Scavenger Hunt

For the past several years my friend Heather, her mom and I have been enlisted to create a Halloween Scavenger Hunt for Heather's sister and her friends. It is always fun to come up with crazy things for them to do. These girls are fierce and will do ANYTHING (they are not shy.)

So I would like to share our list for this year. I am proud of it. Feel free to use anything in list on your own scavenger hunt. (BEWARE if you get offended easily.)

TASKS

Find life sized celebrity cut out. Feature “celebrity” in each photo and get an addition point for EVERY photo!!

Tell judges your dirtiest joke. Judges pick the winner. Act it out.

Moon someone over the age of 60. Extra points if they moon you back.

1 team member coming back with different colored hair. NO WIGS ALLOWED!

Kiss the Golden Bird at The Ming. (it is a local Chinese restaurant in our area.)

Toilet paper an opposing team member’s house.

Pic of team “Saluting Your Shorts.”

Pic of team in dance circle of COUGARS at HaNaBi (another local restaurant).

Sledding down the dunes at the beach, on a sled. Extra points for wearing winter gear.

Picture with a Fireman at the Fire Station. Must be wearing his boots, coat and hat. Extra points if you sit in the Fire Engine.

Picture infront of an “Entering Marshfield” sign. Get extra points for each extra sign you visit.

Someone getting a phone number of someone of the same sex. Written on a body part.

Naked group picture infront of Saint Theresa’s church.

Best wet t-shirt contest. Extra points for best “high beams.”

Try on a costume at iParty (a costume shop). Get in a picture with an employee.

Act like Giselle at the Marshfield Airport. Pregnant belly and all.

Trick or Treat at the Police Station.

Moonwalk on the Seawall. Extra points for being topless.

Chinese Fire Drill at the lights at Veteran’s Park Light in cowboy hats. Points reduced for not using cowboy hats.

BONUS: Photo of atleast one team member standing in the most bizarre place imaginable.

Picture of a REAL mullet.

Pump a stranger’s gas in their car.

Take a picture of your team receiving dessert. Complete with a lighted Birthday Candle.

Team pic with a Shih-Tzu.

Team member riding a little kid bike.

Carve a pumpkin: Need pic doing it and pumpkin.

Whole team puts on Reindeer Antlers, lines up like Santa’s Sleigh and dashes away down Ocean St. Extra points for Rudolph.

Pretend that you are Harry Potter (with scar, glasses and a wandstick) and cast a spell on a McDonald’s worker.

Drag race two shopping carts in Star Market’s parking lot. Extra points for passengers.

Act like a dead fish on the floor at Mad Fish (a local bar).

Pitch a real tent at Veteran’s Memorial Park.

Do Mexican Hat Dance around Witch Hat in Dunkin’ Donuts’ lobby. Must have a minimum of three people dancing.

A picture of a team member with a celebrity.

Pretend that you are the “Naked Cowboy” infront of the library. Need to dress up in cowboy hat, tighty whiteys and a guitar.

Help make a Pizza at Papa Gino’s.

Run down Coast Guard Hill holding hands with your team.

Make a newspaper bed infront of the old stone church in Brant Rock. Take a nap on it like a bum.

Picture with a maennequin.

ITEMS
5 Beach rocks: Square, Round, Oval, with a Stripe and White. Must have full set.

Wendy’s French Fries for judges (any size). MUST BE HOT!

Steal five random business cards off of a Bulletin Board – MUST HAVE TACK HOLES.

Photocopy of someone’s butt. Color it like a Pumpkin for extra points.

Photocopy of someone’s license outside of your team – Cannot be related to anyone participating in this hunt.

Non-domestic beer for judges. Points deducted for domestic. Only one!

1 small pumpkin

1 rat

An orange golf ball

A Witch Hat

Cheerleading Trophy

Children’s Halloween Book

A Scrunchie – Extra points if it has glitter on it.

Halloween boxer shorts

A set of Vampire teeth

Picture of a grave of a person that died on Halloween

An old school Nintendo Game

Pair of winter boots

A rubber chicken

A Red Apple

A pimp cup

A remote control with the BIG buttons

An orange Flip Flop

A Dreadlock wig

A Christmas Stocking

A sex toy

A glow in the dark condom

An Easter Card

Bring judges three unscratched scratch tickets. In three different dollar amounts. Bonus for $5 Halloween ticket.

