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Movies you can't NOT watch.

I read a post on Cathy Zielske's blog this morning about Movies you can't NOT watch. So if you are flipping through the channels (which I honestly don't do much b/c I haven't been watching much TV lately) and a movie comes up you just can't not watch. You have to. You are physically glued to the station. No more channel surfing. No matter what is going on you have to watch this movie.

So that got me to thinking what movies do that for me. Here's my list which could get long but I'll keep it short.

1. Bull Durham - too many one-liners to count or even list that I use all the time. I'll just say one. "Meat."
2. You've Got Mail - classic romantic comedy for emailers. "if I knew your name and address I'd send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils."
3. The American President - Michael Douglas and Annette Benning. Awesome. Perfect presidential couple. great dialogue. "People drink the sand because they don't know the difference."
4. Forrest Gump - love this movie. I went to the Bubba Gump restaurant and knew all the answers to their trivia questions. love this movie. plus one of the main characters is named "my Jenny" although her personality isn't mine. "shrimp creo, shrimp on a stick, coconut shrimp, boiled shrimp, broiled, baked..."
5. The Fifth Element - "multi pass!", the fight scene were LeLu kicks the cr#p out of the Mangalores (sp?) while the Diva is singing. Love the fight scene, love how it coincides with the music and love love love the music. (think I could write love one more time?) ok. love the movie.
6. Man on Fire - can I just say this movie is a diamond in the rough. Denzel is great as the wounded man. (emotionally/mentally) Him on the war path, the rage...cleverness.
7. Tommy Boy - "Fat man in a little coat." "Richard, were you watching spanktra vision?" "It doesn't hurt here or here but right here." Need I say more?
8. Clueless - yes, I know but it's a funny movie. It cracks me up. She's such a nutbag. "She's so adorably clueless we've got to adopt her." There are so many one-liners that came out of that movie that teens used, you have to have this movie on here.
9. Predator - yep, that hot and sweaty jungle kill-or-be-killed movie is at the top of my list. the end part where he preps all those traps for the predator. gotta love that. oh and when they mow down the forest trying to get it, can't beat that. the ammo involved just staggers me. jessie ventura with the gatlin gun, sweet!
10. It's a Wonderful Life - classic Christmas movie. Jimmy Stewart is the man. The whole idea behind the movie, what would life be like if you weren't born, awesome!

LOH II vs. ReMax

We won 9-5 last night. Yep, it was a good game. We didn't score as much as we normally do but the bats must have been on vacation or something. I did fairly well myself. I think I was either 2 for 4 or 3 for 4. Something like that, maybe a couple RBI's too. I can't quite remember. Yes, I have a horrible short term memory. Long term and anything to do with movie quotes, I'm all over it like white on rice (bees to honey, mosquitoes to blood...)

Highlights: Um...nothing much exciting happened. Ryan caught everything he could in the outfield and he got a lot of balls out there. In fact I called him a ball hog because he got so many. I didn't get anything except one hard grounder, boring.

Just to shake things up I'm going to tell you what I say while I'm out in the outfield. Granted, nobody can hear me, because I'm usually muttering to myself, unless Ryan has ears like a bat or is standing too close.

• "Come on, hit one to me you SOB."
• "Come on, I'm bored, hit one to me already. What are you scared?"
• "Nice pitch Thomas!"
• "Why don't you try hitting that fly ball to me you b$stard."
• "Hit the f*cking ball girl. This is slow pitch. Walking isn't allowed unless the pitches are utterly and totally horrible."
• "Come on Thomas! Take 'em yourself."
• "Kimmie!"
• "Come on ump, you're killin' me."
• "Back up Ryan!"

Let's see what else. Thomas probably was 1.00 for batting, as usual. Makes me sick and causes Kimmie to say things like, "Mom loves Thomas more than me because he's got a .880 batting average). Nick ran the bases like he's an alcoholic running toward the bar for a drink after waiting all day.

Mom had a lot of hits and did a lot of running. Thought for a minute I'd have to get her a tank of air and a stretcher. jk :)

That's about it.

Tristy's Birthday Party (6)

Tristan is 6 years old. Man it seems like only yesterday I was wiping his butt.

