Winter Cold, Dawgs, and Dogs

I've made it this far through the cold season without being sick...and I think it's caught up with me. I'm not going to give in without a fight: I'm fighting back hard-core- chicken noodle soup, lots of water (OK, and coffee), lots of sleep, constant intake of Tylenol, and my favorite anti-flu, Occillococcinum. I get two bonus points if I spelled that right, too!! Its a homeopathic thing I heard about when I lived in Ann Arbor (it's all nature-lovin' stuff up there!) and I swear by it to stop a flu!

So, anyway, here I am in my p.j.'s on the bird couch, watching American Idol....I think if one more girl sings "Reflection" I might quit watching.
OK, that's a lie. I can't stop watching it.

And who else loves the guy with the 'fro who sang Kiss From a Rose?? Love him!! I'll vote for him.
OK, that's a lie too...I don't vote for that crap, it's not worth my cell phone battery.

And what's with the girl with the 6 feet of hair?! Oy. I'd like to cut that stuff right off and mail it to Locks of Love, ASAP!

Well, that's it for the AI review.... If my laptop could handle it, I'd load some photos in here, but it can't, so I won't.

Oh, and another thing: I saw a dog the other day that looked like Cissi....her owner said "she's a Chug- it's a designer dog, a hybrid of a Chihuahua and a Pug".

Designer?
Hybrid???

That's funny....I call mine a Pughuahua.

Obsession

I own 20 pairs of boots.

Nothing to blog about

It's another chilly January day in Ohio. We woke up to SNOW this morning: first snowy day of the season, hopefully the last. I'm already looking forward to spring... we're planning a spring break vacation ,with the in-laws; sounds like we'll be travelling to Savannah and Charleston. I'm excited! I've been to both, but only driving through. So that's another thing to look forward to, and hope that winter goes away quickly.
Although, in the mean-time, I do have a nice new fur-lined vest to keep me warm. Cissi has a puffy vest as well...I should get a picture of her in it on here.
Stay warm, everyone!

Monkey see, Monkey do.

I woke up to a National Geographic special about gorillas this morning. I think I might like to have a pet monkey. I'm still working out logistics of it all...can you take a monkey to Panera for lunch? Or to the mall? I mean, if you can take your dog to the mall (and around here you can!), why not a monkey?

And think about this: you could take a monkey on a walk, but save money on a leash, because it would just hold your hand, or ride on your shoulder.

You can dress a monkey up, and buy it new clothes. And with no hassle of putting money away for a college fund, there's more money for monkey clothes!

A monkey is smart, and you can communicate with it via sign language, yet still kennel it when you want to go on vacation. (unless you're going to the jungle, in which case, it's just common courtesy to take your monkey along. Or a banana factory.)

Monkeys eat anything, so no trips to PetSmart for monkey food. Just pick up an extra head of lettuce at Kroger and the monkey's good to go!

If we start running low on cash, we could always train a monkey to work a street fair juggling plastic bowling pins or something.

No day care needed: We'd just turn the spare room into a jungle gym and tile the walls, and we're good to go.

Heck, we could probably even train a monkey to let Cissi out at night!!!

And if we had a monkey, I'd definitely buy Joe a yellow hat.

Do the Time Warp

So, in Dayton every year, they have this thing called the Time Warp Prom. It's basically prom for the 25 and over crowd- (I've also heard it called "second chance prom").
One of our friends at work has wanted to go to this as long as I've known her, and we've always put it off. This year, the "prom" falls on the Saturday of her birthday, and all she wants for her birthday is to go to the dance, so we're going to take her.

There's about 8 or 10 of us girls who will be going together...complete with updo's and a limo, and a prom queen tiara for the birthday girl. It's not until April, but we just found out the date this week, so it's on my mind. Plus, I've got to find the perfect prom dress!!

I've been looking on eBay and have found a few potential dresses, but most are over my $20 budget. Plus, all the dresses in the 'vintage' section that I like have a 22 inch waist. What's that!?? Who wears that???? I think I'll have to cruise through the local goodwill formal section. Here's what I've found so far, for shopping inspiration:

bleach!

I spent my Sunday cleaning...deep cleaning both bathrooms. Not fun, but they're all nice and sparkly-clean now and they stink like bleach. Mmmmm....clean. :)

Holidays, Part One

Here are some holiday photos; Part Two is below this post.




This is what happens when you tell Rylee to "SMILE!"

















Awww...someone give this guy a grandkid! (Just kidding!!!!) Maybe a puppy though...what? No?? hahaha
















Joe got out of his sick-bed for some family photos.
(This is what happens when you tell Jeremy "SMILE!")

















These are the "real" LaValleys.

Holiday Parties, Part Two

Salon Christmas party (can you find the 5 hairstylists mixed in with all the receptionists???)
















Joe and I; Christmas at the lake

















Jenna, coming down off an easy-bake oven high.

















Nancy thinks it's a b.b. gun!

















Jake, playing "Where's Waldo?"

Call me Joan Rivers: Harsh critiques of last night's "entertainment"

So it's 2007 already! How did everyone say goodbye to 2006? Joe and I went out to dinner with mom, dad, and Grandma- good food, good company, good time! Then the 2 of us watched movies at home and watched the ball drop, and Dick Clark's Rockin'New Years Eve.
I just ate my yummy leftover prime rib from last night for lunch ,and watched yet another movie this morning. I think I'm catching up on a years' worth of DVDs this holiday season!
A few Rockin' Eve thoughts, for those of you who watched it:

1. Why don't they get better talent for the Times Square deal?
2. Dick Clark just made me sad. His wife was even sadder! (She makes me sing "greeeen acres!" Girl needs to tone it down a little.)
3. If *I* was going to "perform" on tv, on a major holiday show, I would probably practice my lip-sync skillz first. Rhianna sucks.
4.Yay to Natasha Bedingfield for actually singing, and singing well, at that!
5. Joe thinks Fergie looked pregnant. I said she probably just ate too many cookies.
6. What's with that Latin pop group?! It's as if the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys collaborated, in Spanish! Pathetic. Yet, oddly catchy tunes....
7. WHY is Meatloaf allowed to still perform in public? Who likes him? To his credit he DID sing. He's one who should have lip-synced (lip-sanc? sync'd?) Anyway, the man can't sing on key to save his life, and he needs to back away from Punky Brewster, or whoever that girl was who was singing with him. He's got to be 3 times her age! He kept getting up in her face. Dirty old man... He makes Ryan Secrest and his fake teeth look good.

Other random thoughts:
.Google is too cute, they made the 'oogl' of google look like 2007. Awwww.....
.For anyone who thinks the Michigan mitten-map is funny, check out my friend Aaron's blog to see a funny, pitiful holiday card. www.webbweweave.blogspot.com
.I can't wait for good tv (new episodes)to come back! I'm in serious Grey's Anatomy withdrawal. Seriously. (heheheh)
.I wish I knew how to make my blogger font different colors. That would be cool.
.I am in serious need of a scrapbook day!!! Any takers?? I'll host...I promise to have heat this time! =)
.I didn't make a New Year's Resolution. Last year I resolved to learn to like shrimp, and I think I did fairly well. I can't eat it cold, but I can do grilled/seasoned shrimp.
.I'm off to check out some new songs on iTunes, and then watch more movies!!
.Happy 2007!