HOORAY fo Helio & Julianne!!! (And a tribute to Sabrina & Mark)

Ok, so another DWTS season has come to an end, and once again Julianne managed to get her star the mirrorball trophy! (Last season she and Apollo Anton Ono won) I'm so happy they won, as they were my faves, plus I was defintely not that big of a fan of MelB and Maks... and well, lets face it, there was no way Marie Osmond could/should have won... I'm sorry, I love her and all, but no... yes she's entertaining, yes she lost a ton of weight (hooray for her!), and yes she did amazingly well for a women her age, but no way was she as skilled as Helio and/or MelB. So yeah, HOORAY for Helio!!!

Now, as happy as I am for the champs, I do have a bone to pick. I'm STIIL really mad about a certain elimination that took place... yes, Sabrina and Mark. This is a classic example of one of DWTS flaws... eventually, it stops being about the dancing and it turns into a popularity contest.(um... like what happened with Marie making it all the way to the top?) Sabrina Bryan, in my opinion, could and SHOULD have made it to the finals! But of course, most of her fans are like what... 10? So yeah, that didn't help when it came to getting votes, and so she was eliminated 1/2 way through the competition. On 11/20 (during the semi-finals) she was invited back to dance as a guest (probably due to all the protests after she was voted off!) and performed with her new hunny-bun, Mark (awww!) to Avril Lavigne's "Complicated." I thought this dance showed just how much talent we missed out on. :(

Aaaand he's back!

Ben, that is. He's decided to start blogging again, so I've added him back to my links. I had previously given up on his blog since he hadn't posted since May, but the blogging bug must've bit him in the behind, and he's gotten into it again. This will still remain the "family blog" since I am fairly certain I will continue being the most consistent blogger of the two... I dare him to prove me wrong! Heehee...

Now that Thanksgiving Day is over...

Its time to put up Christmas stuff! Just thought I'd start by adding some Christmas cheer to our blog. I love this time of year, hooray!!!

You know your town is PODUNK when...

... the news channels can spend over 40 minutes covering "latebreaking news" entailing a fire in a building under contruction, where absolutely NO ONE has been hurt because there was no one in there to begin with! Mind you, the fire has long been out (about 10 minutes after they started shooting live) yet they still find it necessary to keep reporting on it. Shot after shot of all the smoke (ooooh, how exciting! NOT) and all the fire engines still hanging around. I have lost count of how many times they've told us what this buidling was being constructed for, and what their "thoughts" are on what might have started it, or that ONCE AGAIN, no injuries, folks! So.... now that the blaze is under control (for a good 30 minutes now) and we know that no one was hurt... WHY are we still having to watch this? Is there really nothing else more interesting going on that this has to be on every single channel??? Dancing With The Stars is scheduled to start here in about 20 minutes and they better be done with all this stupidity by then, GRRRRRRRRR! Sometimes I really um... dislike Oklahoma. X<

Tag, you're it!

I've been tagged, courtesy of Erin. I think I'll follow her lead and respond for the whole family:

ALEX
1) I loooooove Harry Potter! (But thats not obvious or anything... right? )
2) I snort when I laugh.
3) I HATE being tickled and will absolutely throw a fit if anyone even comes near me with the intention of doing so.
4) I recently (well, more like last year) overcame one of my biggest fears ever and learned how to swim!
5) One of my life's greatest ambitions is to swim with dolphins.
6) Although I am all about using proper grammar(and often correct people), I still say things like "bof" (both) and "reef"(wreath) ... I guess you can take the girl out of Brooklyn, but you can't take Brooklyn out of the girl! ;)

BEN
1) I love to read!
2) Some day I will become a master handyman and never again will we have to pay anyone to fix things in our home!
3) I like to aquire as many injuries as possible on the way to master handyman-hood. (see previous post)
4) Nothing is too spicy for me... Habaneros? Bring it on!
5) I like to make up words, especially in Spanish.
6) I've never had a single cavity in my entire life!

SIRIUS
1) I rule!
2) I am mommy's favorite.
3) Food is good.
4) Sleep is even better!
5) Squirrels are my mortal enemies.... I don't care how many times I have to rip my paw-pads off (see May 1st, 2007 post), I will kill them ALL!
6) I can sneeze on command!

MINERVA
1) My favorite place in the world is my bed!
2) I hate my brother, he's allowed on the couch AND the bed and I'm NOT!
3) I creep mom out sometimes when I sit and just stare at her for long periods of time.
4) I'm a daddy's girl.
5) Unlike my weenie of a brother, I don't cry every time I see the vet.
6) I love to catch and eat bugs!


Ok, now its my turn... I tag: Shannon & Clark, Carrie, and Laura!

Attack of the attic!

As many of you know, I am quite the accident-prone clutz. Always managing to hurt myself in the most unlikely of ways has become the norm for me. However, after almost 4 years of marriage, I think I'm starting to rub off on Ben. :)

Yesterday we were at his brother's house and they were working up in the attic, trying to re-route some cables. Ben is quite tall, and the attic is quite low... guess what happened? Yup, he stood up too fast and in a not-so-roomy part of the attic and bonked his head on a beam. This is what he has to show for it.

Being the manly-man that he is, he refused to be taken to the ER, despite the copious amount of blood dripping down his face. After 2 hours, however, I wore him down and pretty much dragged him kicking and screaming to the inevitable. Five staples and a tetanus shot later we were home again and Ben went to bed with a spliting headache... no pun intended. Next time he goes up there, I'm making him wear a helmet!