The Video Part II

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The Video

This is the video Kase and his brothers and friend, Brad, made together for a contest. Why, do you ask?

Well, because any opportunity to show off Ryan's short shorts is a good one.

Because Brad is an awesome drummer, and lip singer... I mean back up vocalist.

Because Tommy looks like he could possible chop down a forest after rocking out.

Because Kase is an awesome director/editor and husband I might add.

Because Scott is carrying on the wayward son.

Because Kase's dad is in it and he cracks me up everytime I watch it.

Because I am in the video. For a split tiny instant half of a half of a half of a second. (Hint: the bar scene.)

Oh and because these boys rock. What else?

CA to FL and Everywhere In Between

This week I have been in Columbia, South Carolina, for work training. It's interesting because I get to meet people from all over the country who do my exact same job. They are like me in an alternate universe. During the week, you get to chat with these people and go out to dinner and such. We often refer to each other by what state we are from, just because it's easier. For instance, my main friend this week was Rhode Island. She works in RI but actually lives in Boston. I like her. She says fun things like "Grocery Market", "Wicked", "Huge Big", and "Rememba".

During the week, I met Nebraska, Georgia, California, DC, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, North Carolina, and so on. Very nice people. One night Rhode Island and I were walking through the lobby when we ran into Florida. She had her husband, 6 month old, and 9 year old with her. We chatted and she introduced us to her husband. "Sweetie, this is Miss Tennessee and Miss Rhode Island." We chatted a while and goo-ed over her baby. I noticed her 9 yr old seemed to be staring at us kindof funny.

The next day, she told us that after we had left, her 9 yr old had said "Mommy how come Miss TN and Miss RI didn't have crowns and sashes like the ladies on TV". haha. He thought we were beauty queens or something! How funny. I guess he probably thought that beauty queens sure do look better on TV then in real life!

Other funny story: Security is very important at training. (After all it is the government.) During class, if you had to go to the bathroom, you had to memorize a code to be able to get into the outside batroom door. I went out into the hallway and began looking for the bathroom. I couldn't find it. Finally, I found a door with a key pad, punched in the numbers, and it let me in.

Later, Rhode Island had to go to the bathroom so we went out for another trip. She passed the room that I had went into earlier. "Where are you going" I asked. "To the bathroom, rememba?" she said. I thought to myself, if this is the bathroom where did I go earlier? On the way back to class, I realized I had used the mens restroom. Perfect.

Things I was reminded of this week:

1. I don't care if my future kids take tennis lessons, speak only french in their 7th grade classrooms, or are enrolled in the same private school as the president's daughters so they can go to white house sleepovers. I just want my future kids to be happy. (Thanks Miss DC)

2. I don't care about getting promotions, and furthering my career. I just want to make decent money so I can support my family and pay off my student loans. (Thanks Miss NH)

4. If I were Miss Tennesse I would work towards world peace. (Also, saving children, feeding the poor, umm....... spaying and neutering pets....)

5. Seriously though, Tennessee is beautiful.

6. I have the best husband.

7. I am grateful for my life.

Hubbie Funnies

We have been keeping my parents dog, Isabella, while they are in Florida. Yesterday, Isabella was laying on the floor between Kase and I.

Me: What is that noise? (There was a weird, quiet noise that sounded like a soft rumble.)

Kase: It's the dog.

Me: What? Are you sure? That doesn't sound right. Are you sure it's not your ipod?

(rumble noise again)

Kase: No I am sure. My ipod is on silent. I think the dog is wheezing.

At this point I am starting to get worried. It's just not a natural noise that should be coming from a dog.

Then we heard the rumble noise again. It WAS the ipod! Guess it wasn't on silent after all. It made me laugh that he thought that weird noise was the dog.

Ok maybe you had to be there.

Random Thoughts For The Day

1. I hope that the dogs at home are ok. (We are dog sitting.)

2. Reese's peices are good and they remind me of ET.

3. On Friday, while eating at cracker barrel there was a girl at the next table painting her toe nails! That was rude and gross!

4. I am really enjoying the book that I am reading. It is the autobiography of Julie Andrews: Home.

5. What should I feed the missionaries tomorrow? I don't cook well.

6. I wonder if this week will go any faster. It already feels long and it's only Monday.

Surprise Surprise

"I have the best surprise for you" my husband said this past Saturday. Of course, I don’t really like surprises. I like to KNOW what is going on. But for two days, he kept it a secret. All of my investigative work did not payoff.

