Really?

Ok now....I don't get political often.

But I have my opinions.

I am a Democrat.

As a Democrat there are certain things we would like to forget....

Like Jimmy Carter and the Reagan years.

But nothing more than the Kerry/Edwards campaign.

Have MERCY that was embarrassing.

So I ask the 48 year old hippie driving his Subaru to remove this bumper sticker.

It's so painful to follow you almost every morning and remember the disgrace.

I would like to state that I know that not every person who drives a Subaru is a hippie or a Democrat

But most are

Rent this

Because it's really good 

and really funny

with a great cast.

INCLUDING Paulie from the Rocky series.

Remember the robot that Rocky bought Paulie for his birthday in Rocky IV? And it had that great entrance music? And it was all Happy Birthday Paulie in robot voice? And remember how great that soundtrack is? That soundtrack is wicked awesome. Survivor man....what an underestimated band. I loved Rocky IV. I can't decide if I like Rocky or Rocky IV better. Tough call. But remember how Brigitte Nielson was HOT in that movie???? And then she dated Flavor Flav? Crazy. And then remember when Flavor Flav did that show on MTV Flavor of Love and that girl Hoopz was on there and now she is dating Shaq? Like she went from trying to get Flavor Flav to Shaq. That THAT is a step up. And then remember that movie Shaq was in? Kazaam? That movie suuuuuuuucked.

Anyways....

Win/Win is great. 

Rent it.

Bed Rest

I am have been relegated to bed rest.

Buh.

But it will be over tomorrow, I was hoping today...no such luck.

So what it a girl to do on bed rest?

Get into Breaking Bad on Netflix....only to realize you don't like it mid second season

Watch two whole seasons of Reno 911

Watch 12792837492837 hours of Law and Order: Criminal Intent

Fall in love all over again with Vincent D'onofrio

Work from home

Get waited on by your sweet husband (I will not get into why my husband is the best, but rest assured....he is)

Have sweet people come visit me

Look, bed rest sucks...so email me or text me....or comment....

GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO

Because I am unoriginal

I stole this idea from Miss.

I have been on bed rest the last couple of days...and while I could blog about the 34985739875938457394857 hours of TV I watched I thought this would be more informative.

So....

Favorite Film

All About Eve. LITERALLY the best movie on the planet. Bette Davis...I die.

Go-to-Libation

Right now....Strawberry Kiwi Capri Suns....I had 10 yesterday

Whats on the Blog Roll

Look to your right...then I read whatever Miss says to read like "miss you must bookmark this one" or "you will die for this blog"

Favorite Day of the Year

Ummmm I am going with a day in the first part of December (November if I am lucky)

Favorite Destination

Disneyland. Hands down. No contest. I don't care what any of you travelers say. 

What Album are you Listening to Right Now

REO Speedwagon Greatest Hits. I was supposed to go to that concert yesterday. LOVE YOU GIRL BABY.

Smell you Can't Live Without

Anthro Volcano candle

Favorite Book

I have three.....

Grapes of Wrath

To Kill a Mockingbird

Sweet Valley High: Prom Night

Favorite Food

Stadium Nachos with Jalapenos, my mom's sugar cookies, my second mom's chicken tacos

Fashion Favorites

Anthro, J.Crew, Urban

Favorite Person

Rudolf Wild......he invented the Capri Sun

Reunited

I was an only child growing up.

And if truth be told I remember being alone and on my own a lot.

So I had two imaginary friends.

Jane and Michael Banks.

I am serious...I was not even crafty enough to imagine friends so I stole them from Mary Poppins.

And tonight Miss and I are going to see them in real live action on the Capitol Theater stage.

I hope they remember that one time when we drew on my bedroom wall with a Sharpie....I got it a lot of trouble for that.

It's the most wonderful time of the year.....

IT'S FALL TV TIME

The DVR is set.

Sunday

Simpsons

Family Guy

Cleveland Show

America Dad

RHONJ

Walking Dead

Once Upon a Time

Pan Am

Monday

House

How I met your mother

RHOBH

Playboy Club

Tuesday

Ringer

Parenthood

Rachel Zoe

New Girl

Wednesday

Survivor

Top Chef

Up All Night

X Factor

Harry's Law

American Horror Story

Modern Family

Thursday

The Office

Community

Whitney

Parks and Rec

30 Rock (in January 2012)

Sunny

Friday

Grimm

Saturday

SNL

Now look....this will not be my final line-up...but I give a lot  of shows a chance. And judge if you want. I don't care much.

So here is to Fall TV and all it's magical wonders.

