Happy Birthday

Jane Austen.

Corny as it sounds, you changed my life.

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"You are joking, Lizzy. This cannot be!--engaged to Mr. Darcy! No, no, you shall not deceive me. I know it to be impossible."

"This is a wretched beginning indeed! My sole dependence was on you; and I am sure nobody else will believe me, if you do not. Yet, indeed, I am in earnest. I speak nothing but the truth. He still loves me, and we are engaged."

Jane looked at her doubtingly. "Oh, Lizzy! it cannot be. I know how much you dislike him."

"You know nothing of the matter. That is all to be forgot. Perhaps I did not always love him so well as I do now. But in such cases as these, a good memory is unpardonable. This is the last time I shall ever remember it myself."

Lizzy and Jane discussing Lizzy's engagement to Mr. DarcyPride & Prejudice, Volume 3, Chapter 17

Guess Who

Guess who got amazing tickets to the Colts vs Jags Thursday Night football game?

Um.

Me :)

An early Christmas present from the husband. I'm already planning my Colts attire and some nice insults to my Jag-fan seat neighbors.

Hey MJD, you run like a girl.
Ok, not really, but maybe something directed at Del Rio's coiffed head (and by something, I may or may not mean my sneaker).

Anyways, can't. flippin. wait.

Christmas Photos

The rest of the pictures are on my Facebook page :)

Rarely on here anymore. Between school, kids, soccer, football (woohoo Colts) & futbol (andiamo Inter) seasons, we're busy.

And I'm not as creative as I once was. My brain output is limited to MLA citations and ethnographic research. No fun for a blog.

Plus, better pics on Facebook.

Ciao

I'm sick.

Tomorrow, tomorrow

My MIL is leaving tomorrow. Thank. God.

MIL Embarrassing Moments #1-2

#1:
Setting: Kohls bra department
So, Kohls is having another of their "Giant Sales." We go, I have Kohls Cash, a 15% off coupon, and gift cards - I am a Kohls-shopping-machine. I also am in need of a new bra. We're shopping, picking out new shoes for the kids, etc.. Sonia (my mother-in-law who speaks not one word of English) also wants to look for a new bra. We're looking, I'm helping her find her size in the sales rack. I find the correct size, and she doesn't like it. So she lifts up her shirt on one side to show me how the bra I chose is apparently not the type she wears/likes. There are many people now looking.

I made sure to yell out "Mauricio," so he could deal with his mother and let her know what the appropriate Kohls-behavior is.

This leads to Embarrassing Moment #2:
After being told that it is highly recommended to not lift your shirt in public (unless it is Fat Tuesday and you're in New Orleans..so I've heard..), she decides that the best way to gauge whether a bra will fit her is not to go to the dressing room and try it on. Noooooo. It is obviously better and easier to put the bra on over your shirt. And wear it for a little bit.

I'm sure there will be more fun times to come in the next 10 days.