Creative Chaos

E TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY......Project Runway: The Early Years

My tribute to tonight's season premier of Project Runway....with some help from the Los Angeles based Chaos Crew....... 

Clearly, the models never stood a chance of a contract for a spread in Elle magazine. However, there were whispers that gave them hope for a page in "The Recycler".

The judges, while cute, were problematic in that young Nina Garcia refused to wear shoes and did Suduko behind her tally sheet....... and, the other two couldn't read or write.

 

Tim Gunn observes a designer working on a challenge while pondering how she can possibly make it work.

 

 

 

Project Runway Rocks!!!!  Eleven more hours to the premier..........See you there!

Just having some fun........

Well, since People never called......I thought I would strike out on my own.........

I made this from flickr toys at http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/. Tons of fun....tons of time wasted!

Where to begin........

Phew....... I'm back.  First things first.  So excited to tell you that I was right on target with my prediction.   Heather was not a "Jed"....... not even close.  The minute I met her it was like meeting up with an old friend.  We met up at a Chuck E Cheese so the kids wouldn't be bored out of their minds while giving us a chance to chat.   We threw some pizza and tokens at them and then let them loose....Carlos and Hannah sped off to play Jungle Rama and the helicopter ride while Andres was content to talk on the Chuck E. phone making all sorts of demands on upgrades to the restaurant and the eventual removal of the scary rat statue.   So, in between the dispensing of tokens, buying cotton candy, and rescuing little people out of jungle gym tubes that were not meant for 40 year-old bodies to fit, Heather and I got to talk, laugh and chat.  It was so great to get to meet her after almost two years of emails, blog posts and swaps. She is as nice and funny in person as she is on-line.  And, best of all, she shares my love of being snarky.  It was a great day and I'm so glad we got a chance to meet. 

Ok, your still not convinced that it wasn't Jed   Here, I have proof for all you naysayers......

There.......Jed wouldn't have such cute legs, not to mention, wear snappy little red sandals like that......... 

Oh, all right....here you go...... Here's where she was ready to smack me because I kept calling her Jed......

But then we made up.........and, she said she wouldn't put the restraining order back on me...... 

 Yeah..... Cheese....whatever.....

Carlos is showing Hannah the finer points of motorcycle racing while trying to convince her that his "Lego Driver's License" is valid on California streets.......

 

While driving as fast as he can, Andres glances back to see if the big scary rat is chasing him.  In the meantime, it's obvious his passengers are clueless of their certain demise from large furry creatures........

The CEO of Tomfoolery takes on Hannah in a "sit on the edge of your seat" skeeball competition. Unfortunately, all his skee balls were thrown haphazardly into the lanes next to him, behind him and in the kitchen, resulting in a negative 54,000 point loss for him.  Undeterred, he challenged her to another game next year where he said he would come better prepared.......

 

Like I said, it was a ton of fun and I can't wait to do it again! 

Our one hour flight up to my niece's graduation took 4 hours due to delays.  Between mechanical problems and overdue flight, they finally just said "what the heck" let's let the kid fly the plane........

"Oh yeah, baby.....Let's put this Lego Driver's License to work........"

So, just before I left, I receive this from Jen Duncan........

 

I didn't even have time to look all the way through it prior to departure.

Well....let me tell you what was in it........This big huge piece of my favorite wallpaper.......aaaaaccccckkkkk.....  Not to mention all of this.......

She thinks I'm a nutball.....a fun kind of nutball.....but a nutball nonetheless, for ordering all this wallpaper.  But, there is a method behind the madness believe it or not.   The more I have, the less inhibited I am when I create.  Now, I've come a long way from becoming frozen with fear in cutting up my meager collection of wallpaper. But, I'm still at the point where if I feel like I don't have enough of the paper I love, I won't be as inclined to use it.  I want to "save" it.  For what, I have no idea.....but I guess that's the point.  The paper should be used and not saved.  So goes the conundrum and the buying of more paper.  Check out Jen's shop .   Although, she doesn't have any more wallpaper packs left, She has a bunch of ephemera and other paper that is perfect to use in your work.  If you are looking specifically for wallpaper, check out Donna or Heather.  They both have some beautiful paper packs.

