gee i'm glad it's raining

It was raining last night and I couldn't help but think of this song. I think of it a lot when it rains. Man, I loved this movie as a kid, and this song still makes me feel weepy-eyed. I love Earnest.



Maybe I should own this movie, or at least see it again.

if only i were irish

So the other weekend I went to Ty's family reunion. We had a lot of fun and it's the first time I've really hung out with his brother and fam who live in Ohio...of all places. Before the weekend Ty told me to wear green. You see, their great-granddad came over from Ireland, and the stories and heritage are so close that they regularly talk about being Irish and recognize family characteristics as being particularly Irish and all that. It's sort of interesting to me since, while my last name is Dutch, I certainly don't talk about being Dutch or claim any personality characteristics that are stereotypically Dutch or even own a shirt that says anything about my Dutch heritage. However, Ty does have shirts like that...at least two that say things like "50% of me is 80% Irish."
So, when he told me to wear green on this Irish reunion weekend after thinking about it a bit, I decided I'd go one better. After all, I may not be able to claim being Irish, but I could claim this...




So I found this shirt and bought the iron-on letters and it was a lot easier than I'd anticipated. I totally had time to finish and I wore it to pick Ty up from work on our way out of town that day. He loved it, thought it was so cute, even told his mom about it days later and the rest of his family got a kick out of it too...so I thought I'd share. :)

check this out

It's a blog that gives you a new ingredient every week to use in a recipie. You post your recipie with a picture and each week a winner is picked who gets a prize for their effort. Fun stuff! At least I thought that some of you might like to try it. I will say, though, that I haven't a clue what to do with rubarb, so maybe I'll check it out again next week.

www.ingredientchallenge.com

P.S. I cannot seem to figure out how to directly link sites. It should be easy, I pull up hyperlink and enter the site, but then you can't see it in my post. If you have any brilliant tips, please share.

the problem is...it's real (relatively speaking)

I figured out why I don't want to watch reality shows anymore. Yes, I must admit that I have been caught, this year, watching some of those dopey dating shows. I don't know how it happens. I watch half an episode and all of a sudden I feel like I know these people, know how they feel, know what would be best for them and must know if they will heed my advise (not that I speak it out loud to the screen or anything).

So I follow the show for a few weeks, or how ever long it takes, and in the end am either frustrated with the dater's choice, or thrilled to see that they were as wise as I was hoping they were. And that, my friends, would be the end of the story if this were a novel or movie or any kind of fictional romance. But that's the problem, these people really do exist, and despite the fact that I've never met them and they have no idea who I am, knowing whom they have chosen is not enough. I now feel the need to know if they actually do get married, or if they break up, how much did the show's editing mess with the truth, if they ever have kids, how their family feels about it...in other words, I feel like they are my friends or family and so I want details when they totally are not and I can never get them! Frustration!

So there is a conflict between knowing it's none of my business, but still feeling entitled to the info since they put themselves on TV in the first place, and yet never being satisfied with what follow up information I can find, since you know it's probably all been pieced together from rumors and half truths. Not to meantion that only like one couple on all those seasons has even made it to the altar! So not cool.

I think it's my empathy working against me. So, since I do not want to follow all these people's lives for the rest of mine, I think I will give up the genre altogether...or if I can't at least I have the consolation that basically anything is better than TV drama. Ick.

just for the joy of blogging

I really really wanted to blog today, don't know why, so I am determined to tell you something...something that is hopefully uplifting and fun and worth reading...gimme a sec...ok, I've got it. A friend blogger once did a "100 things" entry and I liked it. I'm not sure if I'll make it to 100, but I'll do my best.

1. I love that my sister gets to have a Spain adventure.

2. Ok is really meant to be spelled "ok." "Okay" is actually an extenuation of the original word.

3. I love that my brother and his wife are going to be living close to me this fall. I plan to have many Rock Band parties.

4. I love that my sister is going to be living close to me this fall. I plan to have many throwing parties.

5. I love that my boyfriend-hopefully-more-than-that-soon will soon be living closer to me (at least he has, in earnest, been talking about finding a place up here).

6. Some wedding dresses are REALLY beautiful.

7. Most of them are strapless, which is both unfortunate and unimaginative.

8. I love nachos, homemade with homemade guacamole and/or salsa. They may just be the perfect food.

9. I love my car. It is so simple and nice and has awesome gas mileage.

10. I love shoes. I have too many, yet always seem to have room for more. I did get rid of 15 pairs about a month ago, though, which fact I celebrated by buying about 3 more.

11. My split keyboard is wonderful. I didn't even think I'd miss it until I didn't have it for about a week. Those were dark days.

12. My boyfriend doesn't read my blog. Ha! So I think I'll start saying more about him, just to see if he ever peeks.

13. My job can be really boring sometimes. I miss the lady I used to work with. She was really fun to talk to and at least made things just a little more interesting.

14. I love personality profiles. They help people make more sense and that has to be a good thing for all of us.

15. I have never been skydiving but think I would like it.

16. Today I saw a thing at a track where you can pay like four grand to hang out and drive super awesome cars around, just for fun, all day. They even include champagne. I think I want to do it (sans champagne, of course).

17. Did I ever tell you that I like cars?

18. I think kids are cute, but have never been the type to want to hold someone's baby. The thing usually starts crying and I don't know what to do so I feel stupid and can't wait for the mom to take it back. This used to worry me a bit til my Mom told me that she'd been about the same and that it's totally different with your own. I can believe that because it's already so different with my sister's kids.

19. I LOVE my nieces and nephews.

20. Wow, number 20, that's one fifth of 100.

21. I love stand-up comedy and am so glad that people in my life have introduced me to the joys of Brian Regan, and Mitch Hedburg.

22. I have an oscillating fan and like to ask it questions that a fan would say "no" to. Do you keep my hair in place?...That's right. Do you keep my papers in order?...no, you do not. Do you have three settings?...liar.

23. I am super lucky...so healthy, have everything I need plus people who love me enough that they actually read at least 23 things that were on my mind today.

24. Did you know that you can listen to Carol Tuttle's radio show streaming online? I'm gonna start listening to it at work sometimes instead of the radio.

25. Ok, that's one fourth of 100. I'm thinking that that is probably good for today. Maybe I'll pick it up on another day that I desperately want to blog, but have no defining motive.