Rambled on for 18 pages...

I'm just going to go ahead a say it, the blog is on the back burner. I know you don't want to hear any more about the total lack of free time, but it takes free time to keep a blog, and there is no free time to be found around here. The "working from home, staying home" thing isn't quite going like I envisioned. I spend mostof my free time (a.k.a. their nap time) doing work, and the rest of the time feeling guilty about not doing more work. Plus, facebook is oh so fun and easy and interactive. I'm not breaking up with the blog for facebook, but maybe we're just "on a break."





Really, how many more pictures of little girls can you stomach?

Me...On the Tv...Crazy

Click here for a link to my segment yesterday on Great Day St. Louis. It was exhilarating. Carol, one of the hosts, quoted my blog back to me off air. I don't think that's ever happened before. This Chevy promotion sure has been fun. Can.not.believe.the.Equinox.goes.back.tomorrow. The sadness. You still have time to test drive one of these amazing cars. Go now until November 22nd. Get a free massage just for test driving it. Maybe I can go next week and test drive a Traverse and get another free massage. =) Think they'd know? We were supposed to mention the test drives on the show, but somehow the conversation never took that path. I also had good intentions of mentioning the winery, but alas, that didn't happen either.

I Remember When I Lost My Mind

I made this video for the Mommy Madness website, but I'm not exactly sure how to get it to show up over there, and it's possible I am so technically challenged I can't even seem to properly email the IT guy to ask what I'm doing wrong over there. I do know how to post it over here, and so I will.

Becky steals the show much like Neil Patrick Harris steals the show on How I Met Your Mother.

Had the sunroof open today in that car, so awe-wait-for-it---some. =)

Have you test driven the Chevy Equinox or Traverse yet? What do you think? Did you get your free massage? Again, awesome. Totally off subject, but have you heard that new John Mayer song, "Who Says?" It's very Simon and Garfunkel-y. Awesome. (last one of the day, I promise.)

One last thing, can anyone recommend an inexpensive (read free) video editing software? I have this great idea for a video for the car, but need the video to be in fast forward.

Oh, maybe one more thing, Mike, I need you to talk to John about another video that I want to do to promote the car that he won't agree to. Tell him whatever it is, you won't laugh. =)

Are You Watching Dancing With the Stars?

Where else can you see Lance Bass quick step to a Cure song, and Kim Kardashian dance to Baby's Got Back?

That show is awesome.

2 Months Old Today

Her best Maggie Simpson impression

I guess not.

Anybody else

watching The Knights of Prosperity besides us?

Fantasy Survivor

So, Survivor is over. I, personally, wanted Ozzie to win, but he didn't. O'well. In the game of survivor, our fantasy survivor online game, the results are as follows.

Ronin: 3614
John: 2369
Elaine: 2263
Cori: 1816
Mike: 411 (he only answered 3 out of the 14 weeks, and he really only got 260, but I said I would give him the equivalent of my first weeks' points because I sent him to the wrong website)
Sara: 95 (she only got her picks in one week)

So, you can see John beat Cori and I. Cori was ahead, but then didn't get her last picks in. The real question is, who is "Ronin?" Whoever you are, please come forth, because you have schooled us all. How in the world did you get all those points?

Blogroll Update

As promised last week, here is the second part of my blogroll.

Sara Most of you know Sara as my friend from elementary school. She does not post very often, but her blog sure is cute.

Stuff on My Cat very funny stuff here, IMO.

Grey Matter is a blog from the writers of Grey's Anatomy. It's great to see their thoughts behind the scenes, and sometimes get some hints about what is upcoming.

Chocolate and Zucchini is a food blog written by a girl who is in France. Although I haven't made any of her recipes, each one sounds divine.

My Cat Hates You is a website/blog that, in their words, "proudly present you the largest collection of sour-faced, indignant felines on the Internet." I submitted a picture of Java last year, but they never used it. The captions under the pictures are equally as good as the pictures.

You Grow Girl is a website/blog featuring gardening. It's kept by a lady who wrote a book by the same name, and I bought that book for Amanda recently. Lots of great pictures and conversation about plants on the forum. I can hear John in the back of my head telling me, "you're such a nerd."

101 Cookbooks is also a food blog written by a girl who is also writing and publishing a cookbook. There is so much info an her blog, I'm not exactly sure I can explain it. If you're looking for something to make in the kitchen, you'll like this blog.

Little Jenny lives in Rochester, New York. She is very crafty, and takes great pictures. I linked to her pictures way back when I was trying to figure out your picture looking problems (which I'm not quite sure I ever fixed.) She is the next Martha Stewart. I particularly like her Projects Page, and all the cute little sidebar stuff, like what she is listening to, busy with, etc.

Coconut and Lime is one more food blog. I'm relatively new to this blog, but whoever writes for it has recipes I might actually make, which is encouraging.

If you're not watching

Dancing With The Stars, you are missing out. I think it's my favorite tv show right now. I could watch Emmit Smith do the waltz in a tux, and Mario Lopez dance the Tango all night long. I like the fact that they dance to pop songs. John doesn't like this aspect, but I kind of like the idea of dancing the cha cha to Michael Jackson's "Bad."

While we were in Germany, we realized that all the Germans ballroom dance. At the wedding, some of the guests gave the bride and groom presents that they had to work for. For example, someone gave Susanne and Dietmar a bowl of blue jello in a beach scene, with little beach chairs and beach balls, and stuck in the jello was a 50 euro bill. One of the games we played that had to do with a present included ballroom dancing. Random guests were given keys, some for girls and some for guys. I took a key, not knowing the game. John and Ron took keys also. Then Susanne and Dietmar had to ask guests to dance, dance a few jigs, and then ask for a key. Then they took the key and tried to open a box that held money. It was mayhem. Susanne and Dietmar politely acted like they wanted to dance with their partner, waiting a small amount of time and then rushing to the box to use their new key, and then the whole room laughed when the key didn't work. Once I learned I was going to have to ballroom dance to participate, I gave my key to Susanne's sister in law, Heike. She ended up having the right key to open the box. It was a lot of fun, but kind of sad to watch all the Germans dance on the dance floor and not be able to participate. Susanne parents, young and old alike all out there doing the foxtrot or whatever. The band they hired tried to play a few America songs for us, and the only one I can remember was Rocky Mountain High. We did what they expected and got out on the floor and tried to dance. The young Germans tried to free style dance, and they kept looking at us, and we were trying (I don't know what Ron and John were doing) to look like we knew how to dance to Rocky Mountain High. Should have videotaped that.

I think my mom would have liked Dancing With The Stars. She loved all the old musicals, and we watched a lot of Solid Gold together. Good times.

The Tribe Has Spoken

Another chance to play Fantasy Survivor...

If you watch the show, log on and play along with us week after week. Our team name is The Mooney's and our password is tabasco. You have to do it today, because the season starts tonight.



UPDATE: Minor glitch in the link, sorry Mike. You can have the same amount of points I get this week, if you want to register and play now.