Someone posted this on a mom’s group I belong to. Words fail.
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You Know Christmas is Around the Corner When…
Posted on December 8, 2008 by Nancy
…you start hearing and seeing ads for the Clapper and Chia Pets. Seriously – what’s up with pushing these two items right around Christmas? And do people really buy them?
Okay – hold up…I’ll confess. I did buy the clapper for Mike one year – as a JOKE! He’s always wanting to turn off the light from in bed.
I also have to say that this thing was more anoying than anything else. Put together a creaky bed, a husband who rolls over bunches, a light-sleeping wife, and a very-touchy-at-all-the-wrong-times clapper and you get some sleepless nights. (Sure, it was funny the first few times the light came on and woke me up in the middle of the night when Mike rolled over…)
Needless to say, we have no idea where this lovely little thing is now.
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A Big Sea of Greatness
Posted on October 25, 2008 by Nancy
Mike and I went to see one of, in my opinion, the *best* live bands around. Great Big Sea knows how to put on a really, really good show. These guys are so energetic and genuinely happy to be on stage. They get the audience involved – as soon as the show starts, everyone is up on their feet “bouncing their bits” (their words, not mine – but funny 😉 ), singing along, and clapping so much that your hands are ringing by the end of the night. They do two full sets and then two encores. At one point I was looking around the audience (old, young, middle) and realized that almost everyone had the same goofy grin on their face as I did…you can’t help it!
I was introduced to GBS just under 10 years ago. The first album I heard was their live one – Road Rage. I HIGHLY recommend this one – definitely their best one by far…you can feel the energy pouring from the CD.
Their best song though is Sea of No Cares…which actually isn’t on that album.
(The music video – 3:35)
This is the second show Mike and I have been to – and we vowed last night to try to catch them every time they’re in town. Yes. They are THAT good. And while both shows were pretty different, they both ended the same way: singing Old Brown’s Daughter, a Capella. I took video with my phone, but YouTube isn’t cooperating – so perhaps I’ll get it on here at some point.
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A Moment of Silence
Posted on October 20, 2008 by Nancy
…For my beloved Red Sox. They were SO.CLOSE. *sigh*
Ah well – the Rays truly outplayed them this time – but it was great to watch.
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2008: International Year of the Potato
Posted on October 13, 2008 by Nancy
For those of you who know me … you’ll understand why this is a big deal. Although, I’m not sure why I didn’t hear about it until October! (Thanks to Sharon for bringing it to my attention. 🙂 )
Seriously – an entire year dedicated to the potato. What heaven. What bliss! (ha! No pun intended – really.)
Sharon also brought a potato song to my attention:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?saId=95533425
I must be Irish or something…
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You Know It’s One Of Those Days When…
Posted on October 8, 2008 by Nancy
…half way through it you realize you’ve had your underwear on inside out the whole time. *sigh*
Anyway…I’m in NO WAY a political person, but this was forwarded to me in an email and I laughed, so I thought I’d share.
Post Turtle
Suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas  rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor  struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to  Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President.
The old rancher said, ‘Well, ya  know, Palin is a post turtle.’
Not being familiar with the  term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.
The old rancher said, ‘When  you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle.’
The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor’s face, so he continued to explain. ‘You know she didn’t get up there by herself, she doesn’t belong up there, she doesn’t know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.’
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Perfect Anniversary Date
Posted on September 24, 2008 by Nancy
Last night, Mike and I watched the Red Sox beat the Indians to clinch a spot in the post season at Fenway.
Why is this a great anniversary date? Well – a whole bunch of reasons!! I am a Red Sox fan. Mike is an Indians fan. Have I mentioned that the Sox and Indians played on our wedding day? And that the Indians KILLED the Sox that day? (Which meant that I had to wear a home-made t-shirt the next day to our BBQ…something about the Indians rocking or something…)
Anyway…we try to get Sox/Indians tickets every year. This year, we just happened to pick a KICK BUTT game! 🙂
Tickets
On my way out the door, I told the kids I was going to a baseball game and Burke started to sing “Everybody clap your hands!” CLAP, clap, clap, clap, CLAP, clap, clap, clap, CLAP, clap clap, clap, CLAP. (his favorite part about going to the Lowell Spinners game.) You know the song…it was a super funny McD’s commercial for a while. I can’t not embed it now… 😉
(1 minute long)
I drove to the subway station, met Mike on the platform out by his place of employment, and then we rode in together. When we got there it was, as usual, a mob scene. Go to find our section to sit down, do the typical enter the right section, turn around and look at the rows thing…but can’t see our row. I must have looked a bit confused because one of the attendents came over to help out and said, “Oh – your seats are right here.” She then turned us around and lead us to our seats *5* rows from the field … and wiped the seats down for us. Holy froofie! But OMG! We were 5 rows from the field!! We could See Jacoby Elsbury’s face! Of course, all I brought was my camera phone (duh, Nancy)…so the pictures don’t really do it justice.
