Irony: An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning

You know, the crap that was the last 4 months of 2008, and the crap that has happened since January 20, is definitely less depressing when accompanied by Christmas carols.

I got this from my sister-in-law's blog, and it's hilarious.



p.s. Yes, I'm not sure "irony" fits here either, at least perfectly, but that's all I could think of for the post title.

You know it's true . . . everything I do . . .

This morning as I ran on the treadmill I nearly finished watching Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. That movie is so iconic and is one of the very few movies that take me back in time (to 1991--can you believe how long ago that was?!).

I remember my mom wouldn't let me watch the movie because it was too dark, so I had to go to the Sorenson's house to view it. The beginning made my skin crawl (maybe that's why my mom didn't want me to watch it).

That one Bryan Adams song (you know the one) was playing everywhere, all the time, and I longed to dance to it at my wedding (in 1991--by the time I got married the song's kitschiness factor was too high, sadly).

You seriously don't remember The Song? ;)

I think that's when I first realized how awesome Morgan Freeman is. And he didn't even do a voice-over.

Snape is the villain. When I saw the first Harry Potter movie I thought, "Hey, that's the Sheriff of Nottingham!"

Best line: "Because it's dull, you twit, it'll hurt more!"

I love that Kevin Costner doesn't even attempt an accent.

The version I'm watching has a bunch of weird, random added scenes that bug me. The witch is Nottingham's mom? What?! I can totally see why they took those scenes out, but why did they add them back? Why can only LOTR add deleted scenes that actually help the movie? Don't get me started on Beauty and the Beast . . ..

When Robin Hood saves Marian, the cheesiest line of the movie (and maybe of all time) is uttered, but it still gives me chills every time: Marian: "You came for me." Robin: "I would die for you." Awww.

The F word is in the movie. I only realized that a few years ago. Scandalous. IMDB tries to say he says, "Fie me," but that's not what he says (I hope "fie" isn't some random cuss word either, like "bugger" [which they also say a lot in the movie]).

Could you imagine being a butt double? Ha.

Snips and snails, and puppy-dogs' tails

I am making a scrapbook for my sister's baby who's due in two months. I'm not very good at scrapbooking, although I do enjoy making pages for other people. And Joann was having a sale today so I bought lots of cute baby scrapbook things. It's so hard to resist adorable scrapbook flair, especially baby flair, especially for my sister.

I want it to be the baby's first year book, with pages for the major milestones. But I'm not sure what exactly those milestones are. What are the things you all wanted to remember about your baby's first year? I would LOVE your advice on milestones to include on the pages and other events I should include in this book. I have the following so far:

• Pregnancy stuff, like: ultrasound pictures; first time she felt him move; how she told Aaron and grandparents and aunts and uncles, etc.
• Where he's born, how much he weighs, length, etc.
• Baby feet/hand prints
• Sleeping baby pictures
• First sink/tub bath
• First haircut

What am I missing? What do you think are important memories? I need ideas!

Parting is such sweet sorrow

It's as official as it can be without being listed on MLS yet--our house is for sale.

Since Todd and I got engaged I've known this was coming, but it still crept up on me. Decluttering the house sucks. Worrying about whether it will sell or if we can find renters sucks. But knowing I'm going to be leaving my first house really sucks.

At least I'm leaving it for Hawaii.