I might have to wait until the DVD comes out because I'm not sure if I want to go to the theatre with all the other "Balboa-wannabees" talking on their cell phones to their personal trainers asking them why they can't work out to "Eye of the Tiger" like Rocky does.
Casino Royal = Awesome
I guess we have to find new nicknames for the happy couple because I tell ya...there is nothing Bitter or Sour about these two!!! Awwwwww
Sunday was a recovery day because, yes, I had a little bit to drink. Open bar, I mean come on!!! And as Rabs blabbed to the world, there was a quick flashing of bums but I cannot be held accountable for my actions when there is free booze people!!!
Monday was a little better (although it wasn't until today - Tuesday - that I was able to fully shake my headache....wine is bad kiddies, don't you forget it!). I managed to haul my ass to the gym which got the blood flowing again. Always good to have that happen. My gym has a steam room which I love but haven't used that much so I took the opportunity (thank you veteran's) to partake. Very lovely. I also decided to wash and dry my hair with the products provided by my fitness establishment and let me say; if their facilities were as lousy as their conditioner, they'd be out of business!!! I shan't be doing that again. Tangley mess!!!
During the afternoon, I enjoyed a delightful movie with Rabs and Mandy; Stranger than Fiction. I have to say, I find Will Farrell funny but can always see that he's playing it for the comedy. He was wonderful in this movie. Subtle and underplayed. I really really loved his work. I'm hoping this will lead to more in the same vein from him. The movie only had one or two holes and overall is fit for a fun afternoon off. Whether your playing hooky or enjoying your weekend, this movie is sure to please. How's that for a colourful review? Toronto Star here I come!!!
I'll be sure to get the new # out ASAP!
Participants buy into participation as well as collect pledges for every percentage point of weight loss they attain. I've gained about 15 lbs (closer to 21 but 15 looks better in writing) since the wedding so I'd like to get back to my toned and thinner hipped body so I don't feel so squishy on the Cuban / Mexican / Fijian shores.
The odd thing about this competition is that only people that stand to loose 20lbs MAX entered. There are some prime heart attack and stroke candidates on my team and none of them signed up. My boss thinks that it's because I'm the organizer and I'm "skinny". Could be. I was hoping that doing it in a group would make it more fun and easier to do. Oh well.
The Biggest Loser TV show inspires me so much that I can't help but do something with the lousy 20lbs that I want to loose. When I see people on that show losing hundreds of pounds I'm awe inspired and definitely motivated to get off the couch. (Well not right that moment of course cuz I'm watching the show but they next morning for sure!!)
Now I have two goals to keep me getting up in the morning and draggin my butt to the treadmill. Doing well in the competition AND a sunny beach bikini. The competition ends mid December and we're talking about taking the trip in February. So FIVE months baby! Let's see what we can do in five months.
I'm absolutely floored that another Canadian has won the summer reality rock event, Rockstar. Lukas Rossi won last night's finale of the show and I just couldn't believe it. Not that I didn't like him, I did. He was one of the more entertaining performers if maybe not the best singer.And I will close with this terrible cuteness I like to call:
"What I would look like in Auntie's Sunglasses"
Nathan
Isaiah
Elijah
It hurts!
It's also my Cuzin Eden's 15th Birthday today! Happy BD Cuz!! Hope you're having a great day at WUNDERSLAND!!
It's my neice Molly's BD today too! Busy day! Molly turns 6; she was born the night Gary and I had dinner way back in 2000. Happy Birthday Molls!!
Okay, so this isn't the best picture of him but trust me....he's fabulous.
But what's even more fabulous is that the SYTYCD TOUR is making it's only Canadian stop in Toronto! Yahooo! I am so going to try and get tickets. Any one else coming with me???
Now I'm going to jump back in time a couple of weeks and write about the 2nd Annual Maizun Horseshoe Tournament.
(Mr. Bitter, this might be a long one and as you are self proclaimed non reader of posts venturing past 4 paragraphs, I suggest you skip to the end and see the picture of my cousin - that's really the only reason for the whole thing.)
First, I'll start by saying we got caught in THE WORST rainstorm EVER during our drive out there. OMG, the windshield wipers were on the fastest setting and still we could only see about 5 feet in front of the car. Very scary! I was hugely grateful the G-Man was driving.
Okay, so we drove through the majority of the rain and by the time we got to the homestead it was mostly spittling and looking like it would blow over, which it eventually did.
