dammit! I missed a day!!!

so much for NaBloPoMo! I came closer this year than last year. oh well.

So yesterday I went shopping in the wee early hours and got 6 people off our shopping list ^_^ so happy! Can't tell you what we got them cuz they might see this, but i KNOW they'll love it!

Today I'm hosting karaoke again at Rouge Park Lounge. Next Saturday is our trivia semi-finals and finals. EXCITING!!!!!!!

And now i'm off to warm up some turkey leftovers!

Happy Turkey Day!!

One of the most relaxing turkey days ever! We stayed home (well until about 20 minutes from now when we're heading to the fizzle's) and had a turkey, mashed taters, stuffing, gravy and green bean casserole. We also have a ham but we didn't cook it, which is okay. We can save that for Sunday or something.

Listened to Alice's Restaurant on WCSX. One of my favorite "holiday" songs. And "The Turkey Song" by Adam Sandler.

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We watched the pathetic Lions as the announcers drooled over Brett Favre once again (altho Joe Buck cracked me up in the 3rd when he was making fun of how the media dotes over Favre and made a comment like "Look at the way the light just glistens off his helmet" It was awesome!) Totally pissed they lost, but I'm so glad I didn't get suckered into any side bets.

After the Lions game, some brews and turkey (and a scant 4 hours sleep the night before) I was so tired I decided to take a nap around 4:30pm and slept for a solid 4 hours!!!! I could have slept longer too but I awoke to blackness and freaked out cuz we were supposed to go to JForce's at 5:30 and , well, ooops! we didn't make it. While I slept the Jets managed to lose to Dallas so Kevin is just as bummed today as I was. Thank goodness for cerveza ^_^

So I'm re-energizing myself with some water and a little Pepsi before we head over there (plus I'm waiting for my pants to dry) and maybe do some munching on her family food (if there's anything left)

Not feeling very festive

Usually Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. Food, Football, Friends and lots of beer. What more could a girl like me ask for? We spend all Wednesday night getting things prepped for the big day (like cutting taters and brining the turkey etc) and then go out for some well deserved adult beverages before heading to sleep around 2am. Then it's up at 10 to put the bird in and have everything done by noon (yes I know we eat early...it's due to football schedules....gotta have the food done before the games so we can watch them)

But this year I'm not that into it. I don't know why. And today is super worse in that I'm supposed to go to a Wings game tonight with someone from the bar and I totally don't wanna go. I know. I shouldn't turn down a game. But the weather is crap and it's just St. Louis (no offense Chicken) and I'd much rather stay home and try and continue the cleaning (it's gonna take every bit of the time I have to straighten up our house even remotely...we kinda let it go to put this week). Plus the guy that I'm going with told me that I HAVE to buy all the drinks tonight cuz he is providing the ticket. Yea. The last guy that went with him to a game spent over $50 in drinks alone. I don't have that kind of money.

And to top it all off I think I have fallen into a depression of sorts that I can't seem to break out of. I started crying on the phone to Kevin earlier and I had no reason whatsoever to cry. I was just talking and all of the sudden there were tears. And he's the best but he didn't know what to do or to say.

So I'm gonna jump in the shower and see if that makes me feel any better and try and figure out what I'm gonna do about the hockey game. The more I think about it the less I really want to go. And i hate that I'm gonna turn down a hockey game. I love the Wings. And I might not get to go to another one all year. But will it really be worth it to go tonight if I'm gonna spend way too much money that we don't have and be miserable? And did I mention the seats aren't that great and he already pissed me off asking me if I would be able to walk up all the stairs to get to the seats (they're section 206 row 14 ... so there's a fair amount of stairs to climb..and yes I'm overweight, but don't be a dick about it)

Yea, the more I think about it as I'm writing, the less I want to go. Now I just have to think of a good excuse. Maybe I got stuck downriver or maybe I have a family thing I forgot about ... I don't know but I have only about 45 minutes to come up with something good.

Any ideas?

I Totally forgot the best part!!!!

After the halftime questions we played a game to determine who would get 3 bonus points and who would get a Miller prize. 1 person from each team went to a table and played:

I was pink.

I totally didn't get the bonus points but I found the green marble and won a Miller Lite Sportscenter T-shirt (which won't fit me ... so it's prolly going to my sister next time I see her)

YAY for HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS!!!!!!

Stupid Hard Questions

So we went to Trivia last night (as usual on a Monday night) and we placed 3rd with 39 points...THIRTY-NINE POINTS!!! And we were still 3rd (out of 4 teams)

Our trivia host (or TJ as they call themselves) Toby wrote the questions for last night. He did a decent job but one question wasn't specific enough imho.

So, the questions last night were:

1. movies - what kind of car was used as the time machine in Back to the Future?

2. schools - which of these is NOT a member of the Ivy League?

Columbia

University of Pennsylvania

Massechusetts Institute of Technology

Harvard

3. geography - What is the tallest mountain NOT in a mountain range?

4. games - How many numbered squares are there on a traditional Bingo card?

5. sports - Who holds the record for most home runs in a World Series?

6. movie quotes - What movie is this quote from:

"They said it was a million dollar wound, but the army must keep that money 'cause I still haven't seen a nickel of that million dollars."

7. music lyrics - What is the name of the song that contains these lyrics?

"did i ask too much

more than alot

you gave me nothing

and that's all I got"

8. history - Who was JFK's Attorney General?

9. business - How much was a McDonald's hamburger when they first opened in 1946?

