I changed my layout. Is everyone ok with this? Ive always loved this one. Its springy goes with the season. Feel free to voice your opinion, but dont expect me to do a damn thing about it.

Plan for the weekend: Friday heading up to Dayton for Andy's wedding. Board games with Nick and Meredith at Mom & Dads. They'll be en route to Florida for Spring Break as we lame it up an NOT throw a party while they're out of town. We're so responsible it makes me want to gag.

Hopefully some good pictures will come out of Saturday. and yes...im wearing the same black dress with the white flowers that Ive worn to every wedding for the last three years, and no, i havent found anything I like better yet...Ill keep wearing it for eight more years until I find something else or I get too fat to fit into it. WORD!

SORRY, STACY.

I didnt intend for this to turn into the laugh riot it became. All Stacy did was email me a simple question. I wasn't even trying to be funny. She just asked me a question that I didnt know the answer to, and since I knew she was out of town and on business (and not watching tv) I thought Id have some fun.

From Stacy:
"Can you check to see who got kicked off DWTS? thx"

She didn't have access to the internet and entrusted me with my google-saavy ways to research a simple answer. I knew Heather Mills McCartney didnt get kicked off, but I shot off a quick response:

"It was the chick with the fake leg"

Stacy just got this Treo for work, its like a Blackberry and I hate when she uses it. Lots of junior high text-speak....R U there? Thx. Im not crazy about it. Shes traveling alot now so most of her emails are one liners and a real disappointment. She responds:

"WHAT??? Billy ray cyrus really sucked! I am shocked!"

I couldnt believe that she actually bought it. That no one around her knew the truth. Hmmm...I thought. Ive already lied. The damage has been done. Why not keep it going? So I email her back the following:

"She was on the today show this morning crying, saying how she disappointed all the people with prosthesises. It was kind of annoying.
She said she thought that it was because of what was going on in her personal life."

That was a great lie. I elaborated on a lie with true-to-form embellishments. All the loosers end up on the Today show. Survior, The Bachelor... They all talk about their experience. She would definitely believe that. And she really did. She shoots back:

"Uh..yea... You screwed over a beatle. What does she expect?"

I felt like I had a dollar on a string and she stepping towards it every time I pulled the string. I would respond to her just once more, and this time, I was going to lay it on thick, hopefully so thick that she would call my bluff:

"She started defending herself, saying that after you live with that kind of money, its impossible to go back to middle class, blah, blah...she said that her shiz-tsu got violently ill when they changed the usual grooming treaments....it was pathetic."

I dont know where these lines were coming from, but I was sitting at my computer giggling the whole time. Patting myself on the back for a job well done.

She never did respond to that email, so I envisioned her reading the treo, shaking her head and rolling her eyes. "Oh Fort. You got me this time!" That last email was pretty over the top, and I fully accepted that she finally caught on or found out the truth from an outside source and just left it at that. That was two days ago.

Today I got a email from her (A super short email) Stating that she had just gotten home from her trip. I responded:

"You do realize I was lying about that whole Heather Mills thing dont you?"

No response. Shortly thereafter, I get a phone call on my cell. I dont recognize the number so I let it go to voicemail. There is a message. It is stacy. It goes something like this,

"Um....yeah....this is your former friend Stacy. I just wanted to let you know that, um, NO, I DID not know you were lying about Heather Mills getting kicked off, and I just got done telling my new boss ALLLLL ABOUT her getting kicked off, and how I just couldnt belive it, and how she was on the Today Show, and um, you made me look like a total F**king dumbass, and um, now Im going to probably have to look for another job, and um, the next time you email me a joke, um, how bout you go ahead and let me know you're lying before I go running off and telling everybody...."

It does sound harsh, but I knew better, thats her fake mean voice. I played it on speakerphone for everybody at work and they were all in hysterics. I think she's over it now. I told her to tell her boss that the chemo makes me lie.

I also got into a similar situation when I sent out what I thought was information that came from a solid source that sinbad Had died a few weeks ago. It was not true, and by the time I did a background check it was too late, Angie had already forwarded to fifty people. Ok, she said Fifty people, and I was all, "ANGIE! What FIFTY people did you email that to?" And she says, "Well, it was more like Seven people, but STILL."