Ok.....I now have to get ready for my sister and niece who are coming into town.  Busy week of Legoland, San Diego Fair, Seaworld and beach ahead of me.  I think I need a nap.

Talk to you soon!   Karin

I had to share this with you.......

I feel I would be remiss if I kept these "secrets" from all of you knowing that bikini season is a mere 3 months away from us......

                                               (I'm getting a dog)

Apparently, the very selfless and charitable folks over at People Magazine managed to pry "Tips from the Stars" on how to achieve a "Hot Body" just like the stars themselves.  Not a measly 4 or 5 tips.   Not 20.  Not even 84....But a whooping 100 tips!  Yes..I know...I'm in complete disbelief too! How in the world they managed to pry these top secrets away from their skinny cold hands will remain a mystery until the day I die.

(Note to self:  Buy less clothing and more flowy summer dresses........)

Here I was all ready to to hunker down and exercise my butt off, cut calories and throw out all my Haagen Daaz  when all I really need to do is buy a bikini so "it's not constricting the bad areas."  Why didn't I think of that?! Will there never be an end to the brilliance that flows from Hollywood?  I think not.

(Lining up my shot glasses....and start to rely on some "quiet confidence")

You know, for all these years I just assumed that the stars  worked really hard at maintaining their physique since it was kinda in their job description to do so.  With that I figured there were personal trainers....specialty low cal food....and all sorts of amenities that just aren't options for us common folk.......

 

(Items on tomorrow's shopping list:  Hot dogs, Life cereal and pink lady apples....)

But come to find out it's just a matter of eating the occasional hot dog....

(Note to self:  Move to Bermuda immediately and pack lots of high waisted really tight skirts....)

and having your belt positioned appropriately...... Who knew it was this easy!

After following the 100 tips, I plan to look like this in June)

So, everyone, grab your bikini, towel and bowl of cereal and meet me back here on Friday because I've been working on a bunch of crafty stuff!!!  I'm off to eat a hot dog.........

I'm not dead.........

nor did I fall off the face of the earth.  Although, it does appear that way.  I know it all seems a bit suspicious.  I throw a big Spring Giveaway....leave on vacation...and then no one ever hears from me again......Well, you can't get rid of me that easily! 

Here's what happened.....We left for LA on Monday, the day after Easter, with one kinda, sorta, not feeling 100% kid named Carlos who insisted that he felt "just perfectly fine."   Anyway, after discussing the issue with Gail and determining our need to chitchat overrode ambiguous symptoms, we took off on our 2 hour trip (as opposed to a three hour tour) in a car filled with so much excitement from a 7 year old, I'm surprised the whole car didn't self combust while driving past Laguna Hills.  However, we arrived safe and sound and immediately the laughter of happy children filled the room until Gail and I told the happy children to take their laughter somewhere else so we could get right down to talking.   They merrily obliged and headed down the hallway to the bedroom where more laughing, playing and arguing occurred.   We ignored them the best we could while I tried to convince Gail to start watching Real Housewives of New York City and she tried to convince me to read Ekhart Tolles' A New Earth.  We both obliged each other's request and went on to talk more.  Children would periodically come into the living room demanding food and water.  We would take turns throwing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at them to keep them happy.   

As you can see from the picture above, the party never stopped!  And, lest anyone think we completely forgot about them.....they were allowed to go outside while we watched over, told numerous times they couldn't go in the pool, were taken to a fun playground, participated in a "couple of days after Easter" egg hunt and got to partake in our version of Top Chef: The Ice Cream Challenge. 

