Thou Shall Not Covet

Unless it's these.

Leaving On A Jetplane

Anyone seen this show?
http://www.aetv.com/airline/index.jsp

I love it!! Nothing better than watching irrational, drunk people try to board their flights. Oh how I feel for the employees of Southwest Airlines. Does not make me want to work at an airline, ever. The best was a guy who wanted to jump onto an earlier flight and there was some sort of fare difference or something and he had to pay $1. $1. He would not do it, threatened some guy in line who said he would pay the $1, yelled at the ticket guy (who also offered to pay the $1) and had them call the cops because he felt threatened. Once there, he went off on the cop about Southwest charging him $1!! Oh alcohol, what a fickle fiend you are.

So entertaining.

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Awesome. Simply awesome.

Is There An Interpreter In The House?

In an attempt to lighten up the blog and resume my duties of celeb craptainment blogger, I found this pretty amusing piece, courtesy of www.abcnews.com. It's pretty hard-hitting, journalist award worthy stuff here...okay, not in the least, but it definitely made me laugh out loud a couple times!! Oh celebs...why some people try to emulate you, I'll never know.

"Every time I'm not wearing my ring, people think I'm getting divorced. That's crazy! It just didn't go with the dress. Divorce is not -- and was never -- an option." -- Actress Jennifer Lopez to In Touch magazine, Jan. 11, 2009, on her marriage to singer Marc Anthony. This is her third marriage. She has been divorced twice-- to Ojani Noa and dancer Cris Judd.

"So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?" -Christina Aguilera, 2000, to the cast of "Saturday Night Live" backstage

"I think gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman." - Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2003, in an interview with radio host Sean Hannerty during the California gubernatorial campaign

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century." - Dan Quayle, Sept. 15, 1988 during a press conference in Moore, Okla., in answer to a question on the Holocaust

"I can see Russia from my house!" -- Comedian Tina Fey impersonating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," broadcast Sept. 13, 2008

"When I pictured heroin, I pictured some crazy crackhead with no shoes under a bridge. You never think that is going to be you. And it never was me. I was never under a bridge, and I always had shoes." - Nicole Richie, 2007, Nylon magazine

"I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to." -- Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece in 1994 to Sports Illustrated

"What's Wal-Mart? Do they like make walls there?" -Paris Hilton, 2003, on show "The Simple Life"

"I think the 'Clueless' movie was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness." -Alicia Silverstone, 2000 to the Sunday Telegraph. She was nominated for Britain's annual Foot in Mouth award, honoring the celebrity who makes the most baffling verbal statement.

"It's really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the other person is not going to allow me to be with other people." -Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses, 1989, Rolling Stone

"Too many ob-gyns aren't able to practice their love with women across this country." -President George W. Bush, Sept. 6, 2004, while discussing malpractice lawsuit reforms

"All of a sudden you're like the Bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through." -R. Kelly, 2003, after a court hearing on charges of child pornography

"Smoking kills. And if you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life." -Brooke Shields, 1982, during interview to become spokeswoman for a federal anti-smoking campaign

"I love religion. I remember whenever the book "The Da Vinci Code" came out, the Discovery Channel did this three-night piece on it that I TiVoed and then watched eight times." - Jessica Simpson in 2009, Marie Claire magazine

"Maybe 100." -- Sen. John McCain, in a January 2008 town hall meeting in Derry, N.H., discussing how many years U.S. troops could remain in Iraq.

"All of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years." -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, responding to a request by CBS anchor Katie Couric to name the newspapers or magazines she reads, broadcast Oct. 1, 2008.

"I get to go overseas places, like Canada."' -Britney Spears in 1999, to the Toronto Star, when asked about the perks of fame.

I think Dan Quayle's quote is my favourite, but Axl, R.Kelly and Brit-Brit...you all made me chuckle and shake my head a little too. Thanks for the fodder!

In Another Life, Brother

The anticipation is palpable, the excitement immeasurable... the waiting is killing me!!!

This time in two weeks I will be basking in the glory that is LOST, while my brain swirls with all the new nuggets of information, the answers, the questions, Desmond, even more of the questions. I am not sure my brain will make it through the 3 hours that will usher in a new season, but I am sure going to try. If on January 22nd, you don't hear from me, it may be because my brain has exploded from an overload of awesomeness. Stay tuned, I will let you know how I fare.

Sounds of the Season

So I guess it's time for the obligatory post-Christmas post.

Why does it seem like Christmas was 6 months ago already? There is so much lead up time and then it is over just like that! We were able to drag it out a little with Christmas in Idaho, a mini-Christmas in Fargo and then Christmas here in Minnesota.

This year we decided our Christmas would have a theme; the winning theme was Sharing. We thought it would be best to extend this theme to Mark's entire family, not just with the three of us. So we began on Christmas...with a niece and nephew. By that evening Mark and a few others had taken part. I was the lucky recipient the day after Christmas. We were all more than happy to share with others, but those on the receiving end were not too happy about the sharing. Isn't Christmas all about sharing and giving?? I guess when you're passing around some form of the flu, people would prefer that you kept it to yourself.