Here is the piglet cleaning himself off after dumping Traci's fruit punch on himself and her.

Behold, my nephew the piglet. Who taught him how to eat pizza like that. Most definitely not me.

Gracie the little sailor-ette. She looks confused.

Gracie getting doggy kisses from Boomer.

Tatum or Trinity, I'm not sure which one (sorry) going to town on that sucker.

Traci and Talon making faces. it was cute. I just look at this and my mouth opens up into an "ooohhhhh!" - Minnesota-style.

More wedding pics and comments

Here are some pictures from Mom's camera.

Heidi's expression (dark hair on the left) is priceless.

I love this one of Kim and Tom. Too cute.

This is one of my favorites. I told the guys, "You boys get down on one knee and look up at Kelly like she's the most beautiful creature on the planet. You're thinking, 'damn, Jimmy's a lucky b*stard.' " They did it too. It was fun although there were some whiners in the bunch. "My knees hurt." Yeah, okay, suck it up, it's only for a minute. The girls have to wear 3-4 inch heels for most of the day, I think you can handle some stairs for a minute.

The fellas. Not sure what the hand waving was but it makes for an interesting picture. Nick was doin' the Dr. Evil more like Dr. Wacko. Did I mention he was so crazy at the dance that he split his pants near the butt? You could see his undies and his leg.

There was a lot of smooching going on.

Dad, Jimmy and Mom.

This one is obviously blurry but isn't it hilarious? I call it "Runaway ringbearer!" That's Michelle in the pink skirt in the background.

Here's one of me and my big rig of a camera with Ryley. He wanted to help take pictures so I let him aim the camera and push the shutter. He kept saying, "I want to take another one." It was cute. First he wanted a picture of his daddy then Chris then Jedi.

Okay, that's it for now.

Jimmy & Kelly Wedding Pictures!

Here are two pictures I took from Jimmy and Kelly's wedding.

Being that I'm nit-picky I can see several things I would have done differently but the lighting is okay so that's a good thing. I won't list what I see because that would be retarded and annoying.

I'm loving the wagon with the midgets in it.

Jimmy and Kelly are Married!

Oh yeah! My bro tied the knot. He's a married man now. In our family we now have two Mr. and Mrs. James Harbal. That could get confusing unless we say Jimmy or...Jimmy's middle initial is W and Dad's is C, we could call Jimmy "W" but as I'm not a republican or a fan of Bush we'll let that one go.

I took a ton of pictures all of which are on Jimmy's laptop in Duluth at this moment. So...I don't have any to post but once I get some I'll post them if it's okay with Jimmy and if he's still talking to me after looking at them. (sigh) I'll peruse Mom's pics tonight and will post any good ones tonight.

The wedding was awesome! It went very fast but I had a good time. Kelly was beautiful. (hey groomsmen, she was the most beautiful creature in the world on Saturday!) Yes, I drank a bit, nothing extravagant, no hangover the next day but generally I don't 'cause I'm not a drunk.

I danced until I got blisters on my toes. Yes, I take my shoes off, it's just easier and I stay cooler, although I was sweating to beat the band. I don't know how the groomsmen and ushers handle all that tux clothing. Whooaahhh! I danced with my brother and sister-in-law, danced with my little sister to "Everything Thing I Do I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams and sang the whole song (she did too), shook my booty quite a bit, laughed at my Dad...the usual.

The funniest part was our reception table. It was me, Thomas, Michelle, Guy, the kidlets, Mom and Dad and we banged on our plates and glasses several dozen times (yes, our table was the pesky one making all the clinging raquet trying to get them to kiss. Hilarious!). We were incessant, pesky, annoying (we were glared at by the other guests quite a bit) but Jimmy didn't mind. He really got into kissing his bride. :) "Get a room!"

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight. It was good...great. I really liked it. I'll buy it when it comes out. It's good. Very Dark. Very long. A thinking person's movie. They push the moral and humanity button until it breaks. It really makes you think about humans, crime, craziness and what makes a person tick. It goes round and round about what a hero is, what makes a hero and how close a hero can be to a criminal. (there's more but this post would be way too long)

Awesome action sequences. Seriously cool. Some stuff I've never seen before. I want to see it again, maybe on the IMAX.