Let me tell you that one was fun.   I got to play the part of Padma (because, of course, she and I are so similar in looks.......HA!) and judge everyone's ice cream creations.  It took quite a bit of sampling and going back for fourths and fifths, but I was finally able to come up with the winner.

   

So everything was fine and dandy and good times were had by all until we were getting ready to leave on Friday afternoon when Carlos informed me his ear hurt.  The same ear in which he had the infection a little more than a month ago.  Uh Oh. Ambiguous symptoms were becoming more clear. The cries of pain continued on the road to San Diego.  I suspected the "cries of pain" may also be related to the cries of "leaving of Sean my bestest friend in the whole world. It's no fair."  So I suggested we stop at the In & Out for a vanilla shake. Because, as I told him, I had it on good authority that it helps an earache.  Well, it was the miracle cure as I hoped and I continued down the road with a tired little boy, a sleeping 3 year old, and a mom who knew she was destined for the after hours urgent care at Kaiser........

So there you go. The rest of last week was spent close to home as the antibiotic he was taking didn't sit well with his stomach and I wanted him to get as much rest as possible.  I spent my time tending to the infirm (who wished he was still in LA), the non-infirm (who had plenty of energy to spare, but gave me none), and decided this was a good time to clear out the clutter of the home in a bit of spring cleaning frenzy.   I cleaned up my studio.....but it's already a mess again.  Cleaned my closet.....it's still in pretty good shape.  And started on the kids' playroom.....it's already a mess again.   I finally emailed all the winners of my giveaway who I assumed had written me off as a deadbeat gift giver..... and finally got this blog post written.  All is somewhat back to normal in the Chaos world. Talk to you soon! 

A little slice of heaven..........

better known as Jury Duty for the day.   

But first, let me explain where I've been since last Thursday.  The internet connection has been playing nice since what is now known as  "LOST internet connection Thursday".  Which is good since I wasn't able to go out and get a modem because of still sick kids, sick husband, sick me, gifts that needed to be created, sleep that needed to be had, wash that needed to be done, and, most importantly, desk that need to be cleared off since before Christmas because of impending doom and inevitable crash according to person who built it that I so happen to live with.

So......Now you see it......

Now you don't......

He blathered on about having to attach some supports because, apparently, after whipping out his tape measure, he discovered that the center of the table had fallen by 1 1/4 inches.  I then had to listen to a (might I add rather boring) speech about tables crashing.....people injured.....OSHA regulations, compulsive hoarding and complete and utter mayhem that was in my immediate future if I was not to clean this table off immediately.  I said....fine.  Frankly, I needed an excuse to clean it anyway.  Because it was still in the same state of a complete disaster as when I first showed you the picture back in mid Janury. 

So I cleaned......

And I organized....

And I organized some more.....

Children tried to escape having to be put to work citing Child Labor Laws....

I refused to listen to his complaints, told him to write it up in triplicate and put him back to work.

And then I sorted silk ribbon by color.....

And, arranged flowers on top of shelves......

And when all that was over and done with, I felt a renewed sense of motivation from organizing and cleaning everything.  And, most importantly, it felt good having a space on the table in which to work.  oh, and, finding almost all of my scissors!!!

So here are some of the things I worked on over the weekend.......

I made this for a friend whose daughter is having a baby girl.

 

The fabric on the bottom is some new fabric I got last week......

In order to make these for my cabinetdoorless bottom shelves in the kitchen.....

I am almost finished with this winterbella project........that looks nothing like the project presented.  I'm such a crafting rebel.

In the back you can see the beginnings of some little fabric projects that I started but haven't even come close to finishing......

Hopefully, I will have all my Valentine projects done by Easter.

Ok.....I think I will do my Jury Duty experience tomorrow.  I'm feeling rather motivated to get that Valentine project done so I can post it.....Talk to you soon!  Karin 

The sequence of events that lead to a bruised tailbone......

This is what happened to me on Monday afternoon.  I decided to do an illustration of sorts..... as words can not adequately capture the stupidity that took place in this fall.......

