Kiss Her...Kiss Her Good

Let me start by saying Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful moms I know. It's great to be able to keep up with your families by reading your blogs. I've learned so much from you all, I feel like you are all preparing me for the eventual day that I become a mom. You're all excellent role models because you are all AMAZING moms. Hope you all got mad props today. : )
I spent my Mother's Day taking a trip to the gym and then to see Iron Man. I wasn't really pumped to see the movie since I knew nothing of the Iron Man character, but the reviews have all been so positive, I gave it a shot. It turned out to be really good! Robert Downey Jr was great, as was Gwenyth Paltrow. Overall a very entertaining movie that I would recommend to any of you that get a chance to see it. I have also recently seen Baby Mama and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which are both quite good as well. I'm a fan of both Tina Fey and Amy Poehler...30 Rock is hysterical, and Amy was awesome in Blades of Glory. And Forgetting Sarah Marshall was actually more of a cute story than I expected. I pretty much will see anything that Judd Apatow creates, since he appeals to the 13-year old boy side of me. Plus Kristen Bell is in it, and she is Veronica Mars! One of the greatest shows ever to be cancelled!
Speaking of great shows, I'm sad that The Office finale is already this week. At least it's an hour episode. Will Jim really pop the question? I've loved his fake-outs the last few episodes. This past week's episode wasn't my favorite of the season, but I enjoyed Andy's nasty blistered hands and Michael's ridiculous speech at the job fair. And of course, when Jim and Pam had their major makeout and Michael had to creep it out by staring at them and stating "Kiss her...kiss her good." So awkward! I love it!

Sickness and Turkey (totally unrelated)

Being sick is lame. It started with a nasty, hacking cough..sounded like I had a smoking addiction. That went on for about 10 days before it got worse two days ago. That's when my throat and glands started swelling up and I was super fatigued. I finally opted to go to the doctor yesterday to find out I have bronchitis. Fabulous. But I feel so much better since yesterdays drugs began. They gave me the wonderful Z-pack to get rid of the infection, and it is already working wonders. I may actually be able to stay awake longer than a few hours today. Yay for drugs!

So with all of Mike's lists, I felt inspired to make one of my own. I thought, what do I know a lot about and can make a good list of? Then I knew...

5 Best Turkey Sandwiches-

1. Publix deli made w/Boar's Head - they are fresh, delicious, and just how you want it
2. my own creation at home - Boar's Head ovengold turkey, sharp cheddar cheese, rye bread
3. Earl of Sandwich - All American with no ranch, no cranberries
4. Quizno's - mmm, toasty
5. Subway - their bread makes it good, I enjoy Honey Oat

So there it is...off the top of my head. I have had many, many turkey sandwiches in my life, so I'm sure I'm forgetting some. I just love turkey!!!

Another Baby That's Not Mine...

Sorry it's taken me a few days to get this info up...I know you were all on the edge of your seats when I was on Baby Watch this weekend! I spent Saturday night at the hospital, hoping my friend Aida would have her baby. One nurse promised she'd have it by midnight, so we were getting excited. Then midnight came and went without much change. Three other women on the floor had gone into labor, so the staff was busy and didn't want to push Aida along any faster.
Got a call from Aida's husband Mike around 7am that they were finally going to start pushing. After three hours of pushing, they decided to do a C-section. I can imagine how pissed Aida was, since she'd stated earlier in the night that she wanted them to just cut that thing out already! So Natalie Victoria was finally born on Sunday, April 20 around 1pm. She weighed in at 8 lbs and 20 inches long. Here's a pic I took on Monday before she started hysterically crying...
She's a beautiful baby and mommy's doing great. They took her home yesterday and are getting used to their new life without sleep. Aida says that Natalie is a nocturnal baby, so they are having fun with that. Thanks to all of you for checking in to see how things went. I wish I could have stuck around Melbourne for the beach...I love all the pics I've seen. I have so many favorites from Erica's site that I can't even pick...Halle's 'rockstar' picture, Mike and his girls, the pic of Ella in her white hoodie (looks like a pic that comes in the store-bought frames!) and especially the big pic of all the kids together on the beach- love it!!! It was great to see you all and I look forward to a more extended visit in October for Hive!

Mariah Mania!

I hope you're all prepared for Mariah Mania, because it's sweeping the nation. She was on Oprah yesterday looking quite lovely, and she will be the mentor on American Idol tonight and perform tomorrow night on the results show. I'm also jamming out to the new album, which came out today. It's great, but what did you expect me to say about it?
On another note, I am happy that shows are back on TV...I really do enjoy television. That doesn't make me lame that I like TV, it's just entertaining! Two to watch if you haven't: One, Eli Stone on ABC - great show! And many references to George Michael music, which is fun. And two, My Big Redneck Wedding on CMT. It's so trashy, but awesome to see what these people do at their weddings.
That's about it for me...my life is not really that exciting. I'm looking forward to visiting my peeps in Melbourne on Saturday!!!