The joker is awesome. He steals the show. He's everything the critics say he is. Awesome! What more can I say?

There are a couple funny/witty parts in there, snuck in of course. I laughed but nobody else did but that's usually the case.

So my suggestion, see it on the big screen if you get a chance.

Redneck or Resourceful?

1. Dad hung out his wet jeans on the pasture fence post to dry in the sun yesterday because we don't have an outdoor laundry line.

redneck or resourceful?

2. I grabbed a pair of khaki's this morning that are too long for me. I forgot to hem them so they were dragging on the ground. I grabbed the packing tape and flipped under the hem and taped them. You can't even tell they are hemmed.

redneck or resourceful?

I'd like to say, on both counts, resourceful and funny. :)

Rice County Fair

me, Kimmie, Traci, Mom, Dad, Jimmy, Kelly, Stacy and Heidi went to the Rice County Fair last night. It was a beautiful night to go, not too hot, a tad bit breezy, not too busy and the food was good. (good being a relative term if you like greasy, expensive, fattening fair food.) :)

We ate (duh), checked out the fair projects, ooh'd and aah'd over the animals (passed on the goats and piggies though-nothing exciting there), did a little bingo-ing (Kim's still fuming about losing) and bashed each other in bumper cars (Dad was going down). Overall, a very fun evening.

One of the best parts of the evening actually didn't come at the fair though. We were driving there and back and Kim, Traci and I sang Nickelback songs and Baby Got Back all the way. God it was hilarious. All of us, sqashed into the backseat singing, all the friggin' words. It was one of those moments I've got imprinted in my memory. Mom and Dad in the front cringing because we were off-key half the time.

For some reason I keep wanting to title this one "Walk this Way" then I start singing the Aerosmith song. Me, Kimmie and Traci from the back. Not sure we'll get many dates showing men this picture though. :)

Kimmie HAD TO SEE a Jersey calf, "cause they are the cutest," she says.

Traci's favorite, a belted Galway. She wanted to take one to the fair but we don't know anybody that has one and they are expensive to buy.

Kimmie says, "Oh! Is that a petting zoo? Oh!! Can we stop?" I say, non-chalantly, "Yes, Kimmie, we can stop."  So she immediately heads over to the food machines so she can feed them.  Traci says, "She's such a kid at heart." Too true.

Here is my favorite, a Highland Calf. Man they are cute. There was some not so cute looking animals though. Traci and I said as we walked by this shifty looking camel, "Um...he looks dangerous, let's keep walking."

Me looking crazy with my free hibiscus hair clippy I got from the Hawaiian shaved ice stand.

Me with my $10 winning bingo card! yeah! that was nice. I bought everyone the next game and ended up winning that one too. We only played two games and I won both. Damn Kimmie was ticked at me. She just glared so I called her my "bingo troll." LOL

Kimmie and I taunting Dad in bumper cars. "Hey Dad, we're coming, are you quaking in your boots?" "Dad, we're watching you!" "Dad, you're going to be nothing but road kill." "Hey Ma, take some pictures!"

So there was this little girl that we were watching in a bumper car before it was our turn and every time she'd hit someone she'd throw her hands up and screech (like Gracie does). She must have been substituting bumper cars for a rollercoaster or something. Every time, didn't matter how hard she hit or got hit, she'd do it. It was hilarious. We were just standing on the sidelines laughing our tushies off.

**Note: Kim and I saw the hottest Carnies at this fair. Seriously, usually they look nasty and scraggly and ugly but these guys were clean, polite and HOT! Why can't we get them at our fair?

League of Heroes II vs. Geneva

Our game went well last night. We won but I can't remember the score. I'll post it later.

Highlights: Chris hit a home run, I was 2 for 4, Kimmie caught everything that came to her, Nick was a superstar as usual, we had a mascot in our dugout (Ryley), Thomas was a machine...um that's all I can remember right now.

Here are some pictures that Jimmy took that were my favorite. There were a lot and it'll take me awhile to get the good ones corrected and uploaded so here is a sampling for now.

