Who doesn't want to be a bobblehead doll?

I don't know why they won't bobble!! They did on the XMBaseball website! Oh well, they still look funny. In addition to the bobbleheads not bobbling, I have a complaint that the Yankees girl uniform looks more slimming than the Red Sox uniform. Hmmm.

Wow, it's been a week since my last posting and absolutely NOTHING interesting has happened! Is that sad? An entire week goes by with nothing to report? Well, I'll find something to write about...let's see....I've been spending as much time as possible this week out in the sun. It's so nice having a backyard where I can lay out. I bought a lawn chair that folds all the way down so I can lay on it and get the backs of my legs tan. It's pretty flimsy and I'm just waiting for it to break while I'm laying on it. If there was an olympic event for breaking lawn chairs, I'd win. Hands down.
I had the day off yesterday (which I REALLY needed!) and Levi and I rode our cruisers downtown and went to Urban Outfitters, where I bought an amazing vest that is normally $55 for $9.99. Oh yeah, Sevy we bought a surprise for you there...you're going to freak out! I'll send it to you tomorrow but I need you to send me your address again. After that we rode to The Flicks and saw Mongol, which is a movie about Genghis Khan's early life. It was amazing. By the time we got back it was almost midnight and our dog Lola was acting like she hadn't seen us in five years. She was so excited, jumping all around and 'singing'. It's so cute.
At my work we get sent advanced reader's copies of books that haven't come out yet and they're free to any employee that wants them. It's a pretty cool thing, but most of the time the advanced copies have not been edited yet and there are millions of grammatical errors and missing paragraphs. I hope that's the reason I hated the book I just finished yesterday. It's called Iodine by Haven Kimmel and I really didn't enjoy it. It was very fragmented and I'm hoping that is because there were literally paragraphs missing. Maybe I'll scan through the real book when it's released in August and see if it's any better. I hate wasting time on a crumby book because it's not like a crappy tv show that only takes up 20 minutes of your time. No, a book takes up hours and lots of emotion.
So my 26th birthday is coming up soon and I'm actually excited this year. Normally I don't like a lot of fanfare, but this year I decided I either want to go to Boondocks water park, which is similar to Seven Peaks to all my Utah readers, or float the Boise river. Both ideas sound like a lot of fun to me so I'm not sure what we'll end up doing. Here are a couple of gorgeous pictures of the Boise River. You can park at the drop-in point (which is about a mile from where we live) and at the end there is a bus service that takes you back up to the top to get your car. Pretty sweet deal!


Anyways, I'm going to get ready now and maybe head back to Urban Outfitters since they have a couple of Obama t-shirts that I want to get (One of them says, "Obama says knock you out!") Ha ha!!
Hopefully next time I'll have more exciting news...

Best rain delay ever!

Manny Delcarmen and Jonathan Papelbon doing Milli Vanilli.
(To hear the video push pause on my music player, which is on the right side of the page)

And this is why 30 Rock is my favorite show right now...

Happy Father's Day!

Father's Day is a special day for me because I get to reflect on all the men in my family that have been a father figure to me. I have been so blessed to have Zane and Justin as my brothers-in-law. They have been in my life for so long that I can't remember what life was like without them. They are amazing husbands and fathers and have always been great brothers to me. I love you guys!
I want to take the time in this blog to point out two more men that have really been there for me throughout my whole life, surrounding me with love and acting on behalf of my dad, who I know looks down on them from heaven and is proud at what he sees. These two men are my brother Scott and my stepdad Bruce.
Scott is one of the funniest, warmest, most gentle people out there. Anyone reading this that knows Scott can picture his deep voice right now or his big laugh that can put a smile on anybody's face. Scott had to take on a lot of responsibility when my dad died, and he really did step it up. He was the one that baptized me, walked my sister Laurie down the aisle at her wedding and was always there when we needed to talk. I can't imagine life without Scott! He is now a father to 3 beautiful girls, my nieces Athena, Cassidy and Whitney. He and his wife Stephanie have always hosted the best birthday parties at their home and have always provided me with someone I could talk to. Not only that, but Scott is as big of a movie junkie as I am and we could literally quote movies together all day ("Hey Wang, don't tell them you're Jewish.") LOL! I have been so lucky to have Scott in my life and I'm so proud to be his baby sister.
Now for Bruce :) Bruce came into our family at JUST the right time. This was a time when my mom needed a gentle, kind soul in her life and I needed someone that could set a good example of what a husband should be. Bruce fit the bill. My mom married Bruce in 1995 and I now consider him my dad. Uncle-Grandpa, as the grandkids like to call him, is truly one of the sweetest men I've ever known. He's thoughtful, funny and a great father, even though he's been through a lot. Bruce walked me down the aisle to my own wedding and I could not have been happier. He looked so cute in his nice new suit and I really felt my real dad couldn't have been any prouder. Life without Bruce wouldn't be much fun at all. He was there for me to play catch any day that I wanted, he taught me how to drive a stick (and left it to my mom to teach me how to drive a stick up a hill with a stoplight at the top, idling and sweating that I wouldn't hit the car behind me!) He went to lots of my softball games and was there to take pictures of all my dance dates. He's always there to make us laugh (black church socks with shorts, anyone!) and I am so blessed to have him as my dad.

