Karebear Central

Every year, the same thing happens about this time.  I start putting away my normal everyday decorations, such as my fake wedding flowers and start putting up the Xmas decorations.  But every year, I somehow misplace a box of stuff in our basement.  Last year, I couldn’t find the ornaments for the life of me.  I swear I looked in every bin that we have downstairs, but I couldn’t find anything.  Now this year, I’m missing my snowmen stuff.  I know they are all here somewhere, I am just not sure where. 

Here are this week’s four questions.   I almost forgot, the week has been so busy

#1. Jello. What’s your favorite flavor or recipe?  Cherry by far.  Favorite recipe–jello shots!
#2. Red liquid covering for pasta. Do you call it sauce or gravy and why? Its sauce, gravy is brown and on potatoes.
#3. Cereal. What’s your favorite kind of cereal (can be hot or cold)?  It has to be cold, and its Cheerios. 
#4. What is the worst food smell you know of?  Onions. 

I joined a pool today for the Packer/Cowboy game.  This is regardless of the fact that I had no intention of watching the game.  I spent the night talking on the phone and catching up on shows.  I did just turn on the game 24 to 27 so I quickly turned it off.  Andy did tell me Favre was hurt, but I wasn’t watching at that point so its not my fault.  Really it isn’t.  Oh well.  Funny thing is that I do not even really understand how the game works.  I assume someone would tell me if I won.

I am a self-proclaimed Johnny Depp fan.  He is the one man I would do almost anything for. I know I try to see every movie that contains Johnny.  Actually its more than movies, I try to find things like trying to visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site.  From what I have read, this is one of those great revenge movies. 

So it got me thinking of other great revenge scenes from movies past.   Does “My name is Inigo Montoya (don’t know how to spell the name), you killed my father, prepare to die” sound familiar to anyone?  If you don’t know, my husband would be very, very disappointed in you.  According to him, its in one of the best movies ever made “The Princess Bride.”  The scene I am talking about is when Inigo finally finds the six fingered man who killed his father.  The six fingered man scarred Ingio for life, with one slash on each cheek. 

The entire movie, he keeps saying this to random people trying to find the killer to exact revenge.  He does at the castle and a sword fight ensues.  Ingio gets a knife in his stomach and is stabbed with the sword in both shoulders.  But then, he gets the upper hand in the fight.  He attacks the six fingered man, stabbed him in the stomach and both shoulders.  He also slashes both cheeks, just as the six fingered man did to him.  The six fingered man says to Ingio that he will give him whatever he wants and before the six fingered man dies, Ingio says ”I want my father back you son of a b*****!” 

Sweeney Todd’s premise is built on revenge.  As in the Princess Bride, it is do onto others.  Sweeney is unjustly sent to prison so when he gets out he sets out for revenge on all the injustices that have befallen him.  It sounds like a great movie.  I mean who can play crazy better than Johnny? 

To find out more about the movie, visit Sweeny Todd at Myspace. 

Andy’s friend is getting married in June.  They booked the church and reception hall in September or August, but now are just beginning to realize, there is no hotel near the reception hall.  The problem with the reception hall is that it is about 20 minutes from a town with hotels both ways, and this crowd for this wedding are drinkers.  I purposely choose the reception hall as it being a hotel.  I know it was my wedding, but if I wanted people to come, I was going to make sure they have a place to stay.  But that’s just me!

So I’m pretty sure the FedEx shipment is the wine.  My problem is FedEx wants to deliver when I’m not here.  They also will not let me pick it up until after the third attempt.  Because here, the drivers own their trucks and at the end of their deliveries, they head home with the truck.  So if my wine is ruined because of their stupid we can’t let you pick it up until we try to deliver 3 times rule, they are going to hear it.  I just want my wine.  I mean tonight, I am way to tired to try it, but still its the principle.   Okay, enough whining!  I got it out of my system now.  I just better be able to get it tomorrow.

While driving to my in-laws last, we were listening to talk radio (which I hate).  I so totally get that why Wisconsin lawmakers want to pass a law to make it illegal to text while driving.   I just do not understand why they do not add to the law–talking on a cell phone.  Maybe that only makes sense to me!

Today I was searching for my friends address when I got linked to her wedding site looking for it.  For her, living in Beaver Dam in Wisconsin, and planning a Milwaukee Wedding was a bit hard, even having a year and a half.  I know when I was stressing for my wedding of finding things in the same town I was in, it was still hard.  When it’s your own wedding, you want everything perfect, yet easy to book and find.  When you are working to save money for a wedding and plan it, its hard to be able to get out and find vendors.  Having them all in one spot with links to the different pages, is so very helpful. It even has links to things you wouldn’t normally think of–such as save the date magnets!!!  Not only can you find these magnets (which are so totally awesome), you can also find articles to help you out with your planning.  One thing I know I want to do and read up on more is scrapbooking.  My friend (the one that had a Milwaukee wedding) is great at scrapbooking and a wedding would be a perfect scrapbook to show my kids someday. 

So you know what’s really annoying?  When you come home to a FedExsticker on your day saying hey we stopped at 3:30, we’ll make 3 attempts and then you need to call us.  I don’t even know what they are sending.  Is it my Hawaiian beach shirt?  Is it wine?  The worst thing is I called to see where it is right now to see if I could pick it up.  I don’t see us being home tomorrow around 3:30 either.  I mean I could, but if they come early that would suck leaving early for something that I do not know what it is. 

The other day, I was taking an online survey.  I love doing these even if I do not get paid because I feel like someone is out there actually doing some market research in order to make products better for me.  I got a wine survey to take.  I got through about 10 questions about the kinds of wine and such and then they asked how much I normally spend on wine.  When I answered under $10.00, it said thanks, but no thanks, you are no longer eligible.  I don’t think good things should be expensive, so I enjoy the cheaper wine!