Nick diving head-first into second base, as usual. I'm surprised he doesn't have permanent scratch marks on his legs and stomach.

Thomas jumping for a pop-up. I call that "doing a Nick"

Ah, he caught it.

Kimmie flicking the ball to Tina at second.

So you might wonder what is so exciting about this picture. Well I'll tell you. Jimmy took several pictures of people batting and everyone makes some sort of face when they hit the ball but no one and I mean no one sticks their tongue out like Ryan here. I'm not sure if he gets some sort of power from it or what. Does he use it to gauge the wind from the batter's box? Any ideas?

Our mascot, Ryley. He looks pretty happy here despite the fact that we didn't have enough dirt in our dugout for him to make a castle.

MN Twin Justin Morneau wins Home Run Derby

Yeah, our first basement won the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium. So friggin' awesome! Just thought I'd mention it.

Josh Hamilton was actually the real story because he hit 28 home runs in the first round. Just to give you some perspective Morneau hit 22 all together in 3 rounds. That's a lot of friggin' home runs to hit and they weren't just short hits they were like 500 feet or something (that I heard from my boss). It got so exciting that the people at Yankee Stadium were chanting, yes chanting for an American league player. Um...Wow!

Just to give you some more facts I watched Bobby Abreu hit 24 home runs in 2005 and that broke the existing record but Hamilton just pounded that record this year.

So Morneau won because he didn't wear himself out in the first round as Hamilton did so I suppose it's a little bittersweet. He won but really Hamilton got the glory too, duly deserved I should add.

a painting

When I was in college I took a design class which involved a ton of paintings. I can't remember where they all went to. I'm not even sure I got them all back from the class but my favorite one is this:

Our assignment was to create our desktop, it didn't matter where, it didn't have to have a wood background, just a desktop, whatever we had been inspired by we could paint. Any objects we wanted but we had to have a picture of something (the desert), we had to fill the canvas, we had to have the objects touching the borders or look like they are off the page, we had to have shadows and we had to have an object that was floating (the dice). Other than that we had free reign.

This painting was drawn by hand with a graphite pencil then painted with acrylics. I watered the acrylics down so you get more of an opaque watercolor than a saturated acrylic.

Disclaimer: I'm not much of a painter, in fact I don't do it much at all, I prefer and am way better at drawing so I'm no friggin' Monet, Van Gogh, Klimt, Frida Kahlo...so if you're expecting that you should probably exit the blog now. :)

Here are some detailed shots of my painting:

The scissors on top of the pencil. The first thing I drew on the page. The metal part was hard because it wasn't really shiny but it had reflections on it.

My favorite and most realistic looking item on the whole page. The frosty coloring page. You can't tell whether or not the coloring is actual crayon or not, even my teacher did a double-take.

It was the middle of winter so I was inspired by Christmas and coloring (for fun and relaxation) and sending out handmade Christmas cards. That santa is a stamp that I drew by hand. Well, the whole picture I drew by hand then painted.

The crayon box, so much fun. It looks dirty and used just the way it really looked in person. Very difficult to get it angled correctly and the shadows appropriate.

A red crayon, harder than it looks but my other favorite painted piece.

a full-house, a reflection of my love of cards and living with a full house of estrogen (7 other girls). The easiest and took me the least amount of time.

the candy cane, something I was sucking on while working on drawing this.

Can anybody guess what the background is supposed to be? Leave a comment, I'm curious if anybody knows what it is.

Oh and one more thing. My least and most hated part, the picture of the desert. Ughh...I'm not sure why I chose that, probably something along the lines of balancing out the mass of christmas and winter related items.

p.s. I did get an A on it. That was nice.

Jimmy's Surprise Welcome Home Party

So we planned a little "get together" for Jimmy on Sunday at Michelle's house. Invited friends and family over to eat dinner and just hang out together. It was a lot of fun. We chatted it up, ate walking tacos, watermelon and ice cream cake from DQ (yummy!), played outside (it was absolutely beautiful, slightly windy but I didn't mind).

Here are some pics, unfortunately I was negligent and didn't get one of Jimmy. Um...whoops, yeah, take me out back, beat me with a wet cane and pack me off to prison.

