I seriously love The Office. I don't know if anyone knows that so I figured I'd just throw it out there. Jim and Pam warm my soul. : )
Just checking in to say I'm outta here! Heading to Tennessee tomorrow for a few days of vacation in the Smoky Mountains. We have rented a cabin, have maps and detailed instructions from my parents who were just there last week, and have many many car snacks (my favorites- Combos, Corn Pops, and strawberry Gushers). We are leaving right after work tomorrow in our rented mini-van and will be in the Gatlinburg area through Tuesday. I'm excited, but frightened of the cold weather I'm about to face. I have lots of sweaters, a peacoat, and ski gloves (the only thing that keeps my fingers from going completely numb in temperatures below 65).
After the drive back to O-town on Tuesday, I will be heading down to good old Cooper City for T-giving, then back up to work on Friday. I am going to be VERY tired of the car!
So Happy Thanksgiving to everyone since I probably won't be posting before then. Here's a little piece of video I give thanks for, taken at the New Kids On The Block concert a few weeks ago...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Still Hangin' Tough...
I am so tired!!! I had a ridiculous weekend.
Friday we went to downtown Orlando to celebrate a friend's birthday, and of course it was Halloween so it was insane. I couldn't believe how packed it was. I am usually not a fan of downtown, but we went a little earlier and left by midnight before the real insanity started. And it was really entertaining to see all the creative costumes. Plus I got to meet our new President and First Lady!
Saturday we had a scavenger hunt at Disney for Bethany's birthday, which was fun. We were on three teams of 3, and had a long list of items to get and pictures to take. It ranged anywhere from a picture with an Asian family to mullet and fanny pack pictures. Most of us are pretty competitive, so we were pretty serious about getting as many points as possible. In the end, my Green Team won. Hooray! Some of our winning photos- us eating a turkey leg, at the Singin' In the Rain umbrella, and with our Dirty Sanchez moustaches!
Saturday night was the annual Halloween party we go to with lots of old friends from when we worked at the Movie Ride. We were the Spice Girls, and definitely were a big hit. You'll notice how hot our Sporty Spice was...
That's me as Posh and my friend Ozzy Osbourne, aka Hatch who throws the party.
Sunday was the New Kids On The Block concert in Tampa, which was fantastic!!! I became 11 years old again and went crazy along with the entire crowd. It was a great show, and we are already trying to find some way to see them again before their tour ends. Tickets in Mexico are only 1400 pesos! ; )
Friday we went to downtown Orlando to celebrate a friend's birthday, and of course it was Halloween so it was insane. I couldn't believe how packed it was. I am usually not a fan of downtown, but we went a little earlier and left by midnight before the real insanity started. And it was really entertaining to see all the creative costumes. Plus I got to meet our new President and First Lady!
Saturday we had a scavenger hunt at Disney for Bethany's birthday, which was fun. We were on three teams of 3, and had a long list of items to get and pictures to take. It ranged anywhere from a picture with an Asian family to mullet and fanny pack pictures. Most of us are pretty competitive, so we were pretty serious about getting as many points as possible. In the end, my Green Team won. Hooray! Some of our winning photos- us eating a turkey leg, at the Singin' In the Rain umbrella, and with our Dirty Sanchez moustaches!
Saturday night was the annual Halloween party we go to with lots of old friends from when we worked at the Movie Ride. We were the Spice Girls, and definitely were a big hit. You'll notice how hot our Sporty Spice was...
That's me as Posh and my friend Ozzy Osbourne, aka Hatch who throws the party.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Happy almost Halloween!
I enjoy Halloween. Fun costumes, lots of candy...what's not to like? I feel like this Halloween has been a special expanded edition. I went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party a few weeks ago, so I got a good dose of fun there (and lots of free candy and cute kids in costume). Then we had our little Halloween Hive, which was super cute. At work, we are having our cast decorate Halloween bags to fill with candy, so I made one to put up also. It's the "Most Scary Halloween Bag Ever," and I cut out pictures of Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson's mug shot, Tom Cruise jumping on a couch, bald Britney Spears with an umbrella, Paris Hilton, and a few others to put on my bag. Pretty scary, huh?
