That damn vehicle of mine crapped out again on the way home from Thanksgiving, making what should have been a 7.5 hour drive an actual 30 hour adventure.... with a tow truck, hotel room, Uhaul truck, tow dolly and SEVERE NERVES included.
And that's not even getting into the fact that I was convinced we were going to die a certain horror movie death while stranded on the side of the road in Hillybillyville, Nowhere. You know how your mind can go wild when it's put in a situation like that? Well, the images running through my mind were a mix of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Deliverance.
NOT PRETTY.
But we lived. Thank God that tow truck driver showed up when he did. I'm pretty sure the fifth circle by Wilbur and his friends wasn't going to be pretty.
ANYWAY, I'm done.
If we pray really hard, then maybe her current problems will be fixed under the warranty. Then I'm trading her in for something else... just as quickly as I can drive her to a dealership.
Aside from that, Thanksgiving was great. Yummy food, family love and lots of hanging by the fire.
Okay, so the movie was SOFA KING AWESOME. (remember that SNL sketch? one of my faves - and so clever!)
Seriously, it was SO much better than Twilight. Which isn't really saying all that much because, though I love Twilight and watch it often, it was really kind of a cheeseball movie. (buttcrack santa? spider monkey? DUMB) Anyway, New Moon had nowhere to go but up.... and up it went!
I don't want to ruin anything, but it was AWE-SOME.
Mini Edward DID make an appearance at the Twilight viewing party on Thursday.
Edible art, foxy?
"Your mood swings are giving me whiplash" caused him to dive headfirst into the fruit.
Poor Edward. He's so emotional. I had to assure him I was only quoting dumb Bella and didn't feel like that for real.
We all needed wine after that little scene.
And red velvet cake.
Then we went - the next afternoon - and enjoyed New Moon. And of course, he came along with us. We ordered him a nice blood bag to sip on.
And then we oooooo-ed and aaaaaah-ed for the next two hours. Thanks to my girls - Joy, Jan, Trina & Heather - who also let their inner teenage fangirl out to play that day.
Because I'm so hyped up about New Moon today - and Twilight-related stuff is all I can think about right now - I want to share this Twilight spoof with you.
It freaking cracks me up. If only SNL were still this funny.
What a COMPLETE WHIRLWIND yesterday was! Dude. I totally felt like a ROCKSTAR. Like I was rockin the drum solo and 400 people were cheering me on.
Really, that's how I felt. It was seriously AWESOME.
And, no pressure or anything, but I've got 36 new followers!! (yikes!) Thanks for drinking the koolaid, ya'll. Just so you know, I'm imagining everyone naked to help calm my nerves. Hope you don't mind.
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Okay, so I just finished reading the biography of Chris Farley and I really, really enjoyed it. He is described - by everyone - as being the most caring, funny, genuine guy they've ever known. He loved to make people laugh, but internally, he struggled and continually fought his own demons.
What I thought was interesting was that he was described, by all of his co-stars, as being the funniest guy in the room. Comedians are known for being crazy competitive - especially on Saturday Night Live - but no one even tried to compete with him because 1) he enjoyed building everyone else up and 2) he always stole the show anyway.
Remember the SNL skit called The Chris Farley Show? Well, everyone said that's how Chris was in real life - kinda shy and always curious. When I read that, I refreshed my memory with a video.
And, of course, I'll share his funniest character: Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker, "...in a van down by the river"
He was a freakin riot. And so strong there for a while. He had a full three-year-period (during which Tommy Boy was filmed) when he was completely sober and making great strides in his career. It was absolutely the highlight of his short life.
Man, such a tragic loss.
Anyway, I definitely recommend the book. It was a quick, super enjoyable read - told in alternating stories by the people who were closest to him. All the SNL cast from the late 80s/early 90s were in there telling the funniest stories I've ever read.
Check it. You won't regret it.
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Tonight starts the party that is NEW MOON. I've got my Team Edward shirt ready, I'm having Italiana tonight (Is she even Italian? Her name's Bella, isn't it?) and watching Twilight with the girls (where mini-Edward might make an appearance), then we're off to see the movie at noon-ish tomorrow.