Gracie and Grandpa. Look at her cute bunny tail, chubby legs and baby belly, wait there's two baby belly's. Hey Dad, when are you due?

Here's Princess Fatcheeks/Mistress Crabby Pants/Piglet/Gracers whatever nickname you choose in the bunny costume from the Bach. party. Pretty cute eh? I think so.

Dad hauling around Jack, Ryley and Nick in the wagon. It was funny. The kids just loved and Nick and Dad too. So I guess I could have left it at "the kids just loved it."

There are the kids now. They look like they are having a ton of fun; going over speed bumps, doing figure eights, going off-road. Oh yeah, I hopped in that wagon at one point too.

Here's Dad in the bunny ears. You know we have the most fun with the cheapest stuff. I think these ears (along with the tail and bow-tie) were like $2 at the dollar store, maybe not even that much. :)

Here's Ryley and Jack playing with the cars toys. They were racing each other (well, me too) and occassionally getting into a spat about who was playing with what toy. Jack at one point tried to bite Ryley. Lovely, I was hoping he would get over that phase by now.

Gracie was sitting there by the wall just watching the boys. When she couldn't see them she'd lean over and almost tip over trying to get a look. It was cute.

Kelly's Bachelorette Party

Here are a couple pics from the Bachelorette party on Saturday night. We started at Michelle's house, played a couple games, then went to Wanted at the Lakeville Cinema, dinner at Chianti Grill in Burnsville and then barhopped our way back to the bonfire at Grandma's.

Here's the bride to be, Kelly. She's wearing some playboy bunny ears and a bow-tie and her official name for the evening as "Princess." She even had a crown to wear. Michelle, Kim and I assigned stripper/hooker names for each guest. We had Bunny, Muffy, Candy, Lolita, Franchesca, Natasha, Buffy, Heather...that's all I can think of.

What'a a bach. party without some sexy lingerie, from Auntie Sheila. Kelly looks a little embarassed...you think? That's pretty cute though.

Here's our group: Jack (not really), Michelle, Traci, Sheila, Ashley, Heidi, Stacy, Kelly, Kimmie, me and Mom and Gracie.

Here's our "naughty" one. That's a lot of butts for one picture. :) Looks more like a police line-up than a bach. party. Ah well, you win some you lose some.

Here's Traci at dinner.

Here's Kimmie half in the bag after one Cosmo. Yeah, I was 3/4 in the bag after my drink then I got a glass of Riesling. Woah was I drunk. Felt good actually. I had a lot of liquor that night but you know what. I didn't puke and didn't have a hangover either. I was just tired, so overall, pretty good night.

Auntie Shelly's House

Here are some pictures of stuff that caught my eye out at Auntie Shelly and Uncle Tim's house tonight.

The 'ole Farmall tractor steering wheel. Just seemed old and interesting. Yeah, I know, I find old tractors interesting I guess you know that I'm my father's daughter then. :) ('cept this one ain't a John Deere)

Boomer taking a rest. He's looking at me like, "Woman, the f*ck are you doing?"

Some old wheels laying against the machine shed. I love the repetition, the continuity, the sizing and the circles along with varying textures. Makes it sort of interesting, if you're into wheels of course.

A couple of the horses out in the pasture with the old cow barn in the background. I spend many a year out in that pasture and in that barn. No pictures to prove it though. So does that mean it's like the proverbial tree in the forest? If I had no physical proof of working on the farm did it really happen? Does verbal proof from my Aunt and Uncle count, um...yeah. I should hope so. I busted my a$$ out there; milking cows, pitching sh*t, bailing hay, stacking hay, yada yada yada.

Me and the Mouse out in the pasture. I'm on the right therefore she's on the left.

Some random gladiolas growing in the pasture. They were so pretty and colorful next to all the weeds and mowed down grass.

Tara and the little kitty.

Here's the money shot from the day. Tristan getting thrown in the pool. Look at his little ribs sticking out and his pants falling off. I have another picture, which I decided not to post, because it showed his little butt-cheeks too much and I don't need pedaphile's haunting this blog.

JIMMY IS COMING HOME TODAY!!!

