Overdue update

Am I the only one in the contest to see who can go the longest without updating?? Because that would mean I'm WINNING!
 June 14th was my last update... oopsie.

Since then, the babies have graduated from their Doggie Class:

  


I'm a little too tired to really do a huge one, so I'll just update on my 101 in 1001... it seems like that's all this blog is for right now!

Click HERE for the rest of my 101 in 1001

Complete:
#9. Go on a surprise super romatical date with my hubby -
      Our 3rd anniversary was in June- D surprised me (blindfold and all) and took me to the Melting Pot. 2 items marked off the list at once? Total WIN

#18. Figure out what I want to do when I grow up (or at least the next couple of years)
      I think I've figured it out. I guess we'll see...

#19. Get a tune-up for my car
      I don't think I need to describe this one. I got a tune up. Only 25,000 miles too late

#55. Dye my hair almost completely blonde

    ALMOST there! 

  
#69. Eat at the Melting Pot (again)
      See #9. :)

#79. Do all my Zumba DVDs
      Yeah, by far- the ones withOUT Beto in them are better. He just looks stupid and makes me mad when he's on the DVDs. I even got D to do the Abs one with me!

In progress:
#66. Read 12 books- I should probably keep a list, since I don't really remember everything I read... but I have read 1-2 more since last update. I have finished My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler, What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell, and The Help by Katherine Stockett.
Just a little gush- The Help was by far one of the best books I have ever read. I couldn't put it down and am torn as to whether or not I want to see the movie, as I am afraid it could never live up to the book.  I cannot say enough about how much I love love love this book. So much that I'm even going to BUY it! I know, crazy!

And that's all I have for now. I'm going to go try to update all my links and strikethroughs :)

And then to BED! So that I can be less grouchy at work tomorrow. I know what you're thinking-

 "You, Grouchy?! NO!"   Sadly, Yes. Yes, it is possible. 

The "G" stands for "Greatness"

I'm sure you remember that our anniversary was actually a little over a month ago (a month and 8 days, actually), but today the present was completed!

Well, it will be in 4-7 days, according to ticketmaster.com :0)

I do not remember what all I included as to what I got for him, but I think I'll give you a quick rundown. If it's still on this page of feed, suck it up- or just skip to the next paragraph! I gave him the following things (and in this order): Reservations to a hotel in Atlanta, a walking map from the hotel to the GA dome, and faux Greenbay tickets that I made myself (since they weren't for sale yet) for the Falcons/Packers game on 11/28/10. In case you didn't know, D is a big Packers fan. I'm pretty sure I've mentioned these things before!

Single-game (non season-ticket holder) tickets for the Falcons home games went on sale today at 10am EST. So NATURALLY, I had 2 alarms set and a giant post-it note stuck to my computer screen with the time, what sections are OK, and the maximum amount I need to spend on the tickets written on it.

8:55 hits, I log on to Ticketmaster.com (just in case their clock is fast)

nothing.

8:57 I decided to waste some anticipation by doing a little work- I wrote up two families service plans...

8:59 I went back to Ticketmaster.com and following took place:

REFRESH REFRESH REFRESH REFRESH REFRESH REFRESH

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

BEST AVAILABLE *CLICK*

BEST AVAILABLE *CLICK*

SEARCH *CLICK*

...

searching...

Your results will be ready in less than ONE MINUTE

...

...

RESULTS NOT FOUND

Try expanding your search criteria to find more results

Are you KIDDING me!??! NO- There ARE results to find. YOU FIND THEM, INTERNET! That is your JOB! There ARE NO MORE RESULTS POSSIBLE!

So, I tried again... I did not put any search criteria in at all, and got the same thing two more times, then I tried all possible combos of the options... SAME STINKIN THING!

I then followed the link to the right to NFLTicketexchange through Ticketmaster... I proceeded in ordering two tickets in the section I had previously picked out for $10 each cheaper than I expected to pay. They will be delivered by 8/4/10 (supposedly)!

I'm pretty excited!

The view from our seats:

Yeah, that's right. (haha I say that like it's close... it's not. It's not really close, but the stadium isn't very big, so it really IIIIISSSSSS close!!)

This evening, I looked up PackerBacker clubs in GA, as there are a couple here in the Ville, so we expect that there MUST be such a thing in every major city.