Next weekend is my annual Halloween party that I go to. This year's theme is British, so my friends and I are going as the Spice Girls. The best parts of our group are that as Scary Spice, Bethany gets to go in black face, and that our Sporty Spice is my friend Clint, who will wear his beard and possibly a cut-off shirt to reveal his hairy chest. It will be great, I'm sure. I'll post pics afterward!
Also next weekend, I get to see the New Kids On The Block in Tampa!!! Hooray!!!!
I babysat my nephews last night while my bro and sis-in-law were at a wedding. I don't need to tell you guys this, but babies are exhausting! Blake went to sleep fine, but Colby (4.5 months now) was wide awake and not interested in going to sleep. Had a few bouts of screaming, but I covered all the bases (diaper change, hunger, gas) and finally got him to sleep. Just a few hours of that was plenty. I don't know how you guys do it!!! I guess it all pays off when you get to see them smile and laugh and watch them grow up. This is a recent pic of Colby and Blake all decked out in their Halloween garb...
Next weekend is my annual Halloween party that I go to. This year's theme is British, so my friends and I are going as the Spice Girls. The best parts of our group are that as Scary Spice, Bethany gets to go in black face, and that our Sporty Spice is my friend Clint, who will wear his beard and possibly a cut-off shirt to reveal his hairy chest. It will be great, I'm sure. I'll post pics afterward!
Also next weekend, I get to see the New Kids On The Block in Tampa!!! Hooray!!!!
I babysat my nephews last night while my bro and sis-in-law were at a wedding. I don't need to tell you guys this, but babies are exhausting! Blake went to sleep fine, but Colby (4.5 months now) was wide awake and not interested in going to sleep. Had a few bouts of screaming, but I covered all the bases (diaper change, hunger, gas) and finally got him to sleep. Just a few hours of that was plenty. I don't know how you guys do it!!! I guess it all pays off when you get to see them smile and laugh and watch them grow up. This is a recent pic of Colby and Blake all decked out in their Halloween garb...
Monday, September 29, 2008
Mish Mosh
Let's start with Thursday, when The Office returned to television...hurrah!!! It was a great episode filled with very funny moments. I love that Dwight and Angela are having a warehouse affair, that Phyllis knows about it and so is now the head of the Party Planning Committee, that Creed sold Kelly a fake tapeworm, Holly almost confessing that she thought Kevin was retarded, and of course the PB&J proposal! Such a glorious show. I need to find my own Jim Halpert!!!
Friday I went to see Nick Swardson do stand-up at Hard Rock Live. He was hilarious.
For those of you who don't know him, he's got a regular bit part on Reno 911 as Terry, the gay prostitute on roller skates (don't you want to watch the show now if you didn't?!?). He's a friend of Adam Sandler, so ends up in his movies a lot. He was a creepy funny stalker in Blades of Glory and a guy scared of the sun in The Benchwarmers. He talked a bit about Grandma's Boy, which is a stoner movie he was in, which I actually thought was pretty stupid. But otherwise, he was great.
Saturday we went to pay our final respects to Pleasure Island, since it was it's last night of existence.
It was the busiest I have ever seen it, and a few clubs were already at capacity when we got there just after 9pm. We ended up spending our evening in Motion, drinking and dancing the night away. I tried to be as good as possible since I knew I'd see at least a few of my cast members and probably most of my upper management from Downtown Disney wandering around the place. I did an alright job. I didn't get super drunk or do anything to endanger my job, so I would call that a success! I reminisced about all the great times I've had at Pleasure Island and it made me sad that it was going away, but if it's not making money I get it. There are other places to get my groove on, which I will certainly do!
Friday I went to see Nick Swardson do stand-up at Hard Rock Live. He was hilarious.
For those of you who don't know him, he's got a regular bit part on Reno 911 as Terry, the gay prostitute on roller skates (don't you want to watch the show now if you didn't?!?). He's a friend of Adam Sandler, so ends up in his movies a lot. He was a creepy funny stalker in Blades of Glory and a guy scared of the sun in The Benchwarmers. He talked a bit about Grandma's Boy, which is a stoner movie he was in, which I actually thought was pretty stupid. But otherwise, he was great.