Yeah, Jimmy is on his way home right now. He's coming home from Iraq. Whoohoo!!! Just thought I'd post about it. I'm sure Kelly is shaking in her high-heeled boots in anticipation. Dad is picking him up at the airport and hopefully we're going out for lunch together today. And me without my camera. Damn it!

Okay, here's some pics of Jimmy.

Here's the last time he came home. This time he won't be coming home in fatigues 'cause he's a contractor.

League of Heroes II vs. ACME (co-rec softball)

Last night's game vs. ACME was pretty good. We beat them 15-10 but the score doesn't show how close the game really was. Both teams were hitting the ball well, finding the gaps and both teams made fielding errors.

I enjoy playing that team. They are a nice group of people and they have fun just like we do. We can tease and joke around with them more than any other team. They are good sports too, which is always nice.

Highlights: I hit 3 for 4 last night. Thank God. I've been in a slump forever. I adjusted my place in the box and have been working on hitting to right field. So far so good. I haven't had as much power as in prior years so I'm thinking my timing is off. I need to work on that.

Christles hit an in the park home run to right field. Now his ego roll as grown to the size of a small watermelon on the back of his head. If it gets any bigger he won't be able to get on the field through the dugout unless he jumps the fence.

Cassie had some awesome hits, line drives over second I believe. Tina Louise had some awesome hits too. Jedi got on every time he got up to bat. Um...Kimmie didn't let anything get by her at third. Thomas was a one-man show as usual. Ryan G got everything in the outfield that came to him. I caught a fly ball on the run and tumbled over to skin up my knee (falling over seems to be my new MO, of course I've been really going all out for the balls lately, so that would explain the tumbling over. of course I am top heavy so my balance isn't distributed evenly either, maybe I should pad my behind with something to even me out. a prosthetic butt?)

That's about all I can remember from the night other than it was perfect weather conditions and I had a good time.

edit: Mom says I should add this story. So here you go Mom.

So after the game we were all standing around chatting and arguing and the like. I happened to say something that Traci should look at my blog because I put some pictures of her on it and Ryan G. piped up and said something to the effect of, "Nobody reads your blog anyway."

Basically that meant war (he likes to bait me for some odd reason). I set my glove down and started after him. He danced around the bleachers like the chicken he is. He made the colssal mistake of trying to sneak by Kimmie while I was chasing him (she's my sister dork) and Kim got ahold of his shirt and that was all it took for me to get him. I grabbed a fistful of shirt and he kept running but I held on. He was basically dragging me on my feet. At one point I held onto his waist and migrated up to his chest or something I don't quite remember and let my legs drop out from under me so my weight brought us down and I could throw him down. It happened so fast I don't quite remember all of the details. Anyway, I got him down to the ground. It was funny.

So then I said, "I win." 'cause I'm a brat like that sometimes. Then the boys decided to run over and pig pile on us. Ryan on the bottom, then me, then Christles, Nick and maybe Brian. That was a lot of weight. I felt my back crack which actually felt pretty good. It was pretty funny.

Strange Quiz

I stole this from my little brother's myspace page. It's a quiz with strange questions. I thought it looked fun.

But first here's a picture I took tonight. I'm laying on my bed with my face on the pillow.

I removed all of the color except my eyes. They look very green which is strange because I thought they looked blue tonight but that could have been from my blue softball shirt and in this picture I have a teal tank top on.

Strange Questions....

What is your best friend's Mom's name?
---Sherry

Where is the weirdest place you have a mole?
---I don't have any moles.

Who was the hottest teacher you ever had?
---Mr. Sullivan, Chemistry


Have you ever made out in a movie theater?
---Hmm...nope. Not even a kiss. I've had some non-brave boyfriends or they just didn't like PDA.

What body part do you wash first?
---with soap, my hair.

Do you have any peircings?
---one piercing in each ear

What's the strangest talent you have?
--I don't know. I can make a lot of noises which my mouth. my niece loves my elephant noise.

Do you have an innie or an outtie?
---Innie

What's your favorite flavored Pringles?
---I don't eat them that often.

Have you ever been tied up?
---Nope but I've tied someone up. (insert naughty giggle)

What was the last thing you ever got grounded for?
---Never been grounded

Do you parallel park or drive around the block?
---Parallel Park of course, doing it's a cake-walk.

