More Matt Damon

Today while hanging with my new baby boy, What it Takes did a half hour blurb on Matt Damon. Happy Days.

Go Cats

The family and I joined a couple of friends for a basketball game tonight. The Cats were down the whole time. Our two friends left early because the game was "over" - but you see, unless you are rushing to some major event you should ALWAYS stay until the end of the game. Down by 7 with 46 seconds to go, WSU came back and tied it and then won in overtime. It was exciting. It was fun. Lily yelled the whole time.

I love sports.

It's Getting Bad

So I am reading and re-reading Twilight and Midnight Sun. Now I read the scenes right next to each other.

I have friggin lost my mind. It hasn't been this bad since X-Files - for which I needed a 12 step program.

Twilight

So - I am completely lame. Completely lame. I am meeting a group of girlfriends for a late dinner at IHOP and then we're going to drool over Edward in Twilight. My husband says the reviews are bad. I said - SHUT UP. You may or may not know that I was a'lusting after Harry Potter. At least Edward isn't like 12.

Seriously. When will I stop behaving like a teenager?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

So I just settled in to watch Grey's Anatomy and my Tivo screwed up and taped some ridiculous Betty show. OH MY GOD!!! Grey's is my favorite little guilty little pleasure. I am SO sad and upset.

Arrested Development

My one friend's husband said we're Trekkies. And I think he's right. We, periodically, have theme parties. We've done a Harry Potter theme party, at which I was Ginny and Paul was Harry and Elizabeth was Lily. This time we did an Arrested Development party at which I was Maeby and Paul was Michael.

Last night I was watching a commercial for the newest Jim Carrey movie in which he makes fun of theme parties. Smile.

Day at the Pool

Here we are - my family visiting my Utah family at their pool. Don't we look like a movie star family set against this backdrop of blue??

Juno

Okay - I've been a parent for a year, so shoot me for not having seen this movie yet. But holy shit, this was a good flick. Jennifer Garner was so understated and Jason Bateman was fabulous and the theme that she didn't want a baby but couldn't kill something that had finger nails.

Excellent soundtrack!

The Bronx

For all my friends in Utah who think the whole state of New York looks like a Sex and the City episode (or Manhattan) - here's a photo of the Bronx. Notice - trees. We're driving on the Major Deagon Expressway through the Bronx.

Smile - wink Mr. Eris

I am Very Funny

So - last night a group of my close girlfriends (Eris is among them) and I got together to scrap (yes this is a verb - deal with it) and chat for close to 7 hours (we had a good time). In the middle of the evening - well, here's the play by play.

Noelle: ooh, spider
Duchess: AHHHHHHHH
Aubrey and Duchess move to vacate the premises from the big bad spider. Duchess proceeds to knock Aubrey down as she flies down the hall - reminiscent of the Seinfeld when George knocks over the old lady to get out of the burning house.
Eris, Michelle, Noelle: LOL LOL LOL
Eric (Noelle's hubby): um, is there a spider?
Michelle: Don't worry, I've killed him with your Birkenstock.
Duchess: What? Now all the spiders are going to kill me.
Duchess proceeds to glare dirty looks at Michelle every once in a while for the giant affront of using her shoe for killing the spider.

My Friends

Tonight my friends and I went to Sex and the City. It was fabulous! Then we went back for some good conversation - emulating the Sex and the City girls.

Here's how that went!

Tee Ball

Tonight I went to see a family member play tee ball - this is my Utah family I'm speaking of - and it was fun. Allie was fantastic! She basically played baseball like soccer and I can't say that her version of the rules didn't make the game much more dynamic and exciting to watch.

Of course Elizabeth was bitten by a bug of some sort so now I have to worry all night whether she'll die...but other than that, it was a great evening!!

Scrapbook Expo

Yes I scrap. It's a verb - deal with it. So I scrap. I have girlfriends who scrap. I went to the scrapbook expo in the South Towne Auto Mall. And just so you know, my friends got there at 5am and I got there at noon. I had fun. I bought some stuff with the small amount of cash I brought with me. It was great. It's my guilty pleasure that no one knows about...

Until channel 5 news at 4pm sat down to chat with my table about scrapbooking for the live shots...OH MY GOD...

BSG

Well BSG is back on. And I LOVE it, as much if not more than ever. But I am saying this officially, if Apollo is done and has left the show I will NOT watch another frakking minute.

Certification

I am now clear of all charges. I went to South Ogden, I paid the fees to take an online course and 30 minutes later I earned a 100 percent on a driving test.

Smile.

Cops

So, last week I was pulled over.

I was learning a short cut from a friend so I wasn't paying attention, seriously and literally. We were chatting, she was telling me where to go, blah blah blah. Here's the story.

The sirens go on. My friend says, Leah I think you are being pulled over. I say, I think you're right. I pull over. The cop says, ma'am do you know why I am pulling you over? I say, because my tags are expired? He says, I didn't even notice that, so no, I am pulling you over because you rolled a stop sign back there and you were doing 40 in a 25. I say, I didn't even see the stop sign so I'm pretty sure I didn't roll it, I bet I ran it. And, are you kidding, it's not 35 through here? He says, no. He continues that he'd been following me for 2 blocks with his lights on and I didn't notice him until he put on the sirens. I say, no kidding? Well, as you can tell I'm chatting with my friend and I'm not looking around or in my rearview. He says, do you have a good driving record. I say, yes, I've never gotten a ticket. Which is true, in Utah. He says, give me a minute. He goes back to his car. He comes back with an invitation to traffic school. If I go to traffic school, it's like I never got pulled over for the 2 (oh yeah, 3 things since I gave him the expired tags) citation opportunities. My friend says, you just missed like a $200 ticket. I say, no shit, I'm lucky.

Today my husband says, Leah, is this the cop that pulled you over. I say, yes it is. He says, look closer. I look, and there is a picture of me in the city newspaper getting pulled over by the cop, in a story about meth use. Just for the record, I am not a meth user, I don't even know what meth looks like. But there I am in all my minivan driving glory, getting pulled over.

I can't catch a break!

NCAA Championship

I came in second place in my bracket. I didn't win any money, but my friend gave me some cookies. I beat people who actually watch college basketball.

Pretty cool!!

Ladies Night

I played Guitar Hero tonight at ladies night. My friend's son helped me learn how to play and then I played some Danzig and Motley Crew. I was so rocking out!! I am very hip...is that the word?

Oh, and, welcome to the world, Numismatist...

I'm in Love

My mother-in-law sent a package a few weeks back. Now that I have figured out how you watch television when you have a baby, I have been sucked into the package. It is the Wire. A fabulous television show from HBO. I am so completely sucked in. I'm not sure that I will be able to talk to people who haven't watched the Wire soon. I think all I'll be able to talk about is the Wire.

Seriously, watch it. Watch it now.

Pizza

Thank the Lord! Tonight Paul and I discovered (FINALLY) a pizza place. And it tastes like pizza. PIZZA.

Now, these people here think they have Domino's or Papa John's is pizza. People think the crap you get in California is pizza. And some people think that yucky white stuff is pizza.

They are all wrong. Pizza is thin, huge, foldable, perfectly proportional cheese to sauce. Pizza is what people in New York make.

We discovered a place that had an owner who moved here from Manhattan. Thank God he moved here.

Pizza, pizza, pizza.