Saturday we went to pay our final respects to Pleasure Island, since it was it's last night of existence.
It was the busiest I have ever seen it, and a few clubs were already at capacity when we got there just after 9pm. We ended up spending our evening in Motion, drinking and dancing the night away. I tried to be as good as possible since I knew I'd see at least a few of my cast members and probably most of my upper management from Downtown Disney wandering around the place. I did an alright job. I didn't get super drunk or do anything to endanger my job, so I would call that a success! I reminisced about all the great times I've had at Pleasure Island and it made me sad that it was going away, but if it's not making money I get it. There are other places to get my groove on, which I will certainly do!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Tick Tock
Wasting time as I watch the mostly lame Emmys (except for all the wins for 30 Rock and Jon Stewart!)...
Your real name: Megan
Gansta name (1st three letters of your real name plus izzle, favorite ice cream & Fav type of shoe): Megizzle Vanilla Cinnamon Flipflop
Native American name (fav color, fav animal): Green Dog
NASCAR name (1st names of grandfathers): George Everett
Dancer Name (Fav perfume/scent, fav candy): M Take Five
Soap Opera name (middle name, street you live on): Christine OspreyNest
Star Wars name (1st 3 letters of middle name, 1st 2 letters of first name): Chrme
TV Weather/Anchor name (5th grade teacher's last name, major city that starts with same letter): Becker Barcelona
Spy name (fav season, fav flower): Winter Sunflower
Cartoon name (Fav fruit, article of clothing you are wearing now): Strawberry Capri
Hippie name (what you ate for breakfast, fav tree): Banana Palm
Super Hero name (2nd fav color, fav drink): Purple DC
Witness protection name (parent's middle names): Joan David
Goth name (black, name of one of your pets): Black Rusty
Movie Star name (1st pet's name, 1st street name): Granola Fifteen
Rock Star name (first pet, current car): Granola Saturn
See, wasn't that fun? You should do it, too. You know, if you have time to waste. : )
Your real name: Megan
Gansta name (1st three letters of your real name plus izzle, favorite ice cream & Fav type of shoe): Megizzle Vanilla Cinnamon Flipflop
Native American name (fav color, fav animal): Green Dog
NASCAR name (1st names of grandfathers): George Everett
Dancer Name (Fav perfume/scent, fav candy): M Take Five
Soap Opera name (middle name, street you live on): Christine OspreyNest
Star Wars name (1st 3 letters of middle name, 1st 2 letters of first name): Chrme
TV Weather/Anchor name (5th grade teacher's last name, major city that starts with same letter): Becker Barcelona
Spy name (fav season, fav flower): Winter Sunflower
Cartoon name (Fav fruit, article of clothing you are wearing now): Strawberry Capri
Hippie name (what you ate for breakfast, fav tree): Banana Palm
Super Hero name (2nd fav color, fav drink): Purple DC
Witness protection name (parent's middle names): Joan David
Goth name (black, name of one of your pets): Black Rusty
Movie Star name (1st pet's name, 1st street name): Granola Fifteen
Rock Star name (first pet, current car): Granola Saturn
See, wasn't that fun? You should do it, too. You know, if you have time to waste. : )
Thursday, September 18, 2008
J&K+8
I saw that Angelle mentioned in a post about watching Jon and Kate plus 8, and I was thinking the other day about posting about it. This show is crazy!!! I can't imagine staying sane with twin 6-year olds and SIX 3-year olds. The show is mesmerizing just to see how they function in a normal day.
I saw an old episode last night of when they took a trip to Disney, and it was amazing. Knowing what goes into setting things up for these filmings in the parks, I imagine those kids were super cranky. They did get to walk right on to every ride since they had Disney people with them everywhere, but still. Just potty breaks alone must take up half their day! I imagined our upcoming trip to Disney as being probably a bit like this episode. We may even rival them in number of children in our Hive group! Should be interesting...