Bring judges coffee.

Plastic pumpkin used for Trick or Treating. Must be filled with candy.

An old prom picture.

A brown Rosetti handbag with the tags still on it.

A Playgirl Magazine

A Yankees Suck Sign

A printout of your “farm” on Farmville or Farmtown.

An orange construction cone.

A dirty bumper sticker.

We are currently working a Christmas version. Do you have any ideas??

I got a PUPPY!

Introducing a new member of the Mattson/Robinson clan:

He is a 4-month old Boston Terrier.

He has no name, as of yet, and LOVES to cuddle!!

Just call me Gumbi

I was excited to hear that my gym was now offering Yoga classes on Saturdays.

Woo-hoo! I can now take yoga TWICE a week!

So on Saturday, I found myself sitting on mat, ready to embark on another Yoga adventure.

In walks an instructor I have never worked with before. Hmmmm.....this should be interesting.

Preparing myself for the worst, I begin the workout. 

To my surprise, the instructor taught the class as if we were doing beginners Yoga. Oh no, I thought. This is not going to be good. I need to be pushed and challenged.

But as the workout progressed, I found myself adding extra things, little movements that challenged my Yoga workout. I looked at the beginners as some of them struggled with new positions and I thought, "Wow. I used to be like that." 

I have learned that I have come a long way. It made me feel accomplished and satisfied with my progress. I may not be perfect at Yoga but I am getting better and it feels great!

I'm gonna get my fix!!

Hello! Just a quick little post on why I am super excited for October 6th (tomorrow.)

I am going to get my Sookie fix! (Big smile!)

Although, they are just short stories about various things happening in the "background" of the series, I am still excited to read it!

Wedding Stuff

Despite the gloomy rain, Heather and I ventured into Boston for the Bridal Expo at Fenway Park (while they are away playing the EVIL Empire.)

We saw lots of great photography, trip planners and other odds and ends. Heather even got a small make over. :-) There is a NEW trend out there that we saw over and over: Mobile Picture Booths. For "X" amount of dollars, you can rent a Photo Booth for your wedding (up to 4 hours). The concept is cool and some even have stickers. At the expo, several photographers were providing Free samples of this feature. Of course, Heather and I took advantage of this. See examples:

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Are we dorks? Probably. But we had fun and that's what counts, right?

Books of my youth

I am a girl of the '80s. I had pegged pants, crimped hair and wore scrunchies.

That's me on the left, with my brother and cousin Lori.

So of course, as a teeny-bopper of the '80's, I worshiped books such as:

The Babysitter's Club

AND........

Sweet Valley Twins!

Do any of you remember these books? I loved them. I always wanted to be like Jessica and be a member of "The Unicorn Club."

And of course I wanted to be like Dawn from the BSC because:

A. She was blonde.

B. She was from California.

C. She was just super cool.

I was also a BIG fan of Stacey too because she had fun clothes.

So you must wonder, what prompted Kristin to bring this up? Well, I took a quiz on Facebook titled, "Which Baby-Sitter's Club Character Are You?"

I have to say, I wasn't super excited about my results: I got Claudia.

You are the teenage artistic genius of StoneyBrook Middle School. Countless pages have been dedicated to your homemade scrunchies/legwarmers/oversized t-shirts with ballet flats. You can paint, sculpt and eat Mallomars with the best of them. Unfortunately, your older sister is a genius with a major stick up her ass. As are your parents. You had a wonderfully understanding Grandmother, Mimi, but now you must rely on your BSC pals and art teachers to boost your self-esteem. And no BSC book would be complete without describing your ""beautiful, almond shaped eyes" which is the 80s politically correct way of describing your Asian ethnicity. .

She's not bad, but she's no Dawn or Stacey. Where I will admit, I am artistic, I do not suffer from low self esteem, plus I am not Asian. :)

The result of this quiz got me thinking. Whatever happened to the Sweet Valley Twins/Sweet Valley High Books?(I lovingly referred to them as the SVH.)

