Can I have a little cheese with my Gladiator?

So - I'm one of those people who said "I hate reality tv" and every advertisement for reality tv, i'd say "that looks like the stupidest show ever", or "who would do that?" or "yeah, that's not staged!". I never watched shows like "American Idol" or anything of the sort - and to be honest, when friends were all hooked on it I was like "hmmm, weird waste of time".... until now!

I now realize that it is not a waste of time AT ALL, but totally mind numbing fun! There is nothing better on a high-stress day than coming home to the "reality zone".

I have four favorites, but only 3 of them are on during this time of the season - so I'm really only wasting 3 hours a week! I'm not sure what the national average of time wasted in front of tv - but I'm gonna guess it's higher, especially because 1/2 the population are male, and MOST (not all) waste countless hours a week on sports, and when not watching sporting events, they are tuned in to ESPN to hear a summary of every sport ever invented.

Here are my fav's - important to note that they in order by weeknight, NOT by favorite:

Monday - Fall - Dancing with the Stars
Monday - Spring - American Gladiators (no, I'm not joking..here is my favorite intro from last night "You've heard of Heaven, but what about "Hell-ga".
Tuesday - The Biggest Loser - I don't care what they say - it's totally a game of strategy.. I'm cheering for Jillian's team!
Thursday - Celebrity Apprentice - Holy cow, did you see last week? BTW, I don't love Omarosa... git already! But I luuuuu..huvvvvv Trace!

As embarrasing as it is to say - these are my fav's! Tune in and you'll see why!

This entry sponsored by NBC, ABC.

"Adios" Elder Al P.

Alex's farewell was on Sunday, February 10th. What a great day! So many friends and family came to support him. It was unbelievable to see the building so full of familiar faces and so many people that we love and that love Alex.

Here are my top ten favorites from the day!

1- Jordan's non stop grazing for 12 hours straight
2- Wendy and I shoving stuffed mushrooms as hot as lava into our mouths
3- Seeing my boss and his family
4- Kenyon's hospitality... he's such a good person he blows me away
5- Being only one of two people that know that the "lil smokies" recipe calls for grape jelly...
6 - Listening to Alex talk about his buddies and what an influence they have been in his life
7 - Alex's friends that are girls
8 - RaNae and Lauren's song
9 - Sitting on my bed talking to Kenyon and Alex about the day til 11:30 p.m.
10- Having Al P. call me his best friend

I love you Al - you are my favorite missionary!

Sweethearts...

A couple of photo's of Al P. and Lu on their way to the "Sweethearts Dance" tonight
Happy Valentines you little sweethearts! I love you both!

Is it weird?

A few weeks before Christmas I asked Alex what he wanted, and considering the circumstances he didn't have a long list of wants... So... I decided to take him to Disneyland for a few days... just the two of us!

Now you... like some people at my work might think that is weird.. But... when I asked Alex, 2 days before we left if he thought it was weird he said "no, if it was just any mom - it would be weird, but your cool"... Good answer bud! Plus, it's not unusual for us, because we've done it before!

We had so much fun! It was still January, so the park was relatively quiet on Thursday and Friday, but when Saturday came, it might as well have been June.. it was really busy.

We skipped most of the lame-o rides, and went on our favorites Over, and Over, and Over for 3 days.

One of Alex and my favorite things to do together is people watch.. ok, and "people mock". Besides Lagoon, and Dr's offices, there is no better place for this activity. These were some of our highlights

- 2 nerds on DDR, and the one nerdy guy almost falling... he was like "whoa" but caught himself at the last minute.

- the tough guy playing boxing on a video game.. oh my did he look lame in front of that girl.

- The "heavy set" guy in the floody, tight jeans.

- The super tall cowboy bobbing his head back and forth to the yodeling music at the Materhorn.

- The super tall cowboy's super tall sister! She was him, but her.

And finally, Al P's favorite... the macho guy sitting on the curb after the parade... so picture this.. he is sitting on the curb as if he has a skirt on.. like both legs tucked to the side, feet together.. Tell Al to show you... it's so funny! We went walking by - saw him and both burst out laughing.

Enjoy the slideshow, but don't be mad if you don't get it! We do!

It's a "Non-Party" for the "Non-Farewell"

She's like 100

Ok.. ok, she's not really 100, she's ONLY 76!! But I tell her all the time "your like 100", so I knew she'd appreciate it! I'm talking about my mom! My mom turned 76 on Tuesday, so this entry is a tribute to her! She's fu-nny!

I've been trying to think of the words to describe my mom... smart, and smart-A**, airheaded, competetive, bossy, patient, funny, athletic (i know, and she's like 100), opinionated, a survivor, loving, listener, a good friend... I mean like a really, really good friend, an amazing grandma, curious, worried, and spoiled.

Some of my favorite things about my mom are the following:

1) She text's (I know, and she's like 100). My mom texts her kids and grandkids all the time! It's the best. I love watching her text and reading (or maybe I should say interpreting) her texts too! For example:

- "hi"

- "I didn't get the C"

She's my favorite texter ever! People that are under the age of 76 and say they can't text should be ashamed!!

2) She's a crazy fiend of a game player... super competitive and ALWAYS wins.. ok, so sometimes in a friendly little game of "Hand and Foot"she "accidentally" forgets to play her foot, but remember, shes' like 100! She also plays domino's, phase 10, and I don't know what else - like 50 other card games.. I think she was quite possibly a dealer in Vegas in another life!

3) She was the most amazing mom, when I had Alex, I can remember thinking "I have no idea what I'm doing" and even when I did stuff wrong, she was so nice to me! She never once told me what to do or made me feel like I didn't know what I was doing, I think she was just so glad to have another little grandbaby all she could think about was being a good grandma!

Alex has tons of great memories too like.. Big Bear, Banana pie with foam, golfing and mini pancakes!

Happy "100" birthday Mom! I love you!

Eat your heart out girls!!!

Check him out - This is one of many stunning photos' taken of Alex by my good friend Sue Richardson.. If you ever run across an amazing photograph on my blog, and think "wow - that's a great photo", its a Sue photo.. you should also check out her website at http://www.suerichardsonphotography.com/
What can I say... apparently I make good looking children... ok child, but whatever!