songs i should be embarrassed to admit i paid $.99 for

"Ready, Set, Don't Go" by Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus (that's embarrassing on two counts)

"If I Could Turn Back Time" by Cher (come on, you know you dance to this one when it comes on)

"All Out of Love" by Air Supply (oh, to have 80s radio all the time!)

"Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon (see previous paranthetical statement)

"Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira

"Hopelessly Devoted to You" by Olivia Newton-John

"I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family

"Right In Front of You" by Celine Dion (I've actually downloaded a few of her songs ... come on, no one can deny the woman can SING)

"The Time of My Life" by David Cook (this is the song he sang in the finale of American Idol last year ... its totally cheesy ... but I LOVE David Cook ... so I bought it ... sue me)

choose your wedding location WISELY

for the sake of mindless entertainment ...

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lyrics I love

From silly to sappy ....

"I'm a sailor peg and I lost my leg climbin' up the topsails, I lost my leg. I'm shipping up to Boston, I'm shipping up to Boston, I'm shipping up to Boston, I'm shipping up to find my wooden leg!"
I'm Shipping Up to Boston, Dropkick Murphys

"Are we human or are we dancers .... "
Human, The Killers

"I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door ...."
500 Miles, The Proclaimers

"When you see a deer you see Bambie, and I see antlers up on the wall ... When you see a priceless French painting I see a drunk naked girl ... Well, love makes a man do some things he ain't proud of and in a weak moment I might walk your sissy dog, hold your purse at the mall, but remember I'm still a guy... And I'll pour out my heart hold your hand in the car write a love song that makes you cry, then turn right around knock some jerk to the ground 'cause he copped a feel as you walked by ...."
I'm Still a Guy, Brad Paisley

"Like an apple on the tree, hiding out behind the leaves, I was difficult to reach, but you picked me. Like a shell upon a beach, just another pretty piece, I was difficult to see, but you picked me ..."
You Picked Me, A Fine Frenzy

"Tell me you care, tell me you're listenin', tell me that its me, you are missin', tell me I mean something more than anyone before ... Honey I haven't a clue, so tell me that its true, that I've got you ..."
I've Got You, Ari Hest

"Still my heart and hold my tongue, I feel my time, my time has come. Let me in, unlock the door, I never felt this way before ... Hold my hand inside your hands, I need someone who understands, I need someone, someone who hears, for you I've waited all these years. For you I'd wait till Kingdom Come, until my day, my day is done, and say you'll come and set me free, just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me .... "
Kingdom Come, Coldplay

"I want a love like Johnny and June, rings of fire, burnin' with you, I want to walk the line, walk the line till the end of time. I want to love, love you that much, cash it all in, give it all up, when you're gone I want to go too, like Johnny and June ..."
Johnny and June, Heidi Newfield

"All of these lines across my face tell you the story of who I am, so many stories of where I've been and how I got to where I am, but these stories don't mean anything when you've got no one to tell them to, it's true, I was made for you ..."
The Story, Brandi Carlile

ahoy matee

Today is, in case you didn't know, International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Don't believe me? You weasely rascal, check out this site: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/. It'll tell you everything you ever needed to know about how to celebrate, and how to talk, like a pirate. Avast, me hearties ... yo ho!

a good laugh

Life might be a little emotionally draining right now, but you can always count on a dog in a cone for a good laugh. Lucy was spayed last Friday and has been wearing the poor thing for a week now. She's almost healed and hopefully the cone can come off in another couple days. Until then, the pointing and laughing continues at her expense.

Still cute!

ah, puppies

What happens when puppies are alone, frustrated, and there's a kleenex box within reach.

I don't normally endorse beer .....

But have you SEEN the Dos Equis commercials?!! They're hilarious. In my current favorite one (not the one below) he says, "It's never too early to start working on your obituary." So true Most Interesting Man. So true.

photogenic much?

It has been a long-known fact that my dear beautiful sister starts turning weird the moment a camera is pointed at her. Its always been a source of entertainment in our family, and fortunately Amy has a pretty good attitude about it. However, she's going to put in some practice hours before her wedding, because if the pictures below are any indication of what we might get on that day ... well, you get the picture.

This was the best shot we got that day.

how to look 10 years younger in 10 minutes

1. Begin with a full mountain-man beard.



2. Begin shaving ... while you listen to and try to ignore the cries of your wife screaming "Nooooo." (She happens to have loved the beard.)



3. Try the Abraham Lincoln look ... and decide it makes you look weird, or 150 years old.



4. Shave more ... somewhat painfully.



5. Shave a little more, losing all notion of full beard.



6. Try out the grunge goattee look.



7. Maybe a soul patch?



8. But ultimately, to take off the most years, all facial hair (save eyebrows) must be removed.