Have you ever had two dates in one night?
---heck no, one man is enough for me.

How many times have you been cussed out?
---too many to count.

Which shoe do you put on first?
---Which ever I grab first.

How old are you?
---29

Have you ever been to a gay bar?
---nope.

Is there one thing all of your ex's have had in common?
--hmm...ummm..., i can't think of one thing except maybe that all of them with the exception of one had dark hair and they were all muscular. I like that.

Did you french kiss before you were 16?
---Yep, it wasn't the best french kiss I've ever had though.

Have you ever been cow-tipping or snipe-hunting?
---nope, that's retarded.

Who is the last person you think about before you fall asleep?
---depends on the day.

Have you ever had a poem or a song written about you?
---i don't think so. i don't think i'm the type of girl that inspires people to write poetry or songs.

Have you ever found anything gross in your parent's bedroom?
--uh yeah, them doing the nasty. it doesn't get worse than that.

What was your childhood nickname?
---JennyPenny (mom), Jennyfoofoo (Dad)

When is the last time you played the air guitar?
---on Thursday night at the bar. i was dancing and drunk.

Have you ever peeked in the opposite sexes locker room?
---Heck yeah, I walked through there too. i've even went to the bathroom in the guys bathroom before.

What's the weirdest thing you have done while driving?
---i could tell you but i might get arrested.

Have you ever bitten your toenails?
---no, yuck.

How do you normally eat your cookies?
--one at a time.

When working out at the gym, do you wear a belt?
---nope, i'm a chick and don't lift enough weight to warrant one.

Name something you do when you're alone?
---do i have to answer that? yes, okay, um...dream.

How many drinks does it take before you get drunk?
---hard liquor, maybe 3 cheerleader beers and a couple shots.

Have you ever sniffed an animal's butt?
---hell no!

How often do you clean out your ears?
---daily or every other day.

Do you scrunch or fold your toilet paper?
---fold

About how many times a day do you pick a wedgie?
---i don't get them that often.

Do you have any strange phobias?
---i hate the feel of a cotton ball, it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.

Have you ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?
---hell no!

What is the stupidest thing you've ever done at a bar?
---i don't do stupid things at bars, sorry to disappoint you.

Have you ever been dared to do something you totally regretted?
---nope. no sense in regretting something it's a waste of time.

Have you ever called your bf/gf by another girl/guys name?
---nope.

Have you ever gotten caught farting while on a date?
---no, i don't fart that much.

Have you ever played naked twister?
---nope, sorry, my wobbly bits would get in the way i think.

Have you ever been drunk at work?
---yes, on my 21st birthday my boss and co-workers took me out for lunch and bought me alcohol and then fed me champagne at breaktime. i was a little tipsy considering i had gotten drunk the night before and went to bed at 4 a.m.

Have you ever found your gf/bf's sibling more attractive?
---yes.

Do you want to bring sexy back?
---i want to bring my sexy underwear back.

What the heck, one more picture just of my eyeglasses which I love and a new book I am reading.

Looking back to July of 2007

I decided today would be a good day to look back at July of 2007 to see what was going on.

Lots of stuff. Harry Potter #7 came out, Michelle and I went to Louisville, KY with Jack and met up with Dad, I played some softball, took some Fireworks pictures, went to the Nickelback concert (awesome!), I went to a Twins game with Kim, Thomas and Jamie (awesome!). It was fairly jam-packed with stuff.

Here are some pictures.

Grandpa feeding jack a lemonade. He was all over that like white on rice.

Grandpa gave Jack a lemon. I love that expression on his face.

   

he didn't like it so he starts rubbing the lemon off his tongue. He still does that. It's absolutely hilarious.

So here's Dad an Michelle reading the map. I got regulated to the backseat with Jack 'cause Michelle was pregnant with Gracie and was more comfortable in the front seat otherwise I would have navigated.

Here is a picture of my neighbor's corn, last year on the 4th. It's huge. I'm 5'4" tall so that's probably around 6' tall. This year it's probably up to my waist. I'll take a picture tonight and post it. Pretty pathetic but that's what happens when you plant 3 weeks late due to rain and cold temperatures.