Backtracking to this last weekend....

I have to go back to this past Friday - for those of you who didnt know, I left my camera up at my folks place this past weekend and I JUST got it tonight (More on that later) so I have some catching up to do.

Friday night Stacy & Casey had the Columbus crew in town - it was us, Lytle, Ruth, Scout & Wylie, Jami, Matt, & Zach. It was a rowdy crowd. We tried to calm the kids down with a Baby Einstein movie that about put us all to sleep. Luckly, Wylie was old enough to keep us all entertained with her antics: (Wylie is the eldest daughter of Ruth & Lytle above in the yellow jammies

• While out on the porch, Wylie asked the group sitting outside, "Is there a full moon out tonight?" and proceeded to bend over and pull her pants down for all to enjoy. Definitely Lytles kid.


• Came outside to inform Lytle (lower lip protruding) that, "Emma got my Buckeyes pants dirty"...ok, this doesnt sound that funny when I type it...guess you had to be there. Lytle then went on to tell how she doesnt like anything messy, and was forced to put a smores in the fridge to make it less messy. Ok, that didnt sound to funny either. This was all so much more funny five days ago.


• Got her jammies on and then complained that they were all twisted up...they were just a little too big, so Ruth pulled the top off and tied the arms around her waist, and the dancing ensued. Only an Ohio U spawn would have a natural inclination to get wild when teh top comes off....of course then we had to do the same to Emma to make for a better photo shot...she didnt seem to get the joke:

Jami explains to Zach, "Zachy, these are mommies college friends! They are why mommy and daddy have to go to church all the time! Yes they do! Yes they do!"

Handsome!
Of course we tried to do our best to get a picture of all the kids - Zach, Jami, Scout down front, Stacy & Emma, and Wylie....heres a fun trick: Look at Wylies face in the first picture, then look at the second, and then quickly back, and then back again! Fun for hours!!!!

Saturday it was up to Dayton to mom and dad's for a cookout for Merediths birthday party. I should have taken some pictures but I didnt. John made his Sweet Potato Fries with the Chipotle mayo sauce. Im thinking about starting a second blog for all of Johns recipies. Ill ask him now. Ok. I asked him and he looked at me like I was crazy. But dont worry. Ill start it up and post them If I have to.

Anyway - He made it for Stacy & Caseys party FRIDAY and the cookout on SATURDAY....thats A LOT of labor in ones free time, so me thinks it will be awhile before they make another appearance. If you were one of the people to try this for the first time, post your comments here for John, we need to blow some wind into those sails so he gets motivated to get the recipies posted.

Sunday afternoon we drove around Centerville & Kettering cleaning out the sheds and closets of of the staff of Moraine Meadows Elementary - Thanks Jackie Geary for the table and chairs and thanks Christine Murray for the new scrapbooking desk! Not a whole lot of scrapbooking going on these days...but it still looks good!

WEDNESDAY: A whole other saga

Ok, follow me here. The camera was left in Dayton. Mom and I hit up Odd Lots while we were scavaging the south dayton area and mom got ALL excited about some spring time table cloths for her teachers lounge. Well, as she usually does before I leave her house, she goes around the house picking up all my loose crap and making sure its by the door. Well, she accidentally put her bag of table cloths by the door so I accidentally took them home to Cincinnati. So we had to pull a Middletown "Switch-a-Roo" after work today. Of course, everytime we have to drive to meet each other, we reward ourselves by stopping for dinner at Cracker Barrell.

Backtrack to last night. I get an email from my cousin Becky in Columbus asking me if Im very close to Newport, KY. Its right on the other side of the river...about 20 min from our place. Apparently she found a purse on Craigslist.com, but thought she was on the C-bus craigslist, but was actually in the Cincy craigslist. So now she's found this awesome purse (at an awesome price... $35 for a $150 purse) but its almost 2 hours away.

