or reason to the weather.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to bundle up to go outside.

Baked, Not Fried

Recently I tried Baked Cheetos and I was admittedly skeptical. We were with another couple grocery shopping for our three day stay at the beach (see how I snuck that in there?). I saw the Baked Cheetos in the basket and was not excited. But when I made a turkey sandwich the next day, I couldn't help but toss a few Cheetos on my plate. Those bright orange bits that look like really small pieces of petrfied wood somehow just completed my plate. And then it happened. I tried them...

And they were fantastic! All of the flavor and crunch I would expect from Cheetos. If someone had told me they were real Cheetos, I would have believed them wholeheartedly. So if you haven't already, give them a try. Unless you hate Cheetos to begin with.

Spy movies are for boys

Or are they? I just saw two really good movies that I felt the need to blog about: The Lives of Others and The Departed. Lives won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film (it's German) and Departed won the Oscar for Best Picture. I can see why. They were great! I was captivated by each one in different, yet equally awesome ways.


The Lives of Others - This movie played at my theater and Eric and I went to see it on the last day it played. It's about an agent of the German secret police who has to spy on a writer/actor couple and ends up becoming really, REALLY involved in their lives. One thing I must mention is that the music for this film was incredible. It was beautiful and also set the creepy, spy-movie tone quite well. Another thing is that the ending is perfect, with a bit of a twist. Overall, I would highly recommend it even to people who don't like to read subtitles (I'm talking to you, Brant).


The Departed - With a cast that includes some of the biggest names in Hollywood, this movie made good use of every single one of the actors. Leo? Showed his acting chops. Jack? Very believable. Marky Mark?! His character was my favorite and I understand now why he was nominated for an Oscar. He was hilarious and inappropriate and had a terrible haircut. I loved him...don't tell him I called him Marky Mark, though. I also love that Martin Scorsese finally won his Oscar for this film. Before I saw the film I wondered if ol' Marty really deserved to win or if he was just getting what was long overdue. He deserved it, in my opinion.

I love when movies live up to their expectations. These two definitely did.

Dancing with the Sanders

Kelly: Can you believe that Steve is dancing with the stars? I think he did great. We should call Brandon and make sure he's watching.

Dylan: Steve? Dancing? Who cares about that? Have you even noticed how fantastic my hair looks today? Do you have any idea how long this took me to fix?

Kelly (aside): Steve Sanders, my first and my only true love. Sigh.

Despite what Dylan thinks, I loved watching Steve (okay I know it's Ian, but he will always be Steve Sanders to me and he might hate it when people only think of him as Steve but 90210 made him rich so he should just get over it) on Dancing with the Stars. I think he did great and when they showed him learning the dance, he seemed like a nice guy. Kind of full of himself, but goofy and lovable at the same time. I could picture myself hanging out with him, though I would probably be forced to call him Ian.

DWTS excites me this season! I flat out like watching Steve. Fatone is ridiculous but entertaining. I hold my breath when Heather Mills and her prosthetic leg take the floor. I missed Apolo dancing but I think he would be fun to watch. I might actually make it past the first episode this season. Yay for DWTS!

THE HILLS are alive with the sound of bitches

Lauren Conrad can't catch an effing break these days. First, she breaks up with J.Whal after having turned down an internship in Paris. Then, Heidi starts to slip away to be with Spencer (who shall from now on be referred to has Helmet-Head), who might be the smarmiest person on earth. And finally, her best friend Jen Bunney (seriously?) goes and hooks up with ol' Brody, the first guy that Lauren liked after Jason. LC is going through some STUFF, ya'll. It's called evaluating friendships and making some changes.

In last night's episode Lauren tore into Bunney about the Brody hookup. Good for her! I'm glad she stood her ground and called out her "friend." When Lauren began to open the door as a cue for Bunney to leave, I knew that I would like to be her friend.

This season of The Hills has been really addicting. And next week's episode features that crazy man who used to work with Anna Wintour...you KNOW he's gonna cause some drama.

Why Do I Care?

After spending half and hour reading about how Tori Spelling is wearing clothes that only non-pregnant women should wear, and how Mandy Moore and DJ AM split, and how Brangelina are adopting again I had to ask myself...why do I care about this?

You know how a lot of celebs say, "Don't buy the gossip magazines, you're just feeding the fire and creating reason for the paparazzi to hound us," in order to make us feel sorry for them? Well, it's not working. I think there are about 50 magazines in the groceries/bookstores/newsstands with a celebrity-gossip focus. And people are buying them like crazy!! Not just "people" like some faceless mass with a credit card. People like...me.

Yes, I am drawn to find out why Sienna Miller gave Jude Law a second chance and why Kate Moss is remotely attracted to Pete Doherty and why leggings are so popular. My question is, WHY? Why do I care what famous people are doing? What is it in me that needs to hear about who's dating who? I can't explain it and I certainly can't make it stop.

I know I'm not alone. Why do you guys care about celebs? And when did Tori Spelling become celeb-newsworthy??

Is that really necessary?

From time to time, you'll see someone walking in a store or down the street and they appear to be having a nice little conversation with themselves. You think, are they crazy? Then you see a little blue light near their ear and you think, oh it's just a Bluetooth.

What I'm starting to think though is that they really are crazy. Just how available does a person need to be and/or how hard is it to hold a phone to your ear??!! I have just a few exceptions to thinking Bluetooths are annoying. One, in the car. Having both hands available for steering is probably a good thing. Two (and this is only a recent exception), in an office. I have seen people walk around here while on the phone and I must say that I'm okay with that. They appear to be very busy and I've only seen one of them walk out of the office with the Bluetooth on. So, I guess I can be okay with it in an office.

But not in a store! I don't need you walking towards me laughing or bitching or yelling into what seems to be thin air, only to realize that you are talking to another human being. What's worse, your hands have absolutely nothing going on. You're not carrying a baby. You're not burdened with a heavy package. You're not signing to anyone. You're hands are free! They need something to do. Why not hand them a little cell phone to hold up to your ear?

Another thing is that I have never seen a meek, humble looking person with a Bluetooth. Never. It always seems to be someone who thinks they are really cool and quite important. Buying a device that sticks on your ear does not make you cool or important. In most cases, it just makes you look dumb.

Give 'em the old razzle dazzle

My theory is that we grew tired of the old blog. The same old layout for months and months?! No. It won't cut it. It didn't cut it! Which is why I'm revamping this ol' baby with a new design. With the help of Blogger's new version on Google (everything's better with Google) this little blog of ours is going to make something of itself. Yes, ma'ams.

I hope to see both of you lovely ladies here on the blog. I'll be here, rest assured. I'll be posting when I find something funny/relevant/absurd to talk about. Or, in some cases, none of the above! Oh blogger, is there anything you can't do?

Yay for Christmas!

I realize we have yet to slice the Thanksgiving turkey, but come on, it's basically Christmas already. That means it's time for PRESENTS!! Yes, presents. I'm just picturing new sweaters and shoes and gadgets and... did I write all that? What I meant was it's time for family and friends and being together and PRESENTS!! Whatever. Everyone likes getting presents.

Anyway, can we come up with a creative gift exchange between the three of us? I was thinking we could put a dollar limit on gifts and then figure out some fun way to buy presents. Maybe we pick a theme or it has to be from a certain store or fall into a certain category. I don't know. I was hoping you guys could think of something.