I decided to google "Sweet Valley High" and got this: Diablo Cody to Adapt 'Sweet Valley High.

Ummmm....what?! A movie you say? I know that there was some sort of movie/series in the '90s that was kinda a cheesy, but this might be cool. The director to take on this project directed "Juno" and "Jennifer's Body." I would like to see the spin that she puts on the SVH sisters. I could see Elizabeth (the smart one) portraying the quirky Juno personality while Jessica is your typical "Mean Girl."

Aside from BSC and SVH, I also loved RL Stine, Christopher Pike, Judy Blume, "Are you there God? It's me Margaret," "Just Like Ice Cream," the Ramona Books, and many, many more.

Eventually, at the tender age of 9, my Aunt gave me 500 Harlequin Romance Novels and let's just say I LEARNED alot!

I would LOVE to get my hands on some of my old books! So the search begins!!

What was your favorite books as a kid?

I'm baaaaack!

Ok, ok. I have been a bad girl. 

I haven't blogged in like a month. 

So I decided I'd better post something before Nicole beats me with a wet noodle ;)

So where to begin? It's been a BUSY summer. Here are some highlights thus far:

I finally got my 5-year-old (ahem, almost six-year-old) baptized. Yup. You can call me a slacker but atleast I went through it, right?? Plus, he looked super cute in the sash they gave him!

Let the CCD classes begin!!

Speaking of little Billy...he broke his wrist and got a green-stick fracture in his radius. How, may you ask? Well, I will tell you. My little tazmanian devil was running over a patch of mulch at the playground of his summer camp and tripped over his own two feet. He landed on his wrist, and the rest is history. We've gone through two casts already, moving on to a third tomorrow.

So I have read all the Sookie Stackhouse Books that I can read. Now that I have read them all, I have to wait until May for a new Sookie Book! WTF!!

 

To top things off, there are only 3 or 4 more episodes of True Blood left for the season. They don't even start filming season 3 until after Christmas. This will not be a fun wait! :) Atleast I will see my precious Edward Cullen in November! I think New Moon will tie me over. 

But speaking of Sookie Stackhouse. I think she is just so cool. So cool in fact that I am dressing up as her for Halloween!! It will be amazing! And I can't wait!

Well there are more things that have obviously have happened to me this summer. I have read alot, spent countless weekends at the beach, discovered YoVille, danced, drank and did Yoga! 

Maybe I should work on my Summer To Do List?? Let's see what I have accomplished, shall we?

1. Finish peeling down the ugly wallpaper in my living room/stairway. Afterwards, it will be painted a nice beige / sand color.

(Hmmmm...well kinda. I need to scrape a little more off in my stairway, but I am afraid of the scary ladder. So I will say I am 60% done.)

2. Pay my credit cards down!! I mean it this time. This is essential because I will not buy my beloved Coach purse until they are all at least 50% paid off. (Sigh) Also, I would like to purchase a new car too (an SUV that’s good in the snow).

This is a much harder task. I got my hours cut down by 10%, until September (crossing fingers) so I hope to accomplish this through the fall, early winter. As Scarlett O'Hara says, "Tomorrow is another day!" I feel like I am up to my eye-balls in bills. Everyone wants my money :) Maybe I will come into a cash windfall? I did play the $170 million lottery tonight...

3. Watch Bill build our deck in the back yard as I enjoy a nice, cool drink. (BIG Check!!)

4. Redo little Billy’s bedroom. It is just kind of blah…It needs color! (And a new bed.) (Not yet! Need to finish #1, First.)

5. Go to the Children’s/Science Museum with little Billy and others. (REALLY big check!!)

6. Clean out all my clothes that I do not wear anymore (not making excuses saying that I REALLY will wear it again, because I know won’t.) Then I will distribute amongst my friends and whatever they don’t want goes to charity. (Yup. Got rid of alot of it. I still have a basket to have my girls go through. I was told I should sell some on eBay. Hmmmm..that may help # 2!)