Have you seen these purses?? My friend Julie has one and I comment on how much I love it every time I see her. Its all black and made of woven seatbelt material. (www.seatbeltbags.com) Becky's friend found this one online and it was made of scarlet and grey belts. Too cute not to make an effort for.

So she emails me and asks me if I could pick it up. Ive spent the last few years of my life sucking down heavy doses of favors from everyone else, so its nice return the favor every once in awhile. (I also told Karen on the way to volleyball that before I die, Id like to change someones tire on the side of the highway. I still havent found my moment yet)

Becky does warn me that the girl told her she lives in the ghetto, so I informed Becky that If I got shot, I was definitely keeping the purse.

Anyway, the plan is foolproof. I give Becky my checking account number, she deposits the money in C-Bus plus some extra for gas and time (Thanks beck!). I get the cash out and head to the KY after I leave dinner with my mom. The directions are fairly easy at first.... 75 south, 2nd street into downtown, left on Pete Rose way, and then over the Ohio river and into Newport. Thats where things get a little scary....I dont want to insult any locals that might be reading this blog, but lets just say I did not realize that there were projects in Newport and I was a little concerned with the heavy police force in and around the area that when I hopped out of the car to hand the woman a wad of cash in exchange for the bag, I later remarked how the exchange could have very well be seen as a drug deal.

Man, what Id give to be on episode of cops, getting approached by a camera crew, Newport police officer narrating the potential arrest: "Yeah, the Cincinnati women come down here looking for drugs, we see it everyday." Then I would explain the whole purse thing, and how my cousin from Columbus is a big buckeye fan, and she asked me to come down and pick it up, and we'd all get a good laugh.

I couldn't help but think about WHY a person in this situation would have such an expensive purse, I mean, I myself would have taken the $150 and had my two front teeth replaced if I really had to make the decision....I have never owned ANY accessory that expensive! Which then got me to thinking, was it hot? If you're missing this purse, guess what. You ain't gettin it back.

I did get out alive, the purse is now in my posession....oh and by the way, it smells like friggin' bowling alley (pre smoke-free resolution) so you're gonna have to febreeze the HELL out of that thing! Ill get that bad boy on the UPS truck to you tomorrow!! Of course I have to pry it off of John first!!!

Oh yeah...and when I got home, John was busy making enough homemade meatballs to feed a small army. Ziploc bags were filled and frozen, once again, highlighting my lack of domesticity.

Ill see to it that the meatballs and other recipies get posted shortly and ill post the link to the blog once its up.

Where the hell are the missing pairs to these socks?

So I ran the gamut of laundry tonight and figured this would be the best time to finally dump this basket of "Single and looking" sorry bunch of socks. I have no idea where the other ones have gone. I have a feeling many of these were stolen from Pam's dresser on a few weekend trips to Dayton. Im putting this out there in case you have seen their partners, but I a feeling Im going to piss off my mom in the process when she sees all the singles SHES been trying to match up for months.

Either way - claim these socks or they're getting tossed this weekend. You'd think it wouldnt be hard to keep track of the pairs....I mean, you wear them together, you take them off together, throw them in the laundry basket together...and then what the hell happens? Haven't we made this a happy home? Why oh why would you want to run away?

And misti....J-Mac made a sweet sauteed pork in a asian sauce with red and green peppers...lots of garlic - that was last night. Just left overs tonight. And I did take my walk. I "Invented" a new 3 mile route. Might try it tomorrow if I get to bed soon and can wake up.

Let me know on those socks....

Aileen wins! The movie was Heathers...you can google the quote.

And the three Heathers were McNamara, Duke & Chandler.....and dont forget Veronica Sawyer. God I love that movie.

Jami and matt are bringing Zach down on Friday - Heading to the Newport Aquarium. Then they're coming over to see the house for the first time. (Thank god...otherwise I may not have gotten the motivation to clean like crazy)...Then we're heading over to Stacy & Caseys for a cookout.

Stacy and casey got a taste of J-Mac's sweet potato fries with the Chipotle mayo dip and Casey called me today and asked that John bring FIFTEEN Sweet Potato's this time. Last time just wasnt enough apparently. I salivate everytime I think of them too.