I didn't find too much that was current for Packer Backers in ATL, however, I did find out that there is ONE MORE Packer Backer club in Nashville than we knew of. As far as D and I knew, the official meeting place was in Franklin @ the Franklin Family Entertainment Center (Bowling Alley). They go there and watch all the Packers games during FB season... D used to be the server for this freak show weekly display of cheesehead devotion, and I would occasionally go to watch the crazies games. HOWEVER, there is apparently another such place. We will have to check this out. Nashville Packers is the other PackerBacker club in the Ville area... found the site, looked at it, and saw some familiar faces. Most notably "Greenbay Mike"- Bet you can't guess which one is him in the pictures- Two hints: Green and Yellow Contacts, FACE PAINT. I also saw that their summer party just passed, which makes me very sad. I wonder if they watched the Packers Fan Forum on NFL network tonight? Crap we should have DVR'd that stuff!!

- Just a little secret- I tend to talk about D being crazy and how he yells at the TV and everything.. and how he's a big fan, but since being in this family, I have learned a whole lot about the Packers... and I now can discuss such things with random people. And, I actually enjoy watching the games and I know many of the players' names (so I can join in the yelling at the TV since they can hear us if we yell together), and... you'll be proud, I requested to NOT work support groups the night of September 28th... BECAUSE THE PACKERS PLAY THE BEARS ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. I CANNOT WORK THAT NIGHT! HELLO!

I have learned not to wear any of my Packers gear unless others in the party I'm with (Namely Donnie or Don) are also outfitted in such a manner, as random out-of-towners tend to come up to me and tell me how they're a Bears fan... or that they Hate Brett Favre (which I don't mind hearing one bit), or how Aaron Rodgers became the first NFL QB in history to throw at least 4000 yards in each of his first two seasons ... They also like to ask what part of Whisk-ahhhnsin I'm from... Nashville. That's the answer. Nashville, Whisk-ahhhnsin, Tennessee.

So, yeah- I'm pretty excited about our trip to ATL in November... and if anyone else is going to this game, let me know. PS if you need a place to stay, we may have an extra bed- I might have booked a room that sleeps 6, I don't know.

I'm just really excited about getting the tickets... and getting to wear my Clay Matthews Jersey to a REAL GAME... and Tailgating with the cheeseheads... and not getting shot in Atlanta... and taking Donnie to his first ever live Packers game... and watching my first real live Packers game... (!!)

Oh sweet baby Jesus, I'm becoming one of them...

Voluntary-Mandatory Reading List

Yeah! 3rd Post! Wow... Each post in a different month. I would consider myself a bad blogger if I cared a whole lot more... :o)

SO-

Today is my and Donnie's 2 Year Wedding Anniversary! (Go ahead, cheer!)

It's pretty cool... if you're into that sort of thing.

This is the reason that I'm blogging today- NO, not to talk about how much I love him and how he's my best friend and I'm so blessed to spend the rest of my life with him and build a family together and go through everything together... or to talk about how he somehow loves me even though I have days where I flat out just CHOOSE to be mad, or days that I don't bathe and refuse to get off the couch, or times where I'm consistently negating his every word. And I'm not blogging today to talk about how I have daily/weekly/monthly realizations that I am so incredibly blessed and lucky to have him in my life, and I have no idea what my life would be like without him (other than incredibly boring and unfunny...)

I'm blogging today about presents! :) You like that? How I snuck that lovey dovey crap in there?

He got me the following:

-Zac Brown Band CD

-My Horizontal Life, by Chelsea Handler

-The Lovely Bones

-3 Movie Johnny Depp DVDs thing- Benny & Joon, Edward Scissorhands, and From Hell

-Purple Daisies/other assorted flowers

and a super sweet card. :)

BOOKS! I LOVE BOOKS!

This feels funny to say, but for the first time EVER, I have made myself a VOLUNTARY Summer (and probably on into Fall and winter...) Reading List.

I am currently working my way (ever so slowly) through Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass'... LOVING EVERY SECOND OF IT!

then, I think I'll try to knock out the following:

- 'The Lovely Bones' -So I can see the movie

- 'Charlotte's Webb' -My dad found the book @their house recently and sent it home w/me bc I haven't read it since I was wittle wittle

- 'My Horizontal Life' ---Chelsea Handler is hilarious- I loved Are You There, Vodka?

- 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' -Because I need to pick up some other habits besides nail-biting

- 'The Time Traveler's Wife' -So I can see the movie...

- 'Parenting the Hurt Child' - No, I don't have children, but I want to read it anyway!

- 'A Paradise Built in Hell- The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster' by Rebecca Solnit

- 'Yours, Jack' By C.S. Lewis

- 'Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang' - To complete my series of super-serious Chelsea Handler books

- 'The Shack' by William P Young

- 'Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office' - by Jen Lancaster

Annnnnnd that should do my til my 26th birthday.

PS- I've decided that I know what I want to be when I grow up:

A professional candy bar/junk food buster-upper... I mean, really- I would LOVE to be the one who works for DQ and breaks the Oreos and Heath Bars up to put in the Blizzards... I think I've found my calling!

-EM