5 cents

10 cents

15 cents

50 cents

Halftime question:

Match these people with their original names:

Axel Rose Vincent Fournier

Jamie Foxx William Bailey

Jon Stewart Jon Liebowitz

Alice Cooper Eric Morland Bishop

10 was the Miller Beer question .... you get the answer on their website each week for a quick 6 points (they're sponsered by Miller Beer) The answer was Spuds MacKenzie ... I forget the question.

11. movies - What was Michael Douglas's character's name in Wall Street?

12. sports - This Yankee had 1,710 strike-outs in his career.

13. travel - Where will your luggage end up if it has the luggage tag BWI?

14. movies - What do Barbara Streisand, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams have in common?

15. video games - What year did Pac Man video games hit the US arcades?

1979

1980

1981

16. movies - What show did E.T. watch to learn English?

17. books - When this encyclopedia came out in 1771 it listed California as "a large country of the west indies".

18 - geography - Name 1 of the 2 U.S. states that border the most other states?

Final question:

Television

What are these Seinfeld characters' occupations?

Newman

Poppy

Tim Whatley

Jackie Chiles

answers: (highlight to see them)

1. DeLorean

2. M.I.T.

3. Kilamanjaro

4. 24

5. Reggie Jackson

6. Forrest Gump

7. One by U2

8. Robert Kennedy

9. 15 cents

halftime:

axel Rose - William Bailey

Jamie Foxx - EricMorland Bishop

Jon Stewart - jon Liebowisz

Alice Cooper - Vincent Fournier

10. Spuds MacKenzie

11. Gordon Gekko

12. Mickey Mantle

13. Baltimore/Washinton International Airport

14. They all crossdressed in movies (Yentl, Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire)

15. 1980

16. Sesame Street

17. Britanica

18. Missouri or Tennessee (each borders 8 states)

Final Question:

Newman - postman

Poppy - chef/restaurant owner

Tim Whatley - doctor

Jackie Chiles - lawyer

day #19

day #19 of NaBloPoMo and I've been diligent.

However today I find myself with absolutely nothing to say. And I mean NOTHING.

I sat in front of the puter surfing and playing games and talking with people and i wanted to put some relevant material here...or at least something other than "i ate half a can of Salt and Vinegar Pringles and my lips are burning" (which I did and they are) but nothing would spring from my head to my fingers and type.

We're leaving in 10 minutes for trivia. Last week of league and then we get a couple weeks off (we can still play for fun tho) so I have to get my mind in gear cuz it's just me and kevin tonight. The Fizzle is having fun up north.

But it's cold outside and I'm feeling drained cuz I've suffered that female monthly visitor for 14 days in a row as of today.

Hopefully tomorrow will bring inspiration. Today sucked odin's hairy scrotum.

How my Saturday/Sunday went

after getting up at the ungodly hour of 8am yesterday, I got ready, headed out the door with Kevin around9am and we braved a trip into the double A for our catering gig at the Masonic Temple on Stadium. It was a nightmare. Took us over an hour to get there, but we made it in one piece.

We worked well together. I chopped and helped prep and set the tables and Kevin did the major cooking (of course). We made salad (with 4 different dressing choices - Italian, Ranch, Poppyseed and Greek), Chicken piccata with roasted baby potatoes and a veggie medley, and for dessert a cherry crisp. Everyone raved about the food. Chances are we'll be catering the next business meeting as well. (FYI - The Ann Arbor Masonic Lodge is the one Kevin is a member of ... just in case you didn't know he's a Mason)

The clean up sucked. I'm suffering major backpains due to female issues, so I took some Pamprin but it didn't help and every 15 minutes or so I had to sit down I was in so much pain. But with the help of an automatic dishwasher (which gave me memories of when I worked in the dining hall in college) we managed to get everything cleaned up and stored away in about an hour and headed back to our side of town.

Got to Rouge Park around 4PM after stopping at the yarn store cuz they were having a major sale on yarns I needed for xmas gifts. Hung out with the fizzle and had some grilled cheese and played some megatouch before Vince got there to show me how to set up the karaoke equipment and run it. It's a decent system. Pretty simple to figure out.

The night went well. I sang ALOT and by the end of the night I had almost no voice left. People seemed to have a good time tho. I even got a request to sing Selena "bidi bidi bom bom" (in spanish) and had a bonding moment with a fellow Latino as a result. Kinda fun.

We ended the show around 12:30am, got everything put away and made it to the Box for last call where we met back up with JForce and Joel. Joel came back to the house and we chatted and watched movies until around 6am when I really had to go to sleep.

(BTW ... Joel's Bobbie arrives in the states next Monday and will be here in town next Tuesday!)

Woke up in time for the Lions game (surprisingly) only to watch them pathetically lose. Of course I'm used to that. Called Vince (the karaoke equipment guy) and he told me he was very impressed with how I presented myself and how I ran the show and announced things ... even told me he thought I was better than him. (that's what over 10 years of experience will do for you). We're supposed to meet up tomorrow so I can give him his monies from the show and maybe have lunch and chat.

Took a LONG napduring the Jets game (which they apparently won in OT) and then Kevin and I went to get Popeye's for dinner. Still watching New England stomp all over Buffalo right now but I'm thinking of going back to sleep pretty soon. It was a long day yesterday!

I have tons of cleaning to do tomorrow. Was gonna start it today but I didn't expect to be so tired and have so many sore muscles. I guess I'm just not used to standing so long anymore. And of course trivia tomorrow night (without the Fizzle ... she's up north with her parents)