I told J-Mac and he said, "Oh great, now Im being type-casted"...Outside of his barbeque skills, this dish is definitely top three. (Did I ever tell you about his "Skyline Fritatta"??? We brought all the left overs from a kelts party - BAGS and BAGS of skyline chili - Yes, he made a Fritatta with cheese and chili - Sucker had to be 6000 calories....and worth every bite.

Angie calling me out about yesterday's post really affected me more than I initially thought it would. What can I say, she knows what Im capable of and she expects more. Isnt that what makes people great? Unsatisfied friends?

So today I made a point to jot down all the funny or poignant moments of my day and as it turns out, a seeming eventless day prouduced some decent material.

PIECE OF DECENT MATERIAL #1:

Im gonna Tarentino todays post and start with the end of the day first. I got home and it was warm enough to open the windows and get some serious spring cleaning done. Remember the post about scrapbook mountain where every thing kept coming back to Stacy and all her little quirks? (Milk on oatmeal, sleeping cross-legged, etc)....Well, she has influenced my life once again.

You see, the other day I took a five mile power walk and came back with some massive blisters. I went to work and googled "Blister Prevention" and one of the main things I noticed was to not wear worn out shoes. As many of you who have known me since college, some of the shoes above have been with me for quite some time. A few of them are pushing ten years, no joke. I just have a hard time parting with shoes I guess. A eight year old pair of gym shoes screams, "Low maintence"...."I dont need a new hundered dollar pair of nikes im not even going to run in"...."Im comfortable looking like a bum"....things like that.


So anyway, a few weeks ago I had noticed that Stacy had bought a new pair of kicks and she made the comment that when she buys a new pair of gym shoes, she throws the old pair away....


"WHAT?" I asked.

She said old gym shoes stinks up her closet (Which would make our closets smell like Mt. Rumpke - Rumpkes the trash collecting company).

Well, after the myriad of blisters from recent walks, I decided Stacy had a point. So I whined to my mom the other day about the blisters.....blah blah blah....and I didnt have money to spend on new shoes....blah blah blah....cancer card.....blah blah blah....and next thing I know, she's telling me she has a 30% discount card to KOHL's that expires THAT NIGHT, so I meet her in Middletown and pick out a new pair of shoes (the pink/black/silver ones) and got 30% off an already cheap shoe - love kohls by the way...

So now I have a new pair of gym shoes and Im officially......THROWING ALL THREE PAIRS OUT. I feel kind of sad about it. They've been a part of me for so many years. But they've got to go. I wanted to take one last picture of them for those of you who have spent years and years of quality time with them.

PIECE OF DECENT MATERIAL #2

I was driving to work today and putting on eyeliner (IT WAS AT A STOP LIGHT...SHUT UP ABOUT IT).... and I got a chunk of black eyeliner wax in my eye and when I went to rub it out of my eye it moved to my finger. Then I itched my face, almost rubbing a line of eyeliner on my cheek...and the memories came flooding back.

It was my junior year at OU, and I was in a class with stadium seating and I was towards the front, close to the end. I kept noticing that this one girl kept staring at me. I kept thinking what a stalker she was and was getting a little freaked out.

Class is out....I walk into the busy hallway of students.

I run into a girl on my rugby team. We're talking for like five minutes before she's all, "Uh, Fort, You've got something on your face."

I look at her with confusion. Ive been sitting in class all day. Not a whole lot going on there.

I go into the bathroom to discover a delimma of cosmic porportions.

It seems as though while in class, I was messing around in my purse and in my purse, was either an uncapped eyeliner pencil, or a chip of the tip of the pencil. Either way. a chunk of black eyeliner wax made it onto my hand, where I subsequently itched or touched myface, in a way that left approximately 5-6 thick black lines on and around my face.

I panicked, as most of you know, a piece of wet toilet paper does not make for a great eyeliner removal...especially if its water proof. It was theraputic to share this tragic event of my life with you all.

Wow! Im sick of typing! And I actually had the most important story of the day still to come! It will have to wait until tomorrow in the meantime, check out the weight bench we bought each other for our anneversary....we will PAHMP...YAU UP!!!