Finally, the day of the surprise came. After work, I raced home and found my husband waiting at home. I think he was just as excited as I was. We got in the car and drove. "Close your eyes and NO peeking" he said as we began to drive out of the neighborhood. So I shut my eyes tight as we made too many turns for me to figure out where we were going.

Suddenly, the car stopped. Feeling a little carsick and with my eyes still closed, I followed Kase into a building that smelled....... like popcorn. "Are we at the movies? Are you sure this surprise is for me?" Then I heard his parents and brothers. "WHAT is going on?" I thought.

Tickets were picked up, popcorn and candy was bought, all while my eyes were STILL closed! I was finally allowed to open my eyes as we found seats in the theater. I waited for the mystery movie to begin. Was it Star Trek (again)? Was it some movie that I had never heard of? What WAS it?

The lights dimmed, but there were no previews. Odd. Then.... a familiar sound of clocks began ticking...... What was it? Why it was none other than my VERY FAVORITE MOVIE EVER:

BACK TO THE FUTURE

(Part I of course.)

The theater was playing it as part of a "Blast from the Past" summer movie event. I got to see my favorite movie on the big screen in the theater! Great Scott!!!! All because my husband rocks.

We had a great time. My husband is so sweet to work so hard to surprise me. Kase, you are my density.... I mean destiny.

Watching the movie in the theater was like going back in time to 1985. In fact, when I think about it, I am pretty sure that my parents were about my age when they saw Back to the Future for the first time in the theater. So it was like I went back in time to 1985 and saw the movie just like my parents did. Oh man.... this is heavy.

A Tale of Two Tickets

A long time ago, when Kase and I were engaged, I was following him through traffic off of an interstate exit ramp. Kase in his Saturn SC2 and I in my jeep. Normally, Kase drives very slow, sort of like a grandpa. Safety is important you know. However, on this day he went moderately down the exit ramp. Did you know they have speed limits? Apparently, you are to begin slowing down your vehicle on the interstate in front of the 70 mph tractor trailers so that your vehicle may proceed down the exit ramp at 25 mph.

As Kase and I started down the ramp, a police car came out of a hidden nook and pulled behind me. I immediately pulled over so that the officer could write me a ticket. Kase noticed that I had been pulled over, so he stopped as well. The officer asked me why I was racing another vechicle down the ramp. The officer's inquiry presents many questions: how do you "race" down a single lane exit ramp? What kind of race is it if I am directly behind the other car? If the other car was racing me, and in front of me, then wouldnt that car be going faster and shouldn't the officer have then pulled that car over instead of me? I informed him that I was not racing the other car, it was my boyfriend's car that I was following.

The officer then called another officer on his radio and proceeded to write me a ticket. The other officer showed up and then proceeded to write Kase a ticket!!! There are many issues with this: The first officer could not write Kase a ticket because you can only clock one car at a time speeding and he picked me. AND The second officer wasn't even there to witness any offenses, but wrote Kase a ticket. Do we all see the problems? Ok, good.

Kase and I had a good laugh with our tickets in hand. We were able to get the tickets dismissed which is always good. BUT the story does not end there....

A few years later (last week in fact) my mother was following my father to dinner after a long day at work. Normally, my dad drives kindof fast, sort of not like a grandpa. However, on this day, he was driving the speed limit. Just as they made it through the downtown square, my mom was pulled over for a burned out break light. The officer wrote her a ticket, and my Mom proceeded to the restaurant looking for my Dad.

Meanwhile, Dad had noticed that mom was no longer behind him. He turned around looking for her. My dad had barely made it through the downtown square, when the SAME police officer pulled him over for expired tags. My dad drives a 'new-to-him' jeep that is in the midst of being remodeled. A few weeks earlier, he had taken it to get new tags, but it had failed the emissions inspection. He was given paperwork to show that he is in the middle of making the jeep road ready and was told that this would prevent him from getting a ticket. The officer said he had never heard of such a thing, and proceeded to write my dad a ticket.

Mom and Dad had a good laugh with their tickets in hand. They will probably be able to have their tickets dismissed which is always good. I guess these sort of things run in the family.

Anyone up for a road trip?