Jacoby Elsbury
And we were this close the the bullpens. Unfortunately, we could only see into the Indian’s ‘pen, but we could HEAR the Sox ‘pen. They all do this crazy drum beat thing. And they’re GOOD. It actually sounded like they had a snare drum in there…but they use water bottles and things and just bang on the metal of the bullpen. Not sure who started that, but my guess would be Timlin.
The Bullpens
As with most seats at Fenway, these were on the “special” side. If we sat back a faced forward, this was our view:
View From Our Seats
Ya. My neck still has a crick in it from looking left the whole time. heh
The Indian’s pitcher (Lee) has this incredible record coming into the game (22 – 2), and is pretty much a shoe-in for the Cy Young award. Meaning, he’s a tough guy to win against.
Mike was good enough to smile – even if his team wasn’t winning.
Mike
There was the requisite singing of Sweet Caroline. I have video, but YouTube isn’t cooperating right now, so perhaps I’ll add it later. I also have video of the bullpen cadence and of the final out…again – perhaps later.
And then the celebration!! I can’t believe we were AT this game 🙂 If you look REALLY close, you can see the gathering on the pitching mound.
Celebration on the Mound
And since I’m such a people watcher, I had to take a picture of this Henry Fonda look-a-like (in his On Golden Pond days) who was sitting right behind us.
Henry Fonda?
Mike and I couldn’t resist purchasing a little something on our way out of the park.
Baseball Hats!
(Although, Mike did state that he’d be requesting Indian’s hats for Christmas…)
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Dirty Laundry
Posted on September 19, 2008 by Nancy
Okay. So, it’s actually clean…but these are the piles I (still) need to put away. And dang it, the kids’ drawers are FULL of summer clothes, so I need to clean ’em out first.
Yes. That would be *8* bags/hampers of clean clothes…which means probably about 10 loads. *sigh*
Why am I posting this? I’m joining in on Heather’s Keeping it Real Blog Carnival. Are you brave enough to post unstaged pictures of what your house REALLY looks like at any given moment? Then head on over and link up!
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Wicked Awesome
Posted on August 21, 2008 by Nancy
(I think I’ve been in Massachusetts too long…)
The following link contains a lightning bolt that was caught on slow-motion video. And you all thought lightning came DOWN from the sky 😉
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The Zimmer Zoo 
Funny
GrannyFrani read the comics yesterday and swears that the creators of Baby Blues have been reading my blog. Especially the laundry post.
http://www.arcamax.com/babyblues/s-412143-815669
I wish I could just embed it, but I’m sure that’s against all sorts of copyright laws. Hey Baby Blues guys! (Ya, you – Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.) Have you been reading my blog? And if so – or even if not, may I put your comic in my blog? (I’m sure they’ll be right on that.)
(Thanks Mom 🙂 )
Dirty Laundry: Laura – I totally agree…I don’t mind doing the wash part of laundry, it’s the folding part that I hate.
BPS: Yup, Heather, Logan is a pretty good sport for most things. We call him God’s gift to us because we had twins first LOL ♦ Bia – I totally agree! Fall is the best time for picture taking outside. I love fall colors 🙂
Slippers!: Hop on Pop! What a Card, we love that book! Hm. wonder if THAT’S why they hop on Mike so much…heh ♦ Laura, I think you’re right – Ta Da! is definitely what Logan is saying there. ♦ Gio – We’ve gotten slippers from Bean and from Land’s End. Bean’s seem to stay on better and don’t get as ragged as fast.
I’m.So.Tired.: Thanks to everyone for their sympathy/empathy 🙂 Gio, please let me know if that mouth piece works! ♦ Sleeping next to Darth Vadar, Heather? LOL that might freak me out a bit. Although, if it’s constant, I’d take that over snoring. ♦ LOL Cheryl, I think I’ve been snoring lately too :”> Luckily, Mike’s a pretty deep sleeper, so I don’t think I wake him up…I’m thinking that it’s contagious though, cuz I never snored before I met him!
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