Here is the box that I needed......

The step stool in question.......

How it (literally) all went down.......

Brand new basket from Ikea destroyed.....

The morale of the story: 

Don't be too lazy to move items off of a step stool before getting on it and reaching for something that is to high to be reached by the step stool in the first place.

Snark Alert!!!! If you don't watch Real Housewives of Orange County no need to read any further....

RHOC RECAP:

Vicky......The bible says thou shall not covet neighbor's diamond encrusted $40,000 Rolex at birthday parties.  I thought I saw a couple green horns sticking out of that head of yours.  Remember....botex can't help you with jealousy.

Tamra.....I'm thinking that Simon should have spent the money for a burial at sea rather than a birthday party on a yacht since according to you turning 40 is akin to dropping dead from old age.  For the love of plastic surgery, you're turning 40.....not 98....get over it....

Jeanna..... Of course you have a Rolex just like that tossed away somewhere in your linen closet ....but just in case we couldn't have guessed it, thanks for bragging it, I mean telling us.....

ok...back to regularly scheduled crafting.....

 

I'm back.........

and to my surprise and delight Motivation joined me for the ride home.  And thank goodness for that. Because, let me tell you there was a a lot of catching up to do when I got home.  Not to mention it was good company compared to the two companions I had in the backseat.....Andres slept almost the entire way home and Carlos was distraught over the fact that we had to leave a day early due to the "Storm of 2008" bearing down on the southern region of California.  So my entire ride was punctuated with sobbing phrases such as...."Whhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyy did we have to leave Sean's house today"......."Life is better with Sean"....."Why can't we move up there?? Pappa can find a new job." ......."It's not fair"........   And, I said "Not Fair?  I'll tell you what not fair is!  Not fair is mommy not getting to go take a picture with Judge Judy's gavel because they are on hiatus and the stage is totally locked up! And, don't even get me going on the fact that Auntie Gail gave away the box of See's Candies to the neighbor and refused to go get it back when I asked her to. So, don't even talk to me about not fair buddy!"  Of course, I didn't really say that to him. But, I thought it......

(two very sad boys getting ready to go)

Of course, this was all on the heels of me shooting Sean and Carlos's big plan down in flames.  The morning we were leaving he proposed this idea to me as I stepped out of the shower ....."I know, mommy.  You and Andres can go home and I will stay here with Sean at Auntie Gail's."  To which I replied "As well thought out as that plan sounds honey, I'm concerned as to how you would get home." He responded..."I'll just go to school with Sean." And then I said  "Sure!  Sounds like you two have it all figured out! Just let me know how much I owe for tuition"  Actually, I said "No."  Of course this resulted in Carlos running back to tell Sean the devasting and completely surprising news which resulted in tears all around for both of them.  Gail later told me that she overheard them discussing how he would be able to go to school with Sean. And how Sean would let him borrow one of his uniforms.  Those two kill me.....

(one happy boy getting ready to go)

Anyway, we had a great time. Fun was had by the kids.  Resolutions were made by Gail and me. Lot's of eating and talking.  We got to watch a bunch of oscar nominated movies on dvd because Jeff votes.  Saw Michael Clayton....two thumbs up.   And, best of all, motivation hitched a ride on the way home.  I couldn't have asked for more except  maybe getting to go to Judge Judy with Jeff and eating that box of See's candy.   But it looks like I'm just going to go back at the end of the month or Febuary on a taping week and just spend the day with Jeff.  That way I can go see a taping and go get my pictures.  Now that my mom is retired I can go up and do this sans kids.   If any of you Southern Cal gals are interested in going to see a taping, just let me know and I will see whats available from Jeff.

So like I said....Thank the stars above that Motivation decided to return from his hiatus because this is what I returned to.....

