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Bye Bye Brett....it's like saying goodbye to an old friend...
Brett Favre, after 17 seasons (WOW!) is calling it quits. I'm happy for him, sad for our team. The Green Bay Packers have seen some incredible highs and lows. Brett's been part of them both. But he's always been there.
It will be very strange next year to watch a Packer game without him. I was priveledged to watch Brett play in two playoff games (at Lambeau Field) the year we went to the Super Bowl. The tickets were super pricey but worth every penny to watch him play.
The man was amazing, on and off the field. He's stumbled a bit - who hasn't - but all-in-all a player and a man that should be proud to be a role model.
Thank you for the best football memories a girl could have!
They really do.
Weekend Recap:
We had talked about going out to eat on Friday night but neither of us (read: me) felt like going anywhere. So we just hung out and watched a movie. (Reviews Following). Saturday, I went to get my hair cut and even treated myself to a manicure. Exciting - I know, but hey, it's a treat for me!
Also on Saturday, WWH tried (again) to go snowmobiling but his riding buddy's sled didn't want to cooperate. "One bolt", was what I was told when he came home only 2 short hours after leaving the house. Apparently a bolt that does something pretty darn important was missing and when they tried to replace it, nothing worked and after futile efforts, the ride was called off. He was pouting hard-core so I took him out to get a bar burger and to try to cheer him up. I was amazed at how many people were in our neighborhood tap at 3:30pm on a Saturday afternoon. And these were not young people, these people were OUR age, and drunk! I saw one 45+ year old lift her shirt. I couldn't help it, I had to squinch up my face with disgust - No one wants to see your 45+ year old boobies deary! Keep 'em to yourself please! Another movie followed.
Sunday we went out with Ma and Pa Keller to our local IHOP, that was an experience. Not that the food or service was bad - both where what I expected. But Ma and Pa went west to their IHOP and we went east to our IHOP! Thank goodness Ma figured it out and called us and they met us at our IHOP.
Then we went home and WWH chopped away at our ice skating rink (a.k.a. Our Driveway) and I finished some laundry and kept looking at my nails all day. Why can't I do that to my own nails? How much is manicurist school anyway? Maybe I could start a whole new career.....wait, they work Saturday's right....Nahhhhhh.
We watched the third movie in the afternoon and just relaxed.
Movie Reviews:
Feast of Love
I had never heard of this movie but it had Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinear in it so I thought it had to be at least tolerable. I was relieved to find out that it was a wonderful movie. A good message about LOVE. Awwwww...yes, it had some super sappy parts but I thought it was well worth the watch. WWH really liked it too!
3.5 out of 5 (I need to come up with some sort of symbol for this rating system).
We Own the Night
Anything with Mark Wahlberg and I'm all over it! I love that man! Anyway, back to the movie. Also starring Joaquin Phoenix and Eva Mendes, it's a story about 2 brothers - one is a night club manager and the other a cop. It was predictable where this was going - the night club owner (Joaquin) gets a warning from his cop brother (Marky Mark) that drug deals are going down and would he help out the cops by doing some informing. Also starring in this movie is Robert Duvall as the father of both boys and also the Deputy Chief. WWH liked it but I thought it was predictable and kind of boring save for the eye candy to look at.
2 out of 5
25th Hour
All the right actors for a fun movie viewing experience: Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Them there are some righteous acting chops. But no such luck on the movie. It wasn't horrible but there wasn't much there of any substance. It was directed/produced by Spike Lee and it should have been written by Mr. Lee as well. In the middle of the movie the lead actor (Edward) goes into this tirade that levels shots at all minorities, except of course the Irish, which is supposed to be one of. I think it was trying to be Spike Lee film but fell very short.
1.5 out of 5
It's supposed to be a "free" day today. "Only comes around once every 4 years!" I've never known why we had a Leap Year, I've never really cared. But for some reason I've been hearing and reading a lot about it being a "free" day. Huh? It's not free! I'm still at work, I'm still responsible for everything I would do on a "regular" day.
It IS a regular day!
So, since I'm more aware of this day than in years past, I took the time to look it up and it was just as I figured, a way for us to stay in alignment with the earth's revolutions around the sun.
So why does that make it a free day?
I dunno but I'm in a blue mood today so I will jump on the band-wagon and try to do something different today.
But like what?
I heard on the news that people are actually suggesting you used this day to "clean up your clutter", or other domestic things like that. I find that b-o-r-i-n-g! If we are going to make this day special, you have to come up with something better than cleaning!
Maybe I should be doing something I've never done before? That's not exactly possible - I can't jump out of a plane today, now can I? Not in Wisconsin anyway, it's snowing, but what's new?
So what WILL I do? Probably nothing "special" or out of the ordinary but I will try to at least enjoy the day that only comes around every 4 years.
I'm starting over today. I had another blog but unfortunately, I was keepin it a little TOO real for some of my family. I feared the judgment that came with telling people how you really felt about something. I wish I didn't care. But I do.
So I decided to just start over. I like to write and I'm going to keep this little blog to myself. For me. Something just for me! If you read, great - if not, who cares! O.K. I do, but seriously it all comes out here. No holding back.
First of all let me tell you ("you" meaning whoever) what is bothering me today:
Treading Lightly
My friend was going to let me borrow her treadmill. Granted we talked about it a month ago, but I did bring it up two weekends ago, just to be sure she knew I was still interested. But yesterday I found out that she borrowed it to someone else! Without even calling me? What's that about? She sent me an email saying "Since I didn't hear anything from you for a while..." Blah, Blah, Blah. First of all, it's only been 4 weeks. I can't move the thing myself, WWH (Wonderful Welder Husband) has to help me and it's SNOWMOBILE Season! I can't get the guy to do anything during this time. We've had record snow! The temps have either been bitter cold or raining, so moving anything large isn't really prudent. I guess what bothers me the most is the fact that she just thinks I was blowing smoke, that I wasn't ever going to come and get the machine so when someone else expressed a need, she just gave up on me and didn't even bother to call. This person she gave it to may need it more than me - maybe so - but still it's not something I expect from a good friend.
When she emailed me yesterday, I just said "Well, I did bring it up but maybe you didn't hear me". Why didn't I say something else, like "Why wouldn't you pick up the phone and call me first?" I have this fear of confronting people who do me wrong. I let it build and build and build and then someday way down the road, she will ask me to pass the potatoes and I will snap! :)
How do I handle this now? Because I didn't say anything to her right away do I have to let it go? What are your thoughts?