7. Try to have more of a social life!! This is my LAST summer in my 20’s!!! (Working on it! I have gone to some fun bars and parties thus far. Keep 'em coming!)

Faareeeky Friday

Hello. Okay...I know it is not Friday, I am a busy girl. Sorry I slacked last week! Here are the freaktastic things I have encountered this week:

Morgan Freeman to marry

his step-granddaughter!

Ewww! I think that I just may have thrown up in my mouth a little!

According to the National Enquirer, Morgan Freeman (72) intends to marry his 27-year-old step granddaughter. They have apparently been carrying on a decade-long affair. (Gag...)

The bride, E'Dena Hines, is the grandaughter of Morgan's first wife. Apparently, he and his 2nd wife raised E'Dena since she was a young child. That is sooooooo wrong!!

Harry Potter and the Half Blooded Prince!!!

The wait is finally almost over!

Yippeeeee!!

Clocked in at 2 hours and 41 mins, I think it is going to be good!

Did you know that Rupert Grint, the actor that plays Ron, is recovering from Swine Flu?

Poor guy!

Happy B-Day Nicole!

In honor of my cousin Nicole's B-day, she is having ANOTHER giveaway!

Check it out here! (And tell her I sent you!)

I am a Slacker!

Hey peeps!

It's been a few days since I have "blogged." It's been a busy past few days. Shall I recap?

3rd of July: I had the day off from work! Woot, woot! I baked cupcakes in the a.m. and shopped with Nicole and my wild child son, Billy, in the afternoon. Shopping is a wonderful drug. It makes me happy, just don't tell Bill. I then set off to meet Heather (with Nicole in tow) and we cruised on down to Sandy's house, she lives near White Horse Beach in Plymouth. We drank and laughed and watched fireworks and had a grand old time. My child was at his Nana's and the BF was a work. Thanks Nicole for driving my sorry ass! :)

4th of July: I spent a pleasant day at Stetson's Pond in Pembroke. We were at my friend Tommy's Aunt's house. It was a nice waterfront property where the children could play in the water and ride the boats. They even had a hot tub that me and Miriam snuck away to use. The views were nice and it was a B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L day! 

5th of July: A VERY lazy day for me. I watched my son play with his Slip 'n Slide, as I worked on my tan, which I succeeded in, well kinda. I read a good portion of my book, "Living Dead in Dallas." The book is part of the series the True Blood is based on. So far, I am on book #2 and I am liking it, although, I like Twilight more. :)

Today: Back to reality. Work, work, work. My son got to go to the beach with my mom while I had to work. Boooo.... After work, I met up with my friend Matt who is visiting from Las Vegas at the Cheesecake Factory. Tiffany came along, as well as, our respectful kids - Billy and Zack. It was nice to see Matty boy again! We go back to my working at McDonald's days. Ha! 

Yoga Class #5

Well, I am on my 5th straight week of Yoga classes. I am finding that I am getting more flexible and lean. Such a great work out! I would recommend Yoga to anyone looking to change up their workout routine. 

I have been having hip problems lately. Luckily, with the help of my Yoga instructor, I am working to fix it through stretching.

Here are some poses I did last night:

The Cow Pose:

 

The Locust Pose:

(I like to call in the Superman Pose)

Well that sums up my torture, umm..I mean Yoga workout, for the week. Next week I have the harder lady. We'll see how I do!

On a side note: my cousin Nicole is having a giveaway for tons of free stuff! She is celebrating her 100th post! Woo-hoo. Visit the link below for more info on how to enter! Tell her I sent ya!

All the Small Stuff: In Celebration - A GIVEAWAY!!!!

Freaky Friday

I know that it is Thursday, but what the hell...I couldn't wait until tomorrow for my Friday rant.

**MICHAEL JACKSON**

I was hanging out on my porch listening to WEEI sports radio when the announcer said, "According to TMZ, Michael Jackson is dead."

My jaw dropped... Is he kidding?? Shocker, shocker!

In the past few years, MJ, I will admit was really creepy/weird, but as a child of the '80s he was a HUGE icon to me (and Madonna too). I still listen to his music today, ie. Thriller and Billy Jean. Good bye MJ! Dead at 50. 