Frankly, I don't remember leaving it this way.  Really, I don't.  I somewhat suspect my husband was in there while I was gone whipping up some snowflake ornaments and tussie mussies. He denies it.  However, I still have my doubts. It was all to much to deal with upon first returning home. Kind of like sifting through the rubble after a tornado. I walked in and then walked out. I decided to turn my attention to something more realistic........The Christmas decorations. 

And so it goes every year when I put them away.....my quest to have all my Christmas ornaments completely organized, indexed and dewey decimaled for next year's events.   It always starts the same with the all comsuming task of just exactly how I'm going to organize it.  Although it may look like I'm simply sitting on the couch drinking a cup of coffee while watching the morning news, I'm really figuring out the most sensible way to put away the items for the most effecient decorating experience next year.  Should I put all tree and bough related decorations away together or should I do it by the way I decorate......  Should I put the ornaments away by color, year or memory factor?  Should I buy those cute light stringing gadgets or should I roll them on paper towel holders that I was supposed to be saving throughout the year but neglected to do so.......Should I run out to Costo to buy industrial sized papertowels in order to use the rolls......Decisions, decisions, decisions.......

So I start wrapping every ornament lovingly and carefully getting meloncholy over each memory it holds.  And then after about 2 1/2 hours I've had just about enough and just start throwing things into the plastic boxes with no concern that Bumble from the Island of Misfits is in a box with Christmas candles......I don't care that the lights are a tangled mess.....just get it all up to the attic where I don't have to see it.  What the heck....I've always have next year to start being perfect.....

Let's bring on Valentine's Day!!!!

Get the body moving and the mind will follow.....

(the moon light shines all night!  As written by Carlos) 

Anyway, isn't that what they say?  "Get that body going and hopefully the mind will follow suit?" Because currently my mind is still on the couch watching Project Runway reruns eating all the leftover Christmas chocolate while my body has been cleaning and organizing the kitchen for the past two days.  Somehow motivation left for a holiday right after Christmas Eve and I haven't seen it since.  Motivation seems to think I can get along just fine and dandy without it.  However, it's really hard to get things done without motivation smoothing the path ahead and somehow make the job more enjoyable.  So now everything feels like a chore.  But I had to get the kitchen cleaned and organized in order to let all good luck and fortune enter my residence for 2008.  According to the Redbook article titled "Get Lucky in 2008" I needed to have my house clean and organized before New Year's Day.  I couldn't do ANY cleaning on the Day. It all had to be done beforehand.  So motivation be damned I did it.  Phew. 

So today I am leaving for a place where I need absolutely no motivation whatsoever.  My Friend Gail's house up in Los Angeles.  Where the kid's will play while she and I sit on the couch and talk, eat and watch bad reality tv.  And, with any luck (I wonder if my good luck will follow me up to LA or if Gail had to have cleaned her kitchen...hmmm....) Quacker Factory will be on QVC whereby sending us into catatonic amazement of Jeanne Bice and her headband.  (of course I'm well aware that she and that headband are laughing all the way to the Quacker Factory bank as I write this.)  But the point is..... I don't need any motivation to do this little venture.  Well, I will need some if I decide to go with Jeff to the Judge Judy set to take my picture in the courtroom since she is still on break.  Hopefully, I will be able to get my lazy butt off the couch in order to bring some fun pictures back with me to show.  We'll see.

Anyway....we are ready to take off.  Carlos has packed his suitcase containing a Transformers Chess Set, a stuffed snake, gift for Sean, an Australian Flag, two pairs of pajama pants, motorcyle game and one pair of shorts.  Luckily, he has a mother who double checks is packing efforts to make sure he has a couple clean pairs of underwear and some tops to wear with the pajamas.   

Happy New Year and see you Friday!!!  Karin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

I hope I don't get busted by the blog police for doing this......

but I got tagged by the wonderful Heather over at Jeweled Elegance, the inspiring Cheryl over at Art in Everyday and ever insightful Beverly at Embrace your Gifts.  If you haven't had a chance to visit these three gal's blogs, now's your chance.  All of these women are creative, inspiring souls who make blogland a better place! 