Well, hello everyone! I can't believe my SITS day is FINALLY HERE and I'm so excited, I can hardly sit still!
I feel a little bit like Steve Martin in The Jerk, "The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here! I'm somebody now! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. Things are going to start happening to me now."
But I'm not actually in print. I'm online. But whatever.
If you don't know, the Secret in the Sauce is a community of bloggers that supports each other through lots and lots AND LOTS of comment love. And it is a wonderful thing, I tell ya. I am definitely rich in my family, friends AND MY SITSTAS!!
Anyway, that's us and this is our little corner of the blogworld: The Fox Den.It’s just me, my hubby and our two foxy dogs.Around here, you’re never really sure what you’re gonna get - I just kinda blog about our life as it happens.So, without further ado, here are my three posts:
A little more about me, if you're interested: I freaking LOVE to make stuff (obviously). I grew up in the 80s and still love it with all my heart... the movies, the music, the big hair(okay, that last one maybe not so much). I have threefictionalvampireboyfriends and I can't believe that I'm 2 DAYS AWAY from seeing New Moon!! I love both Survivor and So You Think You Can Dance and occasionally blog about them. I might get on my soapbox or do a product review (not really) from time to time, but usually I just write about our life. We just completed our first half-marathon last weekend, but don't let that fool you into thinking we're all healthy and in shape! We can scarf down Mexican food like it's nobody's business!!
I think that's about it. Thanks for coming over and I look forward to seeing you again soon!!
The Rock 'n Roll half marathon TRIED to have its way with us, but we ended up making it through to the finish line relatively unscathed.
It was about 95% humidity and fairly overcast that morning, which means that the conditions weren't ideal. Okay, they were downright SUCKY. We'd heard that people were dropping like flies and we actually passed several people on our route that were on the ground and being attended to by medical. Our experienced marathon friend (he's completed 7 so far) sadly had to call it quits around mile 20. He was trying to push through the pain, like he ususally does, but decided it just wasn't worth it when he watched the guy in front of him collapse. He surely didn't want to experience the same fate, so I'm glad he knew when he'd had enough.
Lucky for us, our friend Monica came to follow us along the route and cheer us on. She also got some excellent photos. Thanks soooo much, Mona... I can't tell you how much it pumped us up to see you on the sidelines!!!
Here we are, ready to TACKLE THE FREAKING WORLD.
This is around mile 5. We're feeling good and still actually running.
Rounding the corner to the end. We're fighting through the very prevalent pain and looking for the finish. "Start running - she's taking photos again!"
Drinking our free beer and wearing the finisher's medal with pride!!
When we rounded the last corner and finally had the finish line in sight, we started jogging again. In my peripheral, I could tell that Jason was starting to speed up and I'm thinking, man, he's going for it... so will I! So I speed up too. Then he starts going faster, so I go faster. Then I realize - this beyotch is racing me to the end! The next thing you know, we're both SPRINTING to the finish line. (I was running so fast and my legs were so jelly-like, I'm surprised that I didn't fall - thank you sweet baby Jesus!) And he crossed the finish line just a HAIR in front of me.
Butthole.
There may be more races in my future, but for right now, I'm just going to bask in the finisher's glow. I'm glowing, aren't I? Oh yeah, baby, I AM.
And I'm here to tell ya that he is the most cunning Survivor player I've ever seen play this game. I cannot believe he found the SECOND immunity idol yesterday with absolutely NO CLUE. Dude is in serious survival mode and it's working for him.
I only wish, though, that I could find a screenshot of Dave, Monica & Laura's faces during tribal last night when he played the idol. The look of disbelief on their faces was PRICELESS.
And sweet southern belle Natalie taking down the rat because she's freaking starving? AWESOME. Of course, here, it would just be psychotic. But out there? Necessary. She's starving, people.
This is by far one of the best Survivor seasons I've seen in a while... and I think it's all thanks to dear ole Russ. I'm behind him all the way now - and hope that he can continue to stay one step ahead of them.
I'm a crafty chic living in the south. I'm married to my best friend and we have two chi's that are our babies. I'm glad you stopped by and hope you're moved to the point of leavin' some love. Now sit back, grab a drink and enjoy...