Although, I have conspiracy theories...

Perhaps, MJ is now chilling in Tahiti with Elvis and Tu Pac? Something to think about...

(Anything is possible, right?)

**FARRAH FAWCETT**

What a beautiful woman! One of Charlie's Angel is in heaven.

I was so oblivious. 

I knew that she had cancer, but I did not know that she was on her death bed.

RIP Farrah! Dead at 62.

**ED MCMAHON**

Known as Johnny Carson's side kick (Heeeeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!), Ed died at the age of 86.

Without him, we wouldn't have had Star Search

or those great American Family Publishers (not Publishers Clearing House) 

commercials where he'd hand out large checks to surprised winners.

Fun Fact: He was raised in Lowell, Mass.

Ok. I am DONE talking about death. Here is some lighter subject matter:

**Stoned Wallabies responsible for Crop Circles?**

Ummmm, what?!?! Apparently, Wallabies in Tasmania are getting "strung out" on opium by munching on the poppy fields crops. They hop around in circles, creating crop circles. 

You know, the ones Aliens are usually blamed for?

(This story was brought to my attention from my pal Heather via her uncle.)

**Dumbledore had a baby!**

Well at least the 68 year old actor who plays him (Sir Michael Gambon) and 43 year old set designer Philippa Hart did.

But wait...I haven't gotten to the really weird part...

This is the second child for the "couple" as they already have a two year old.

But wait, there's more...

It seems Dumbledore, I mean Sir Gambon, has a wife (Lady Gambon) to whom he has been married to for 45 years. The wife knows ALL about this 2nd relationship and is cool with it. Apparently, he splits his time between them.... Wow!

**Jon + Kate = Divorce**

It is official. Jon and Kate are calling it quits. May they get peace they deserve to move on with their lives. I will hold out hope that they will reconcile...

That's it for this week. Hopefully we'll have some better stuff happening next week.

PS - 22 days until HP 6!

YOGA - Class #4

Yoga class kicked my sorry ass today. Instead of my nice normal instructor, today I got the Yoga Drill Sgt. She wasn't mean, but boy - are my legs and hips feeling like Jello. I sweated like nothing else. Gross! LOL. So here's what I learned tonight:

The Dolphin Pose:

And the Big Toes Pose:

I am totally going to work for Cirque Du Soleil someday with all these moves I am learning!

Rain, Rain go Away!

I just saw this on myfoxboston.com:

Happy first day of summer! 

Enjoy the fantastic weather we are having. 

Remember to wear your sun screen!

Freaky Friday

Hey there! It is Friday! You know the drill. Here we go!

If you live on the south shore as Mass., you must know about the missing man in Hingham, right? What a weird story! So I was at work the other day (I work in Norwell). Me and my work roomie kept hearing these low flying helicopters. At first, we were like, "It must be the coast guard or army doing a drill." The choppers kept passing over building and finally, we had enough! We NEEDED to know what the heck was going on. So we took a closer look and as it turns out, they are actually news crews, several of them. "Well," we thought, "There HAS to be something cool happening." So my roomie hops on her computer and goes to Fox 25. She found a live feed of what the helicopter was looking at. It was a bunch of men on a speed boat  looking in the water.

So after sometime, we find out that they were looking for an elderly man. They have no clue who he is. The only clue that he left was his St. Bernard dog. Apparently, this old man used to walk his dog near Chilli's Restaurant every morning around 7 a.m. The dog was found wandering around wet and with its leash dragging. The police took the dog down to the pond, where dog showed interest. The weird thing is, as I have already stated, no one knows who this man is or if he is actually missing. It's such a weird, creepy case.

So, Jon and Kate have a BIG announcement, eh? Will it be about getting a divorce? Are they going to get back together? I think that they will reveal that this is their last season. I actually hope that they will stay together, they seemed so much in love during seasons of the past. I personally hope that they patch things up and move on.

But alas, they will probably end up in divorce court. Too bad...

In wedding news, did you hear about the Chicago couple that got Swine Flu and wore surgical masks and latex gloves to their own wedding?

This is totally taking "for sicker or poorer" to a whole new level!!

