MAY CONTEST

Come one, Come all! It's time for May's "Write the Caption" Contest. I need your help! C'mon girls...let's show the guys!

I'M A WINNER!

Today at work, I won a $5.00 gift card to Potbelly's in a drawing by the "Social Club". At the beginning of each year, anyone can voluntarily join this club by paying dues of $20. This club has various drawings throughout the year, sponsors bagel breakfasts and pizza lunches, and puts fun little "pick-me-up" gifts in our mailboxes each month. So I'm only in the hole $15 now! I'm a WINNER!

WHEEEE!!!

If I lived in Wheeling, Illinois, I would call it Wheeeeeee!-ling.

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (Part 2)

Seinfeld (1990)
George Costanza: [seeing Elaine's dance at an office party] "Sweet fancy Moses"

Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Jack Ryan: I'm sorry, Mr. President, I don't dance.

Dirty Dancing (1987)
Johnny: Look, spaghetti arms. This is my dance space. This is your dance space. I don't go into yours, you don't go into mine. You gotta hold the frame.

Duck Soup (1933)
Rufus T. Firefly: I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows till you come home.

Five People You Meet in Heaven, The (2004) (TV)
Marguerite: Lost love is still love, Eddie. It just takes a different form, that's all. You can't hold their hand... You can't tousle their hair... But when those senses weaken another one comes to life... Memory... Memory becomes your partner. You hold it... you dance with it... Life has to end, Eddie... Love doesn't.

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Esther Smith: It's our last dance in St. Louis. I feel like I'm going to cry.

Remember the Titans (2000)
Coach Boone: I don't scratch my head unless it itches and I don't dance unless I hear some music. I will not be intimidated. That's just the way it is.

Hitch (2005)
Albert: [showing Hitch his dance moves] Do the Q-tip! Q-tip! Now throw it away! Now what am I doing? I'm makin a pizza!

ANOTHER DAY TO CELEBRATE!

In case you don't have it marked on your calendar...today is National Devil's Food Cake Day! In wondering why it's called "devil's" food cake, I found that it's possibly because it is "quite heavy relative to angel food cake". I made cupcakes for my team at work this morning, but if I had the talent I would have made this monkey cake!

APRIL'S WINNER IS...

"Clyde's career sank sharply after Clint stopped calling."





This was a hard decision, but Bobby's tribute to the 70's topped them all. I'm sure that all of your most sincere wishes go to Bobby for this honor. Thanks again to all of you for playing. Don Pardo, tell him what he's won!

FOR MY HUBBY

I love you, LORD God,
and you make me strong.
You are my mighty rock, my fortress,
my protector,
the rock where I am safe,
my shield, my powerful weapon,
and my place of shelter.
I praise you, LORD!

Psalm 18:1-2

FISHIES

I hope I haven't become one of "those" people!

My first choice would be to have two puppies, but because of our living arrangements, that is not possible. It's quite depressing for us, but at this point in time there's nothing we can do. Many of you knew our sweet cocker spaniel, Sandy, and how much we enjoyed having a cuddly puppy waiting for us at the door every day.

But until then, I still have this strong maternal desire to nurture someone or something. So this past weekend, my patient and loving husband took me to the pet store to buy some fish, the only pet that will work in our current apartment. So after several visits to several pet stores, we bought 2 Bettas (pronounced "bet-tuh", not "bait-tuh" like so many people incorrectly do.) I had fun watching them explore their newly decorated homes (in 2 different bowls, because the male badgers the female too much and so they have to be separated). And we laughed a lot coming up with their names, Peanut Butter for the male, and Jelly for the female.

However, I hope that in my excitement to have 2 new pets that I don't become one of those fish fanatics that can't think or talk about anything else. I certainly hope that I don't become addicted and before too long have 25 bowls of fish all over the house. I promise that I won't dress them up for holidays or send pictures of them in every email. I also promise I won't include them in this year's Christmas card. I may talk to them, but I'll try to restrain myself when we have guests. And I will post them on my blog with a picture, just once!

MY NEW FRIEND

I'd like to introduce to you my new gorilla friend. We recently had the opportunity to go to the Lincoln Park Zoo in downtown Chicago, and I met MANY new friends. I think I could have spent all day sitting and staring at the monkeys in the Ape House and Primate House. However, since we were with friends, I didn't feel right forcing them to spend all day with the monkeys. Plus the echos of screaming children on field trips got to be too much after a while. So stay tuned for more stories and pictures from our trip.

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE! (Part 1)

Dance like nobody is watching!

A walk down memory lane, plus a few chuckles for the day:

Footloose (1984)
Ren: Hey, hey! What's this I see? I thought this was a party. LET'S DANCE!

Angus (1995)
Angus: I can't dance. My limbs are lethal weapons. Innocent people got hurt trying to teach me dance.

Garden State (2004)
Sam: I can tap-dance. You wanna see me tap-dance?

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
D-Qwon: Welcome to D-Qwon's dance grooves, are you ready to get your groove on?

Back to the Future (1985)
Marty McFly: Wait, you don't understand. If you don't play there's no music. If there's no music they don't dance. If they don't dance they don't kiss and fall in love and I'm history.

Elf (2003)
Papa Elf: You can bake cookies in a tree. As you can imagine, it's, uh, dangerous having an oven in an oak tree during the dry season. But the third job, some call it, uh, "the show" or "the big dance," it's the profession that every elf aspires to. And that is to build toys in Santa's workshop.

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Tevye: And I'm going to dance with my wife!

The Story of Us (1999)
Katie: That's not why I'm saying Chow Funs. Funs, I'm saying Chow Funs because we're an us. There's a history here, and histories don't happen overnight. In Mesopotamia or Ancient Troy there are cities built on top of other cities, but I don't want another city, I like this city. I know what kind of mood your in when you wake up by which eyebrow is higher, and you know I'm a little quiet in the morning and compensate accordingly, that's a dance you perfect over time. And it's hard, it's much harder than I thought it would be, but there's more good than bad and you don't just give up!

EL PARTIDO Y CELEBRA!

Happy May 5th or Happy Cinco de Mayo, whichever you and your family celebrate. If you happen to live close to one, I hope that you were able to have a taco at Taco John's. I've only visited a Taco John's once in my life and while the food was okay, the best thing about it was their mascot, Whiplash. Goce hoy y recuerde, los monos son realmente lindo. (That's funny!)

HAPPY OJ DAY!

Did you have yours?
I had mine.

"Refrigerated juices and juice drinks should be used by the date stamped on the package." - Minute Maid

OJ DAY!

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 4, is National Orange Juice Day. If you don't have OJ at home to celebrate, you better run by the store tonight.

DO YOU KNOW?

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
(Isaiah 40:28-29)