What will you be watching????

In honor of Twilight

I have had grown women ask me...

"are you team edward or team jacob"

Here is your answer

That is all.

Loss

This is my car.

We just sold it.

I am sad.

This was the first car I had since being able to drive again

My husband bought it for me

It carried a trunk full of balloons for my wedding

It drove me to and from Hairspray rehearsals

It drove me to AZ, CA, and Vegas

I have laughed and cried in that car

And now it is gone.

To be replaced with a sensible family car.

*sigh*

Perfection

Honestly.

I mean.

Girl baby does not need another stitch of clothing after this.

Slayers Rule. Bella Drools.

The day the earth stood still

So I have been trying to get on the Target website ALL DAY to see the Missoni collection.

I wanted this bedding for my new guest bedroom.

The Target site has been down off and on all day.

Women like me trying to get their Italian luxury at low low prices (I should write tag lines).

When I FINALLY got on....everything....OUT OF STOCK.

Sad face.

This just happened

So I was looking on google for concert pics. 

More specifically pregnant concert pics.

To start a post stating Girl Baby has already been to.....

Britney

Katy

Def Leppard/Heart

Big and Rich

And I found this on Yahoo questions....this is real....not a joke....copy and pasted here for your pleasure.

I bought tickets awhile ago for the Nickelback concert, and didn't really think much of it. Now I'm 35 weeks pregnant and was wondering if it's bad for the baby's ears. My husband's co-worker said it may be bad. I'm scared about it, so I'm just not going, but now I'm curious. I don't want to call the doc, but just get your opinions. Can loud music hurt the baby's ears in the last stages of pregnanct?

NICKELBACK IS BAD FOR YOUR BABY

The poor child born to that mother.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to George Jones.

One of the greatest singers this world has seen.

He is what country music is supposed to be.

Remember the 1999 CMA awards where they asked George Jones A LEGEND to trim his song down so that they would have time for the Alabama/'N sync duet. So George refused to go....BECAUSE HE IS FRIGGIN ROYALTY. And then Alan Jackson performed a George Jones song then unplugged his guitar and walked off stage. I was so proud.

Country has gone to crap. Statement of fact.

But George, oh George....I still cry when I listen to "He stopped loving her today".

So Happy Birthday to The Possum.

Winner

Miss Kim won my Giveaway.

Thanks to all who entered.

I will do another one before Girl Baby.

Keep following!!!!

Why it is important to have a bestie

Miss is my best friend.

And tonight was a best friend moment....

As we Hey Telled about super craft day tomorrow, the race she is running, and tables...this convo happened.

Miss - Are you out of breath?

Me - No just in pain...it feels like the bones in my crotch are being pulled apart slowly.

Miss - Well I have been in a lot of recovery rooms and I know you get a cloth diaper or a pad and soak it cold water and then shove it down your crotch. I hear it is very soothing.

Me - Well ok then.

I mean I am dealing, because that is what you do and I am not the first pregnant woman to feel like her bones are being crushed. But my bestie (who has not given birth) knew what would make it feel better.

A cold maxi pad and tylenol.

Don't Forget.....

My Anthro Giveaway ends tomorrow.

Click here and enter now.....and reap the rewards.

That made me sound wise.

Done and Done

Girl Baby will be completely outfitted in Zara.

First piece already bought my Auntie Aubry

Seriously though.....I DIE.

So if anyone is wondering what to get girl baby...start here and buy ANYTHING.

Sweet little will thank you.

Listen Up Yo

Number one...as Miss would say...this girl auditioned for the chance to take this picture. And she won out over all the other pregnant ladies. Let's give her a hand.

Number two...the Snoogle is the best thing ever invented. Sure it is for pregnant woman BUT I will use it long after baby. 

Seriously the best thing to happen to our bed since we made baby.

F'real...this will change your life. 

Google Images

So...when I searched for female vocalists the first photo was this....

Out of ALL the female vocalists in the land THIS is who comes up?

I don't know I'm torn. (bu dum ching)

Girl

So I have to admit.

I have a thing for girl power.

For the empowered female.

And that gives way to loving female vocalists.

Last week Ed and I went to see Heart and Def Leppard. 

Ann Wilson can SING.STILL. 

Like she belted out Alone like no ones business. 

Now I have a special place in my heart for female vocalists seeing as how I like to think I can sing. 

But seriously, if you went through my record collection I would bet you would see mostly women.

So to my readers....go....listen to some strong women.

Need some new ones?

Allison Moorer (my fave among all faves)

Shelby Lynne

Mindy Smith

Kasey Chambers

Miranda Lambert

Pistol Annies

Need some classics?