So, here's the part where I hope I don't get a blog "ticket"....because I'm going to repost my 7 weirdest things list that I did last May....Why reinvent the wheel I always say!   For those of you who have read this already, I did add a couple new ones in there. And, for those of you who haven't read it, here it is:

So you think YOU'RE weird........

Now, I'm sure your saying to yourself "well, we kinda already know 236 weird things about you, Karin.  We read your blog. Could there possibly be any more"   Sadly, yes, my friends, yes.....There is so much more.  I'm really not sure I can contain it to just 7..........

1.  I believe that chocolate is a legitimate Food Group and I am currently trying to get on the Board of The Department of Agriculture in order to classify it as the 7th category on the food pyramid.

2. I love my DVR so much I would marry it if i could legally do so.   I wrote this post awhile back to show my love and dedication to it.  However, since I am unable to tie the knot with an inanimate object, I will just continue my lurid affair.

3. In that same vein, I watch Real Housewives of Orange County.  I consider it my meth of TV watching. In that I know that it actually kills important brain cells the minute I start viewing it, and upon subsequent viewing, renders me in a partial coma.  But, yet, I still secretly watch it when my husband's not around.   Yes. I know. This falls under the category of 7 reasons I need to get a life.

4. I harbor evil thoughts of people who are perfectly healthy and able (i.e. 20 year old guy who wears backward baseball cap and shirt that reads "I dated your mom" who bounds out of 325i series bmw towards Target.)  that they will trip over an abandoned (or pushed.....) shopping cart and break their leg on the way to the entrance. I'm not asking for compound fracture or anything requiring surgery. Just a simple break requiring the use of crutches for the next 6 weeks.  Yes. I know. This actually falls under 7 evil things about me.

5.I have a degree in Journalism. Other than my stint at a small newspaper in college, blogging has been the closest I've come to using it. Oh, that, and I can edit other people's writing really well.

6.  I will throw a bag of chocolate chips in my shopping cart muttering something to the effect that they are for the cookies that I am planning to bake this weekend knowing full well that those chips will never see the light of cookie dough and will be eaten by the handful by me over the next two weeks.

7. I worked for a number of years with the homeless as a Director of a men's shelter & job program before starting my design business. 

8. I have a fantasy that QVC will call me one afternoon and offer me my dream job as an on air host.   My dream is to get paid for talking incessantly about 47 different reasons why you need the Northern Lights bedding set.  Or, if QVC doesn't come through, I would love to be a Soap Opera character.  I want to be the object of two men's undying love for me while trying to figure out how to escape from the desert island I was stranded on after my plane crashed while en route to to Paris to meet my secret lover.  All the while having perfectly coiffed hair, impeccable outfits, flawless makeup and perfectly manicured nails.

9. My husband and I used to ride a tandem mountain bike every weekend.  So much fun! You should have seen us flying down hills...... And, we once dressed up as reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh for a Christmas Fun Ride.

10. I absolutely believe the cereal is an acceptable dinner choice.

11. My love for Judge Judy borders on obsession.  I am fascinated  by the cases and the fact that there are so many people out there that   a) do not have checking accounts and pay everything by cash; therefore, never able to produce any evidence of payment.    b) how many people who have friends that can not get a cell phone in their name whereby the said "people" put the said "friends" on their cellphone plan resulting in nothing but trouble every time. and    c) The disproportionate number of females who loan money to men resulting in the men saying it was a "gift."  Plus, I love when JJ calls someone a "wisenheimer." 

12. My best friend Gail and I really want to try out for the show "Amazing Race" as the "Funny Moms Who are Best Friends and Still Think They're Kinda Hot....Even Though Their Not" category of contestants.  However, we haven't the slightest idea what we would do with our chidren if we got on the show since our husbands would still have to go to work until we won the million dollars.  I wonder if they would front us the money first.......   