The Big Apple!

Ahh, another vacation over and it's back to reality for me. Boo. This one went quick, but we did a lot in a short amount of time. This was my second time to NYC, so I am certainly no expert, but I recognized a lot of places so I had a pretty good sense of direction. We arrived Sunday morning and jumped right into it. We had booked one of those hop on/off bus tours to tour the city. I recommend it to anyone who goes for the first time- you see a lot and learn about everything you pass. And when you get off at one of the stops, there will be another bus in 15 minutes so you don't get stuck somewhere too long. We experienced Little Italy, Chinatown, and Ground Zero, which was tough for me. There's nothing really there, just the memorial being built behind fences, but we went into the church right in front of it, where many of the rescuers rested between shifts during the recovery effort. There were memorials and pictures inside the church, along with lots of tissues. I really can't handle it emotionally, the whole thing is so heartbreaking.

Onto happier things...our hotel was a block south of Central Park and about 5 blocks north of Times Square, so we were in a great location. We took a night tour of the city, which was beautiful. I got this cool pic from Brooklyn of the city skyline...it was tough since it was so dark, but I think it came out pretty good. (I mean, I'm no Erica...)
We did a Movie/TV Site Tour, which was really interesting. We went all around the city to see where famous movies and TV shows had been filmed, and then on the bus they showed us clips from the movies so we could put it all together. We took a pic on the steps of the Cosby's house, saw the Friends apartment building, and visited the rice pudding shop featured in a scene from the movie Hitch (yes, random...but it was a fun place that featured this funny sign...) Another sign in the shop read: "Eat as much as you want, you're already fat." It was awesome. Too bad I can't stand rice pudding.

We ate our fanciest meal at Tao, a trendy hot spot where we were hoping to spot celebrities. Unfortunately I found no celebs, but Mr. Adam Robbins did join us, so that was good enough for me. We did a lot of walking in the city, through Central Park, visited the Museum of Natural History, shopped at H&M (my favorite store!!!), walked some more, and ate at Serendipity and had delicious frozen hot chocolate.
Our last day was my favorite. It started out with a taping of the Maury show, which was so trashy but great. The topic was 'Out of Control Teens', so we got to do a lot of booing and groaning. Maury also had Harvey from Celebrity Fit Club on to yell at the kids, so that was pretty sweet too. From trash to class, we went to the theater and saw Mary Poppins, which I LOVED. I have now seen 3 Disney Broadway musicals, and this was definitely my favorite. It was so magical! So entertaining and well made- all the actors were amazing, all the songs were great, and I teared up quite a few times. I mean, freakin' Bert tap dances on the ceiling! That's magic!!!
Oh, and our hotel was a half a block away from the Carnegie Deli, so we sang about it every time we walked by, and eventually ate there. Here's a pic of the biggest turkey sandwich I have EVER gotten in my life (and there are two halves)...
Shout out to the jews: Guess who eats together at the Carnegie Deli? Bowser from ShaNaNa and Arthur Fonzerelli! (and me, a quarter-jew!)
A great vacation...I could never live in that city, though. It is way too fast-paced, I think I'd be stressed and in a hurry all the time. But I can't wait to go back and see more Broadway shows!

Nephew Pics

I don't have kids of my own to show off, so I will post some cute pics of my nephew Blake. He is 16 months old now, and will have a new little brother at the end of May/beginning of June!

Blake loves to smoosh his face against the sliding glass door. It is apparently hilarious!


Having fun at home...

and with me...

SNL anyone?

I don't know if anyone still watches Saturday Night Live...I know that it is not on my regular rotation of shows to watch anymore. This cast just doesn't do much for me. If it's a host I'm interested in, maybe. I think Justin Timberlake should host every week. He is frickin' funny! Just as I was thinking that nobody watches SNL anymore, it was on the cover of my new Entertainment Weekly that it's still the country's go-to source for political satire. Hmm. Well, okay. I prefer Jon Stewart, but whatever. If it means that you saw this weekend's SNL featuring the fabulous Mariah then it's all good! Mariah took over since Janet Jackson got the flu and canceled her appearance. MC was awesome and it got me all fired up for the new album, which is out April 15 (they keep changing the date and it's driving me crazy). So, uh...I'm excited for the album. I don't know if you can tell.
Never did hear back from Doug, so I decided to send him a text message since I was still pissed about him being such a jerk. My text said: 'Hope you become a man in the future and can actually tell a girl you're not interested instead of just ignoring her. Good luck.' I felt better after sending it, and he replied shortly after with: 'I know. Sorry.' Boys are so worthless!!!
Went out downtown last night, which was fun...we went to a club that was having ladies night, so I drank free until midnight, and they were playing all 80's and 90's music, mixed in with some current hits. It was awesome. We hit the McDonald's drive thru at 2am, and I had the best french fries ever. It's nice to have some fun nights out on the town with the ladies!