And finally! Old Navy is having $2 tank tops tomorrow am!! Who's coming with me? Yes, I am crazy, but I WILL be there. And yes, the supermodelquins are freaky.

PS - There are 26 Days to Harry Potter (I forgot to check but Heather insists that this correct.)

My hair...ugh

I am sick of my hair. And I am thinking of doing something different. I want to go shorter on the length and throw some low-lights in. Here are some examples of what I want.

What do you think??

Yoga - Class #3

I am a glutton for punishment in the form of Yoga. Today I did my yoga class (three in a row!) Some of the guys from the office joined me today and I thought I would be distracted (mainly because I would be making fun of them.) But I kept my focus and had a great work out. The instructor focused on abs, hamstrings and hip spreaders. Yeah...ouch..

I learned a new pose today. It is called "The Frog" (and it is more painful than it looks)...

And the "Half Moon Pose." 

Where do you see the "Half Moon" in this pose? I don't see it anywhere :)

I am going to sleep well tonight!!

**On a side note, I just started a new series of books based on the "True Blood" series on HBO. I have not seen any of the shows (I am too cheap to pay for HBO) but it sounds like Twilight, but the "Adult" version. I shall compare Twilight's Edward and True Blood's Bill in future blogs.

Dress hunting is done

Heather has chosen her bridesmaids dresses. Yipee. Check them out:

Picture them in "Royal Lavender" as seen below...

This is what it will really look like. (well at least my dress)

Breaking News!!

My brother has broken up with the She-Devil!! For non-identifying purposes, I shall call her Bellatrix*.

Bellatrix is an evil girl that started dating my brother about 4 years ago, while she was preggers (not with my brother's child - by the way.) She was 18 at the time and my brother was 22. He took on the responsibility as the dad for this child. This little girl is like his daughter. She calls him "daddy." He watches her and is a much more caring parent than Bellatrix.

Turns out, Bellatrix was doing horrible things behind my brother's back. Bellatrix would go out at night and he would stay in to watch her daughter. I won't go into details, but let's just say Bellatrix got pretty wild during these nights out.

So, my brother has finally had enough and left her. I know it breaks his heart that he will not be near that little girl but it is for the best. 

I hope he has the strength to stay away. To be continued...

(*Name has been replaced...it's one of the evilest names I know.)

It's Friday....

TGIF. The weekend is almost here. I can taste it. I feel like this week dragged by sssllloooowwllyy...Did it for you? Also, I am SO SICK OF THIS RAIN. Thank-you. I needed to vent. Well here are my Freaky Friday mishaps. 

If you are looking for a new car. Check out this sweet ride:

It's durable. Cheap on gas. It even has a WORKING horn!! It's no wonder that it OUTSOLD every other car in the U.S. during 2008.

So this past Wednesday night, I discovered WIPEOUT on ABC. It is very similar to MXC (Most Extreme Challenge) on Spike, but Americanized. At first, I thought it was going to be dumb, but I found myself laughing, quite loud actually. Luckily, Bill wasn't home to call the local mental hospital to wisk me away.

I would totally kick ass at this show, or make a complete fool of myself.  But it sure looks like fun. The commentary is great!

The new season of Bridezilla has begun on WE TV!! I am a fan of this show, yet I always find myself cringing away from the TV when the 'zilla does something horrendous.

In this week's episode, there was one couple in particular. Their names are Courtney and Dan. They look like a nice, quiet couple. They plan to have a "Clue-themed" wedding. It seems like a great idea for a couple that are into the theatrical arts. But no. The evil Bridezilla erupts and Courtney throws tantrums and calls her to-be sister-in-law fat. Throughout the episode, she is always saying, "Damit Dan! Damit Dan!" 

I should have done a shot every time she said that because I would have gotten really drunk. 

I think the best part is when they had their rehearsal dinner and the bride and groom dressed up.

Umm....The groom as batman and the bride as an annoying Hogwarts student?

Ummmm...yea....Moving on.

So there you go. I am almost ready for my busy week end. Got to go bridesmaid dress shopping and a grad party. Also, I am trying to finalize my date night plans with the BF.