So, my life is boring which is why I blog about TV. New shows start next week, although I at least have had 90210 and Gossip Girl for a few weeks now. I don't know if anyone else is as tween-ish as me, but those shows are like crack. Not so much 90210 for me...I don't think the new version is that great so far, but I'm giving it a shot.
Anyway, I am doing fun things besides TV. I went out drinking and dancing downtown last weekend, which was fun except for not getting hit on. : ) I am going to see Nick Swardson at Hard Rock Live next week, then Joel McHale the next week, then Hive the following week...lots of fun coming up!!!
I saw an old episode last night of when they took a trip to Disney, and it was amazing. Knowing what goes into setting things up for these filmings in the parks, I imagine those kids were super cranky. They did get to walk right on to every ride since they had Disney people with them everywhere, but still. Just potty breaks alone must take up half their day! I imagined our upcoming trip to Disney as being probably a bit like this episode. We may even rival them in number of children in our Hive group! Should be interesting...
So, my life is boring which is why I blog about TV. New shows start next week, although I at least have had 90210 and Gossip Girl for a few weeks now. I don't know if anyone else is as tween-ish as me, but those shows are like crack. Not so much 90210 for me...I don't think the new version is that great so far, but I'm giving it a shot.
Anyway, I am doing fun things besides TV. I went out drinking and dancing downtown last weekend, which was fun except for not getting hit on. : ) I am going to see Nick Swardson at Hard Rock Live next week, then Joel McHale the next week, then Hive the following week...lots of fun coming up!!!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Shred It
I keep reading all of these blogs about you dedicated people competing to lose weight, and I must say that I am impressed. I was on a good schedule of going to the gym 3 days a week, then I got a cold that lingered for about three weeks, which pushed me right out of my gym rhythm. But now I'm feeling better, so it's time to get back into the groove. Thanks for the inspiration!
I bought a workout video a while back called 30 Day Shred, by Jillian Michaels. I don't watch The Biggest Loser, but I guess she's one of the trainers. It's a great video because it's only a 20 minute workout, but really works everything. It uses the circuit method with 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio, then 1 minute of abs. Plus, there are three levels, so once you get good at level one, you can move up to level two and it's a whole new challenging workout. I've done it sporadically since I bought it, and finally did level two yesterday, and I am sore today! Anyway, if you are looking for a great quick workout, I highly recommend it.
On another note, I'm so glad that Tropical Storm Fay is gone. Not only did I not get a day off from work, but it was ridiculously busy at DisneyQuest all week. Everyone wanted to do something indoors since the weather was so nasty. What I don't get is how the guests got so pissy about us being busy, as though nobody would think to come inside. Oh well. Thankfully it's getting to a slower time of year! Here's one good thing that came of T.S. Fay - a great gathering at my place. Since my roomies are teachers and they had the day off, we invited another teacher friend Clint over and drank hurricanes and did makeovers. We all looked super glamorous. Check out the results:
I know you're jealous of our hot looks. You'll see them all over the runway in Milan this fall I'm sure. Let me know if you need any tips!
I bought a workout video a while back called 30 Day Shred, by Jillian Michaels. I don't watch The Biggest Loser, but I guess she's one of the trainers. It's a great video because it's only a 20 minute workout, but really works everything. It uses the circuit method with 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio, then 1 minute of abs. Plus, there are three levels, so once you get good at level one, you can move up to level two and it's a whole new challenging workout. I've done it sporadically since I bought it, and finally did level two yesterday, and I am sore today! Anyway, if you are looking for a great quick workout, I highly recommend it.
On another note, I'm so glad that Tropical Storm Fay is gone. Not only did I not get a day off from work, but it was ridiculously busy at DisneyQuest all week. Everyone wanted to do something indoors since the weather was so nasty. What I don't get is how the guests got so pissy about us being busy, as though nobody would think to come inside. Oh well. Thankfully it's getting to a slower time of year! Here's one good thing that came of T.S. Fay - a great gathering at my place. Since my roomies are teachers and they had the day off, we invited another teacher friend Clint over and drank hurricanes and did makeovers. We all looked super glamorous. Check out the results:
I know you're jealous of our hot looks. You'll see them all over the runway in Milan this fall I'm sure. Let me know if you need any tips!
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