Mark asked me a good question after this hit me...he asked if I was more upset that I had become sick or that I had put an end to my 18 year streak without throwing up (not even while pregnant did I vomit. Yay me!). I was obviously more bothered that I had to reset the streak. So I am now happy to say it's been almost 2 weeks since the last incident!!

Other than our bonding over flu bugs, Christmas was a lovely time. Idaho was continually dumped with snow while we were there, we lost a day to travel (thanks a lot low visibility at Idaho Falls airport and thanks Alamo for ridiculously high one way car rental prices), but we enjoyed hanging out with family and friends. We weren't able to get down to Utah to visit with everyone we wanted to due to the pesky snow, winds and difficult driving conditions that plague Idaho in the winter months, hopefully we can get out to visit this summer!

We were even able to visit with some of my family when we returned home; We jumped back in the car for a 3.5 hour drive to Fargo for New Years. I have to say, Fargo might be the rocking-est town to be in on New Years Eve. Spectacular. Ok, not really. Dick Clark's Rocking New Year's Eve is lame no matter where you watch it, even if it is in a hotel room in North Dakota. But when you have a very over tired, stuffy nosed 6 month old, what else can you do?

I guess all that is left to do it to look forward to next Christmas and hope and pray that you're spared by the gift of sharing!

Here are a couple of Christmas pics. Out of all of T's gifts, the tissue paper was her favourite by far!

Anyone have a Tylenol?

Wow. Does my brain hurt. I didn't think a TV show would cause me so much stress and mental anguish, but boy was I wrong. As I sat on the couch watching Lost last night by myself, I discovered that I like to talk out loud to myself. Okay, so it's not really a new discovery, I've known for a long time that I talk to myself, out loud, when I am home alone. Anyway, I found myself saying, "my brain hurts" many times while watching the latest installment. Have I told you how much I love this show? For a split second of a split second I had the though of "I don't think I can watch this anymore - it hurts too much", but then I snapped back into reality and said "of course I will keep watching, what am I? A Moron??" Lost is seriously the best show EVER on television. I know, I know, everyone has their own opinions, but this is mine and I think it's the best. Just when you think you might have a very slight idea of the direction the show is going...BAM! up against the wall with something new. I don't think the show had been on for more than 5 minutes before I had my first jaw drop of the night. I just don't know how the writers do it...and how will this all wrap up in 2010? I don't want it to, but I do want it to - we need to know!
When Lost first came out, we (okay me more than Mark) would spend much time online trying to find theories, ideas, comments to help figure out where this show is going. People have dedicated their lives to explain Lost and the theories behind it. Over the seasons, my diligence in online digging has waned, and I am okay with that. It hurts my head too much to read all of the theories out there. I have found I enjoy the show much better when I watch it, ponder it, discuss it with Mark and a few others, read my one recap of it and wait for the next episode. I used to like to know semi-mild spoilers...not so much anymore. I like not knowing what's coming. It's interesting to have an idea about a storyline and then see if it comes to fruition, or if you were just way off base.
I know I spew my love for Lost a lot on here, so it comes as no surprise to anyone that I am doing it again, but when you watch an awesomely excellent episode such as last night's "Cabin Fever", you just have to let the world know!!
I'm pretty grateful that the season finale will be May 29th... if it was any later than that, with my luck I would go into labour 5 minutes before it started, and that would not be good. We'd definitely have to find a way to halt labour. Do you hear that Little Girl?? No coming before the end of May!!
On the topic of pregnancy...I have found a diamond in all of this gestational diabetes muck. You know how you gain about a pound a week your last trimester of pregnancy? Well thanks to GD and the lovely bland diet...I now have 6 less pounds I will have to lose after this little girl makes her entry! It's not quite enough for me to yell, "Yay for GD!", nor is it enough to quell all of my desires of eating chocolate chip cookies and peanut M&M's, but it does help me put it off for another month. So if anyone is in the area after we have this little girl, feel free to bring by a batch of cookies and the XXL bag of M&M's from Costco (or ship them if you won't be by, we have a decent sized mailbox- it'll fit)! :o)

Prayers

Just to alleviate some concerns, Mark and I are OK. The bridge is about a mile away from our apartment, and we drive over it ALL the time. I crossed it four times on Monday, and usually cross it a couple of times on weekends. It's kind of a surreal thing when you think about it - there used to be a huge bridge there... and now there isn't. Even more surreal is the fact that there are cars, and presumably people, trapped under tonnes of concrete and metal underneath the river. It is heartbreaking for the the families and friends of those who were unfortunate enough to be on the bridge at the time. There are some fantastic stories of survival, good samaritans and displays of human kindness. I applaud those people who effortlessly give of their time in situations like these; the rescue workers, Doctors and Nurses, Police, Fire Departments, passers-by and anyone else who helps without thinking.

This tragedy could have been worse. This is a four lane interstate, currently down to two lanes each way due to construction, and at 6:00pm, it is the tailend of rush hour. Had it happened an hour or so earlier... who knows what the number of people affected by this would have been.

Our prayers and thoughts are with those whose lives have been changed because of this horrific event.