I love you guys so much and I hope that every single man that has had a hand in raising me has a wonderful Father's Day!!

Happy Birthday Sevy!

Today is my sister-in-law Sevy's 26th birthday! I can't just call her up and tell her Happy Birthday because she is in Sweden being a wonderful nanny to a family outside of Stockholm. Sevy, I hope you know how proud we are of you and how much we miss you. I hope today is a super-fantastic birthday and I hope that we'll see you before your 27th! Have a great day and know how much we love you.
I swear your present is on the way....I hope you like it!
Love you!

Sorry Bonnie and Katie!

I received a hilarious message from my Aunt Bonnie yesterday, in which she explains that because of my blog about the KFC Famous Bowls, she and her daughter Katie are now addicted as well. My sister Heather had also started to eat them, but luckily she got the stomach flu after eating one so she won't be eating them again anytime soon.
I have to report that since my original blog post, I relapsed several times and caved in to the promise of fluffy mashed potatoes. I am, however, please to report that it has been over three weeks since my last KFC bowl. Almost one month! I hope I don't relapse again.

Skills.

I don't have a lot of talents. Besides being able to remember useless pop-culture trivia, my only talent is typing very fast. Here's a cool test that I found. I'm pleased with the results so I'm going to brag:

89 words

Speedtest

"I love you (e)bay, and if it's quite alright, I need you ebay"

I haven't worn a watch for over four years now and I can't even stand to wear a bracelet for very long without ripping it off. This poses a dilemma, since I'm almost always running late to just about everything and I work at a job where it's very important to always know what time it is. The solution? A pocket watch!! I saw one at the mall today that I really liked that was on sale for $39.99 for Fathers Day (I think the sales clerk was annoyed when I said I wouldn't need it engraved since it was for me.) Well, I thought long and hard about it and then decided I'd check out eBay and see if they had any for less expensive.
I'm so glad I did! I found about a million and one amazing pocket watches and a ton with auction times that were ending that hour. (I'm too impatient to wait for more than a day for an item I'm bidding on. 'Buy it Now' has become my best friend.) Anyway, the cost of the watch was....get ready for this...$.01 That's right, one cent (plus $10.99 for shipping, since it's coming from Hong Kong.) Can you believe that! It will be here in 7-21 days and I can hardly wait! $11.00 for that beautiful pocket watch. I can finally be on time for things and will always know what time it is while I'm at work.
Hurrah for ebay and hurrah for saving money.

Urban Dictionary

Here are some of my favorites from the Urban Dictionary (urbandictionary.com)

Fat Badge

A stain on your clothing, especially a shirt, resulting from the sloppy eating of greasy food. Any greasy stain on clothing.
1. After winning the corn-dog eating contest, Carl wore his fat badge with pride, knowing that no detergent known to man would ever remove it.

2. Ah, I guess I'll throw this shirt out... I don't want anyone to see my fat badge.

Pizza Tumor

A large burned air bubble that sometimes forms in the crust of a pizza, rendering the slice that contains it significantly less appealing.

Customer: "I'd like a slice of cheese, please."
Sbarro employee:
Customer: "Not that one with the pizza tumor!"

Madam's apple

Noun. A pun on "Adam's apple," it refers to the large bulge on the trachea when it occurs on a woman. (Note: this may be the sign of a male-to-female transvestite or transsexual, or may simply be the luck of genetics).

"Holy crap! Look at that madam's apple on Ann Coulter!"


Google Drift

To drift aimlessly between subjects of interest, by finding them accidentally on a web search for something else.

"I was looking for information on the Holocaust and I found a lot of neat sites with historical facts about Germany."
"Oh, so you were google drifting."