Cuzin Ryan had volunteered to umpire this year and did a bang up job of organizing teams and "the schedule". Last year's we were very unorganized and save for a couple good rounds of Giant Jenga and Scrotum (acutal game name, not me being a rude pig) and maybe two or three people actually tossing a horseshoe (some at the last minute!), it was more of a drinking tournament than a horseshoe tournament. Case in point, G-man and I were asleep by 8:30 due to heavy "pounding" of beer and margaritas upon our 3pm arrival. Slightly embarrassing but makes for a great story.
This year we managed to make it not only to the end of the tournament, but also to the botched pool toss (I tried to through the G-man into the pool but he squirmed his way out of my grip and ended up pushing me in instead - that was the moment I learned my watch was waterproof up to 30 meters. Yeah!!). We even lasted through to the walk to Cuzin Ryan's house, the water and advil ritual and some chit chats before crawling into "our" bed reserved especially for us at the Cuzin's house. It was the inaugural sleepover and I do have to say it was a very comfy night!
Neither G nor I did very well in the tournament. Although I had a fantastic partner in Aunt by Marriage "Leaner", we were down at the end of the first round. Though I wasn't "into the tent for the night drunk" I was a little saturated (mmmm....margaritas) and it didn't bode well for my horseshoe toss.
Overall it was a gloriously fun event. Some of the other quick highlights:
I'll close with the aforementioned photo of Cuzin Ryan. Enjoy!
My second obsession right now (well for the last two weeks while my boss was on holidays) is Escape Room Games (aka Point and Click Games). Oh...my...god....so much fun. About 20 years ago (OMG I'm so old....simply being able to say "20 years ago" and be referring to something I used to do, is incredible!) there used to be a computer game that I think was called "Adventure". It was text based but and it started out with something like "You are in a dark room". And by entering commands and finding clues you had to find your way through the game. Super fun. I loved it tons!!! Well Escape Room Games are basically the same thing but with visuals. The first one I stumbled upon was Crimson Room and it was pretty great. There are some out there with lousy graphics and LOTS of foreign language ones but there are some really really challenging, frustrating but super fun ones as well. I know this makes me a huge geek but I don't care. I'd rather be a geek and play one of these games than actually get some work done!!
When did he get all grown up??!!! Anyone recognize this guy without the glasses and spikey hair?
This one isn't as shocking (I guess because he's been a little bit more visible as he's aged) but it's still cool to see these kids growing up.
So Happy Birthday Sis! Welcome to Ontario!!!
Look how hansome our boy looks here. Hair, nicely trimmed. Smile, clean and white. Tie, classy / casual with the loosened knot. Shirt, clean and again, somewhat classy/casual in it's untucked manner.
What I want to know is how long did it take for him to look like this? And who are those women holding him up? Not good for your I'm clean and sober and have got my shit in order tag line RDJ....not good at all!!!
Let's take guesses at what he's trying to say with this expression.
Any one else with a few "why"s of their own?
Okay...now you might understand why I had to post this.
And that's about it. Work work work otherwise.
Oh, Canada -- you're not really going to elect a Conservative majority on Monday, are you? That's a joke, right? I know you have a great sense of humor, and certainly a well-developed sense of irony, but this is no longer funny. Maybe it's a new form of Canadian irony -- reverse irony! OK, now I get it. First, you have the courage to stand against the war in Iraq -- and then you elect a prime minister who's for it. You declare gay people have equal rights -- and then you elect a man who says they don't. You give your native peoples their own autonomy and their own territory -- and then you vote for a man who wants to cut aid to these poorest of your citizens. Wow, that is intense! Only Canadians could pull off a hat trick of humor like that.Off you go now. Exercise your national voice!
My hat's off to you.
Far be it from me, as an American, to suggest what you should do. You already have too many Americans telling you what to do. Well, actually, you've got just one American who keeps telling you to roll over and fetch and sit. I hope you don't feel this appeal of mine is too intrusive but I just couldn't sit by, as your friend, and say nothing. Yes, I agree, the Liberals have some 'splainin' to do. And yes, one party in power for more than a decade gets a little... long. But you have a parliamentary system. There are ways at the polls to have your voices heard other than throwing
the baby out with the bath water.
These are no ordinary times, and as you go to the polls on Monday, you do so while a man running the nation to the south of you is hoping you can lend him a hand by picking Stephen Harper because he's a man who shares his world view. Do you want to help George Bush by turning Canada into his latest conquest? I mean, if you're going to reduce Canada to a cheap download of Bush & Co., then at least don't surrender so easily. Can't you wait until he threatens to bomb Regina? Make him work for it, for Pete's sake.
But seriously, I know you're not going to elect a guy who should really be running for governor of Utah. Whew! I knew it! You almost had me there. Very funny. Don't do that again. God, I love you, you crazy cold wonderful neighbors to my north. Don't ever change.
Michael Moore
This is me loving you!