Question of the day:

In what movie does the word "Myriad" (or "the use of the word") add significance to someone's suicide letter? Who's letter?

Bonus question - If you know what movie im talking about, name all the "girls" last names.

so ang emailed me and told my posts are lacking inspiration and read like im trying to finish a homework assignment. Im sorry people, Im not really worked up about anything right now.

and nobody answers my questions (Ok, they're lame sometimes) so I dont think anyone is reading it anyway...

stay tuned, hopefully something exciting will happen soon.

"Its sucking super-cooled air into the troposphere!!! "
Before I go on and on about our busy St. Patricks Day weekend...I have to say...they've had this movie, "The Day After Tomorrow" on a continuous (and might I say aweome) loop on FX or TBS for the last week....I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! I dont know why I love these End of the World as we know it movies...perhaps its a guilty pleasure...when you get cancer and you have that impending threat of missing out on a few of your later years, its comforting to think we're all gonna go in about 10 years anyway. Its purely selfish. Ive been obessessed with this movie since I saw the trailer online while I was working at medcost. Im enchanted by the girl singing in the background...."ahhhhh-AHHHHH" throughout. Its great. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQix1s4vkQ

St. Patrick's Day: Cincinnati Style!

John walked in the parade with the Hibernians...If you dont know what that means, Think Knights of Columbus for the Irish. We got there super early, and walked around checking out the other floats & Such...above is John posing in front of three (of about 12) of the Delorians....There is a Delorian Owners club in the area and they get into all the parades. Only the generations that still love Back to the Future get excited about the Delorians..

I wasnt crazy on the idea of going to the parade by myself, but thankfully Karen & Sam joined me on the cold morning. Sam was a riot! Just old enough to appreciate a parade - she was quite the center of attention when the bands came by and she would step out into the street to dance. Too cute.
Um...ok. In case you were wondering, the best time to commit a crime in Hamilton county is during the St Patricks day parade..a consist of what seemed like every Hamilton County Police force/Bomb Squad/K-9 Unit/Homeland security vehicle was in the parade, and if I might add, was just a little "too much"....Maybe its just me but Id love to see some money put into improving our public schools over these pristine, seemingly unused bohemith sized Homeland Security mascots....(ok, off the soapbox)

Sammy loves her Aunt Fort!

Surprise, Surprise - onto Haps after the parade. I dont have great memories from Haps - Actually I dont have memories at all - Alisa & David, Stacy & Casey showed up around 6-7 and it just got crazy from there. Just about all the kelts were there...some had been out at the bars since 5:30 AM!!!! no joke. All in all a good time....here are some pics!

Sunday I woke up with a massive hangover, John woke me up at 1030 for 11:00 mass at Holy Trinity in Norwood with the Hibernians, followed by brunch with the group at Molly Malones....

So i am NOT feeling it. I did nothing to my hair, wore no make up, I was so out of it I didnt even take my purse. It was bad. And of course we go to the only Catholic church this side of the Mississippi that has a band....drums included. Oh geez. Cant....drink...any....more.

Brunch was nice, came home and hit the couch for another solid eight hours. I am so lame. Definitely not drinking (a lot) friday night on Alumni weekend.

So....I was playing around on slide.com and created this nifty little slide show to put in my profile column on the right...

But its being a pest and its bumped it way to the bottom. I think the last few times its done this its recorrected itself so here's to hopin.

For those of you on my myspace page...this is nothing new. It extracted all those pics but put a cute little frame and sparkles on it.

Something you can enjoy all weekend!

We'll be at the lake Fri/Sat/Sun.

Im ripping off the question of the day from some emails that were sent between Stacy, Andy, Jennings & Stetson today.

WHAT SONG BRINGS BACK SPECIAL MEMORIES TO YOU AND MAKES YOU SMILE?