13. The only ice cream I will eat is Hagen daas.

14. I feel absolutely no guilt whatsoever when my kids eat a Happy Meal. None.

I could go on and on....but I will stop for now.....

Now, I'm sure your saying to yourself "well, we kinda already know 236 weird things about you, Karin.  We read your blog. Could there possibly be any more"   Sadly, yes, my friends, yes.....There is so much more.  I'm really not sure I can contain it to just 7..........

1.  I believe that chocolate is a legitimate Food Group and I am currently trying to get on the Board of The Department of Agriculture in order to classify it as the 7th category on the food pyramid.

2. I love my DVR so much I would marry it if i could legally do so.   I wrote this post awhile back to show my love and dedication to it.  However, since I am unable to tie the knot with an inanimate object, I will just continue my lurid affair.

3. In that same vein, I watch Real Housewives of Orange County.  I consider it my meth of TV watching. In that I know that it actually kills important brain cells the minute I start viewing it, and upon subsequent viewing, renders me in a partial coma.  But, yet, I still secretly watch it when my husband's not around.   Yes. I know. This falls under the category of 7 reasons I need to get a life.

4. I harbor evil thoughts of people who are perfectly healthy and able (i.e. 20 year old guy who wears backward baseball cap and shirt that reads "I dated your mom" who bounds out of 325i series bmw towards Target.)  that they will trip over an abandoned (or pushed.....) shopping cart and break their leg on the way to the entrance. I'm not asking for compound fracture or anything requiring surgery. Just a simple break requiring the use of crutches for the next 6 weeks.  Yes. I know. This actually falls under 7 evil things about me.

5.I have a degree in Journalism. Other than my stint at a small newspaper in college, blogging has been the closest I've come to using it. Oh, that, and I can edit other people's writing really well.

6.  I will throw a bag of chocolate chips in my shopping cart muttering something to the effect that they are for the cookies that I am planning to bake this weekend knowing full well that those chips will never see the light of cookie dough and will be eaten by the handful by me over the next two weeks.

7. I worked for a number of years with the homeless as a Director of a men's shelter & job program before starting my design business. 

8. I have a fantasy that QVC will call me one afternoon and offer me my dream job as an on air host.   My dream is to get paid for talking incessantly about 47 different reasons why you need the Northern Lights bedding set.  Or, if QVC doesn't come through, I would love to be a Soap Opera character.  I want to be the object of two men's undying love for me while trying to figure out how to escape from the desert island I was stranded on after my plane crashed while en route to to Paris to meet my secret lover.  All the while having perfectly coiffed hair, impeccable outfits, flawless makeup and perfectly manicured nails.

9. My husband and I used to ride a tandem mountain bike every weekend.  So much fun! You should have seen us flying down hills...... And, we once dressed up as reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh for a Christmas Fun Ride.

10. I absolutely believe the cereal is an acceptable dinner choice.

11. My love for Judge Judy borders on obsession.  I am fascinated  by the cases and the fact that there are so many people out there that   a) do not have checking accounts and pay everything by cash; therefore, never able to produce any evidence of payment.    b) how many people who have friends that can not get a cell phone in their name whereby the said "people" put the said "friends" on their cellphone plan resulting in nothing but trouble every time. and    c) The disproportionate number of females who loan money to men resulting in the men saying it was a "gift."  Plus, I love when JJ calls someone a "wisenheimer." 

12. My best friend Gail and I really want to try out for the show "Amazing Race" as the "Funny Moms Who are Best Friends and Still Think They're Kinda Hot....Even Though Their Not" category of contestants.  However, we haven't the slightest idea what we would do with our chidren if we got on the show since our husbands would still have to go to work until we won the million dollars.  I wonder if they would front us the money first.......   

13. The only ice cream I will eat is Hagen daas.

14. I feel absolutely no guilt whatsoever when my kids eat a Happy Meal. None.

I could go on and on....but I will stop for now.....