Wanted

I saw Wanted over the weekend. It was good; funny, witty, action-packed, a good date movie. I'd see it again. Would I buy it? Hmm...maybe, probably.

This movie was a cross-between Office Space, the Matrix and Tomb Raider I'd say. The action was way different than most action movies, a bit surreal (aka not completely believable) but cool. Interesting, a different perspective. Cool. Yeah, cool, that's it. I enjoyed it.

It was funny too. I know, it doesn't seem the type to be funny but it was. A witty funny, as in not slap-stick, but if you have a sense of humor and pay attention you'll laugh. I did.

Of course having Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy in it does help. An interesting mix but they work together. Morgan as the stable elderly wise-one. Angelina the quiet but deadly assasin and James McAvoy the comic relief turned into deadly killer filled with vengence and a purpose. I won't say it's flawless but it works.

All in all, I'd say you should see it if you like anything I've just said. If you don't, that's fine too.

Back at it: Scrapbooking Art Journal

I did a couple scrapbook pages yesterday. Yes, it's been a very long time. I, to tell you the truth, have not been in the mood and when I'm not in the mood there is no point in forcing the issue because then I'd be wasting my time.

So I did a couple pages I thought you might want to see. Here is my album of other images I did for this Art Journal

Operation 20: Myself in 3 words: Tenacious, Creative and Passionate. Those are the very first words that came in my head. The very first. I couldn't even think of anything else.

Tenacious and creative are basically self-explanatory but passionate I think I want to explain. I mean passionate as in I feel passionate about things; my family, love, life, photography...stuff like that.

Um...I'm loving this picture of my eyes too. I've been looking for a reason to use it. The first word I think of when I see it is provacative, second; intense, 3rd; "I want you to want me...." (bonus points if you know the song and band who sings it)

Operation 24: Water - Nothing exciting here. I just love this picture of the Gulf from Siesta Key in Sarasota, FL. the Journaling is simple it just says, "Paradise. I love the ocean...the smell, the feel the sounds...water*seashore." Nothing soul-searching or intense.

Operation 25: Play - The journalling says, "Things that make me laugh, enjoy life, play, have fun and smile."

"my niece and nephew, a new friend, my fam., a good movie, a witty joke, vacations, feeling good, pinochle, a bike ride (motorcycle), my ipod, taking a good picture, mini  golf and the Twins." those were the first things in my head.

Waseca Open Horse Show

Here are some pictures of Traci and Tara riding in the show on Sunday. Traci received two red ribbons (aka 2nd place) which was good because her class sizes were 15 horse&riders. One in showmanship and the other in English Equitation.

English. Nice posture Traci. Heels could probably be down a little more. I'm loving that your feet are positioned against the belly and not pointing toward the inner ring.

You look nervous sweetheart. Loosen up. Your horse looks at ease. :)

Profile shot. Grandma would say, "Smile!"

Riding Western. She looked so much more at ease here than in English. I think Western is more like her personality than the uppity English. Cool, calm, collected and casual, that's Western.

There's that nice smile I was looking for.

That's a girl, giving Heidi-Heidi-Ho the pat-down.

This is 'Sandra (Cassandra) and John (Johnny Cash) Bethke [brother and sister] waiting patiently. Poor 'Sandra was DQ'd from the class because she had no saddle and no hat. She probably could have won riding bareback. She's good. Oh well, maybe next time.

Here's Tara doing pole-weaving with Rocky (he's 19 which is getting up there for a horse).

On the way back. In pole-weaving they cross the start line, weave through 5 poles I believe, whip around the last one and go back through again.

This one looks exciting. I'm loving the angle here, gives it some craziness I think. See how tight the turning is on those poles.

Here's my favorite. Traci running after getting past the last pole. Rocky's hair is waving wildly and Tara's facial expression is priceless.

Fireworks

Fireworks from Owatonna, MN Grandstand/Fairgrounds.

I like this one. I call it the red, white and blue firework.

I like this one too. Not sure why, because it seems off-kilter, not normal, different perspective, different types of fireworks...I don't know just different. :)