Here's what the gang had to say:

STETSON:
I went to a Browns game a few years back when I was home for Christmas. While sitting in traffic after the game, we were playing Release by Pearl Jam. Some wasted guy walked by and he started singing very enthusiastically. So we turned up the radio and he started performing for the car in front of us. He NAILED it. I didn't realize how much I liked that song until that moment. After the song was over, we watched as wasted guy drastically searched for an open building…he had to pee really badly. He wasn't having much luck, so he probably just used the street like everyone else.

STACY:

everytime I hear "the thong song" I think of santoli spring quarter of my senior year constantly singing "thong, thong, thong, thong, thong" as loud as he can and then yelling to everyone that they totally listened to that the WHOLE time while they were on spring break. At the time, it was really annoying but now its funny.

ME:

I happened to BE on that spring break and I agree!! It was a PHENOMENON! Although my "Thong Song" spring break memory is when Enright, Drexel and I showed up at the hotel where the OU men were and we walked in on aTiki Bar "Hot Body Contest" and Teague was dancing to the "ThongSong" completely naked with his daiquiri glass covering up is "nether region"....this fat manager/dj lady was freaking out because you could not get naked.

And finally, JENNINGS! (Ok her married name is Amy Trout, her friends too, have trouble letting go of the maiden name:

Sirius is a life-changing thing..... just like Zyrtec. Anyway, we have Sirius in each car, at work, and at the house. I'm hooked on the 80's channel, but I guess that's because, unlike the rest of you, the 80's>> music>> brings back the memories of HIGH SCHOOL. (Sorry Andy, I beat you to> it.) I can sing at least the chorus of every song on the 80's channel. Trout, who graduated high school in 1995, is always trying to stump me and says things like, "I bet you don't know THIS one." I always do, though. SO many songs make me smile. But I'm going to choose the song by> Modern English, I'd Stop the World and Melt With You.... It reminds me of my>freshman year of college at Oswego State. My friend and I always went to this super-dump of a bar, where this song would be played at least 10 times>> a night. (It must have been the reason I took so quickly to the Cat's> Eye - dumpy bar where the same songs play over and over.) The bar was so>> gross that you had to have special shoes to go there, because they are>guaranteed>> to get ruined. See, it was a horse barn before it was a bar, and it>still had an "earthen" floor. So, every night, at the end of the night, the floor was one big mud puddle. At closing, the workers would get out a> big>> hose, and spray all the cups, cigarette butts, and whatever else, out> the>> doors where other workers would rake up the mess and put it in trash> bags.>> Oh, and I met my first college boyfriend at that bar. Good times.

HAPPY WEEKEND!

Im curious.

When (and if) you use a automatic dishwasher, do you put detergent in the "open" dish AND the dish you snap shut? Or just one or the other? Or both?

Your participation in yesterdays questions was PATHETIC!!!! And those were decent questions!

So we went and saw the Reno 911 Movie this weekend. Ive sort of gotten into this website called imdb.com...if you're a movie nut its a great place to go and read message boards and see what other people think of any and every movie you can think of.





(Can I tangent for a second? I think the best discovery I have made on this site was the message board for "American Psycho" I love this movie, we own it, and Ive probably watched it 20 times - no I did not read the book -.....so I have always been intrigued by the ending and cant for the life of me figure out if Patrick Bateman REALLY killed all those people or was it just in his head? There are some really in-depth message board postings that really defend both sides. If you're into this movie and have strong opinions on the ending...its worth looking into. In the end, I walked away happy because the running theme I kept seeing is that the director intentionally leaves it wide open.)





(One more Tangent - Stacy...I finally put up the curtains in the spare room. I think they look great and can you belive I actually IRONED THEM? REALLY! The iron was all, "Who in the hell are you? What are you doing with my plug?? Ahhhh!!! Im getting hot!!! Am I supposed to get hot??? Nobody's ever done this to me!!! Ahhh!!!" Anyway, here they are.)

Ok - Back to the movie...So Im on imdb.com and im checking out the comments about Reno 911! Miami and I was disappointed to see that there were a lot of people who thought it sucked. I thought it was hilarious....although I will confess that we invited Grandma to the movie (I guess we were thinking it would be as tame as the cable version - WRONG)

Lets just say Roz was a sport and sat through what felt like a 20 minute Masturbation montage that was nothing short of what Stetson would call a "Shakesperian Effort" and a sex scene that involved a naked woman getting slammed up against a window (camera on the other side of the window - use your imagination) I wont go into further details. We should have known.