Aretha

Ella

Patsy

Loretta

Dolly

Need to Rock?

Heart

The Runaways

Joan Jett

Lita Ford

Blondie

And then lets all start a band. I am lead and washboard. Hurry and name your instrument...first come first serve.

A Recipe Post

Peeps....this is huge.

Anyone who reads my blog KNOWS this is not a cooking blog.

But I tried a recipe tonight...TDF (to die for)

Golden Lemon-Olive Chicken with Pine Nut Couscous

remember on RHONY when sonja did not want to go to morocco because she did not like couscous....

If I made it again I would probably cut down on the lemons just a tad...it was pretty strong....but delicious.

Also I did not add onions (gross) of saffron (gold in a bottle)

Anyways....try it out. It is not my recipe so if you hate it...blame Rachel Ray.

I do for everything.

Register

So my husband and I registered for Girl Baby on Saturday.

Again I will remind that I am super excited for baby.

But....

Registering is AWFUL. 

There are 2398742342987423948734 things this baby apparently needs.

It was not so bad until we got to bottles and pacifiers and breast pumps.

FREAK pacifiers. There are so many. 

We had decided on the MAM paci route before we got there but then I ran into the pink issue. That I ran into  EVERYWHERE. So we registered for green and yellow and prayed that there would not be too many people who asked what HIS name is or how old is HE.

And then...I swore I would not register for a breast pump and guess what I DID. Because the one I want is super spency and I get 10% off everything on my registry if I buy it. So yeah there is a breast pump on my registry as well as a Jewel Lullaby CD and strips to test if there is booze in your breast milk (thank you Ed Parker).

And we were surrounded by the excited couples who could not wait to register. The ones who looked at every little thing and were always in my way. And then I felt bad that I was thinking this is what hell would be. But I am pretty sure I am right.

So now we are registered. Babies R Us and Target. 

I mean does this mean I am an adult? 

Thoughts this week

It's Friday.

And I have had random thoughts this whole week.

Like:

"I like La Frontera's chips and salsa but prefer Betos everything else...I am white trash mexican"

"My belly WILL fit in this Utes shirt"

"Drunk people are fine until they invade my space"

"STOP TALKING YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING"

"It makes me sad you are mean to me for no reason"

"Heart is friggin awesome"

"RHONJ Joe is awful....like AWFUL"

"OMG you are NOT FUNNY EITHER"

"Poor Angel boy stop throwing up"

"Grow up and take care of your shiz"

"This was a good Chili's night"

"I have the best husband"

"I have a fab bestie and everyone should BACK OFF"

"Climbing stairs is hard"

"Trusting mouse"

Evolution of Musical Taste

As I get ready for Girl Baby, I am making a list of what she needs to know.

On the top of that list is music.

Music is important to me and I have pretty strong opinions.

I got to thinking...where did my musical taste come from?

This is what I came up with.

Mom and Dad

Country (good country not this new fangled crap)

Oldies

1960's ensemble folk (Christy Minstrels) 

Tom Jones

David Cassidy

Classic Rock

Laverne who I worked with

R&B

Motown

1960's Southern Baptist Choirs

Patricia my friend in 6th grade and my Uncle John

Metallica

Poison

GNR

Def Leppard

Iron Maiden

My High School Crush

Red House Painters

Talking Heads

Smashing Pumpkins

Christy my first boss

Paul Weller

The Who (who from then on were my favorite band)

Local Bands (like my first exposure)

Rhonda

Morrissey

St.Etienne

Lush

The Verve

80's Brit Pop

Madonna

People I would like to forget

Roger Clyne

Social Distortion

Bernadette Peters

??????

Britney

Katy Perry

Beyonce

Adele

I mean really, I have a lot to teach girl baby. She has a lot to know. I should probably make her a mix tape. 

Buh Giveaway

Let me start out by saying I am THRILLED beyond measure to be pregnant.

But this morning, as I looked through the Anthro website....I was sad.

So many cute things and well....I don't quite have the form to do them

So I am asking you my readers to pick up the torch.

Yes I am doing an Anthro $30 gift card giveaway.

We have done this before...but here is how to enter:

Be a follower and comment

Post on Facebook and then comment you did

Post on Twitter and then comment you did

Post on your blog and then comment that you did

Get a friend to be a follower then comment

Tell me how many ways Nickelback is a terrible band OR try to convince me to love them in a comment

Each way gets you entered...so in theory....if you work it...you could be entered 6 times.

This will all come to an end September 9th.

Good Luck!