PS - -33 days left until Harry Potter!

Yoga - Class #2

I had my 2nd yoga class today. I am finding that the planks and downward dogs are getting much easier. Today I learned a new position. It is called "The Pigeon."

It was a bit trying. But it is a good hip workout. Trust me, I am a tad sore. 

This one made me the sorest of them all. This is "the Eagle" pose. Wow. My shoulders are sore. But no pain, no gain, right?

So all in all, I feel very accomplished. I always come out of the class in a relaxed mood. I wished I discovered Yoga earlier. It is such a great stress reliever.

Mental note for next time. Do not wear light grey pants EVER again. I got so sweaty all over my body, it looked like I wet myself!! Not very attractive. :)

Me: Stuff that is going on in my life

Well here I am. I survived another Monday at my work. How I hate Mondays.

So anywho, I have lots of stuff going on in my little corner of the world.

Over the weekend, I went dress hunting with Heather. Miriam and I dragged our poor children to this event with the promise of ice cream for good behavior (at least for my kid, Sophia is still too little for ice cream.) 

We went to David's Bridal and they had a decent selection. I think Heather tried on 5 dresses. And then it came to decision time, it was between two dresses that she loved equally. So she tried them both on again and we paraded her around. She finally decided on this one:

 

Don't worry Heather, I won't show this to Don!! 

This one either. :P

Also, we had some time to look at bridesmaid dresses. I got to be the model because Miriam had to leave. 

Dress one: Can either be with or without straps.

This was Heather's Favorite

Dress two: Picture this in a purple

Dress three: This one would also be in purple.

I liked this one because it had pockets, but I did not like my backside in it.

Poor Billy is like, "Mom!! Please! Let's get out of here...NOW!"

So there was our adventure at David's Bridal. Bride's dress? Check. One thing crossed off of the list. There still much, much more to do. LOL

So I graded my son's behavior as a B+ (I really gave him a C+ because I took points off for the Indiana Jones type stunts that he was pulling, jumping from chair to dias and dias to poor innocent brides-to-be. Good thing he's cute.)

So yes, I will admit it, I graded him higher so we could get ice cream. (I REALLY wanted one.)

Happy Friday!

Hey kids! TGIF! Here are some things that I cam across this week! Enjoy!

Father's Day is Coming!

Have you decided what you are getting dear old dad for Father's Day? Look no further!

It is everything that dad needs! It's a reclining chair and a go-cart all in one. Dad may never have to leave his favorite chair. I would definitely win "Daughter of the Year" if I got this for my dad!!

Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpies

My boss sent me an email earlier in the week titled, "Fun Art Basement." I clicked on the link in my email and I was directed to a 360-degree view of a man's basement in Kentucky. According to Kentucky.com the man, named Charlie Kratez, spent $10 in magic markers and Sharpies and used them t0 convert his boring cream walls into a massive work of art. He has everything from Winston Churchill to Rocky & Bullwinkle. Check it out at: http://www.kentucky.com/147/story/532854.html 

And the award goes to...

As much as I liked watching Twilight win practically every award at the MTV Awards, the Bruno Best Male Performance presentation was a bit much. Or was it? As Bruno, an Austrian fashion reporter (aka Sacha Baron Cohen), flew through the air mumbling in his wacky accent, I thought, oh...this is going to end badly. He then lands spread eagle on Eminem's lap. A fight breaks out and then Zac Efron wins the award...it was all so confusing. A few days later it turns out the Eminem was in on the prank. Oh geez....

I think that Bruno kinda reminds me of Ben Stiller in Zoolander. What do you think?

As I mentioned before, Twilight won EVERYTHING (well almost) at the MTV Movie awards. I loved the movie. Don't get me wrong, but I honestly did not think that it was that great to win all those awards. 

I also loved the fact that Kristen Stewart dropped her Popcorn Award on the ground. That's totally something that Bella would have done. (And I am not being catty.)

Oh well. Time for the weekend to start!! I got a busy weekend between wedding dress shopping and kid birthday pool parties! Wish me luck!

PS - 40 days until HARRY POTTER!! Yes, it is sad that I am counting down, but who cares?!?