So ANYWAY....Im reading these messages and I see "Should I take my 10 Year old to see this movie?".....AND THERE WERE ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO SAID YES!!! Are you joking? I dont even have a response to this!!!!

Now, when I was a kid, Pam had a very strict "No Rated R Movies" policy that was frequently broken thanks to my Best friend who's mother worked third shift and had no policies of the sort. Throw in the fact that she was way mature for her age and you've got a best friend with a lot of perks. They had HBO, Showtime, and a VHS AND Betamax on hand. The possiblities were endless. I would comehome from sleepovers well-educated on soft-core romances and saturated in second-hand smoke. It was a lot like college.

One of my brother & I's FAVORITE memories was going down to Florida to visit the Kneers....this is when Heather and Tammy were still living with Dick & Beck. Heather took nick and I (Still in elementary school) on a rampage of Pompano Beach, the best spot being a friends house where "Hellraiser" was playing on one of those big screen projectors. Honestly, I think that was one of the most memorable events of our childhood - Seeing that bloody dude come out of the floor. We were NOT ready for that sort of thing and we knew it. Thats why it was so awesome. Thanks Heather! See below - This guy is forever burned in my memory:

What the hell was I talking about? I cant remember. Here are some funny shots from the movie. I highly reccomend it. After the Strangers With Candy movie we were a little cautious. "Strangers" wasnt all we had hoped but Reno definitely was that and more. Funny, great cameos, new materal, and enough raunch to get you through the year.

Here's the crew upon arrival in Miami for the Law Enforcement Convention - My favorite getup is Deputy Weigel's cat t-shirt with the beaded, fringed sleeves. She is also shown later in the movie with a "Miami Beach" Air brushed t-shirt. Classy!
Does this guy remind anyone else of Cory Skidmore?
You get a nice shot of Niecy Nash's butt in the movie...and yes...thats a thong.

For those of you who have noticed I am turning into a total fat a$$....I have taken note. Im sure its a depressing combination of the oral chemo im still on, winter, and having a cook for a husband. Portion control has never been in our vocabulary.

I took a walk today up to the Finneytown HS track...started to jog....one lap, two laps. Told myself I would run a mile. And I did it. I was pretty pumped. It was a slow jog but I did it. Im going to try to start getting up early enough to take a 20 min walk/jog in the morning. We'll see how that goes. Im not exactly a bright & early morning person but I gotta do SOMETHING.

Heading up to the lake this weekend. Thats about it for now.

Please comment on your thoughts of the ending of American Psycho or your favorite "Rated R Movie Experince" as a child....im so curious!~

HAPPY "27" BIRTHDAY NICK!

Good weekend. Spent Friday over at Stacy & Caseys house for dinner...Casey grilled the chicken and asparagus and J-Mac worked in the kitchen on his famous sweet potato fries with chipotle mayo sauce, while Stacy & I sat & watched "I love the 90's" and gossiped. We dont contribute a whole lot to these dinners and I think that contributes to its overall success. Anything we can do to help. Didnt stay to late since John had to work early Sat. morning.

Saturday we went to the Fairmont girls basketball game and saw them loose a HEARTBREAKER in the district finals....TRIPLE OVERTIME LOSS TO CJ. It was gut-wrenching. Afterwards we headed up to Dayton (Harrigans...duh) to celebrate Nick's 27th. As you can see, he's still the life of the party. Didnt stay out too late, and crashed at mom and dads afterwards...

Sunday we got up and went to our traditional birthday lunch at China Cottage and afterwards, we all went to see RENO! 911: MIAMI. It was hilarious. We took grandma and there were some very sexual and downright awkward moments in the movie. She seemed to enjoy the movie though...but seriously, dont take the little ones to this one - Otherwise, its hilarious.

Now we're home and John's doing taxes. Here's John & Meredith at Harrigans. Im sorry this post is not very good.