The Forgotten

My folks have a ton of movies that they've never watched, so last night I flipped through them and suggested we watch "The Forgotten".  Have you seen it?  Do you remember it?  Came out in '04, stars Julianne Moore?  Well, it was GOOD!!  I thought it was just your run-of-the-mill thriller, but OMG there was a twist!  Anyway, there came one point where I SCREAMED OUT LOUD.  I don't think I've ever done that before.  It was hilarious.

The night before, I spent the night with Jo and the boys.  We played Pictionary.  I teamed up with Blaise and Jo teamed with Rowen.  Well, Pictionary is a very stressful game, what with the timer and guessing and all.  Anyway, at one point, Rowen looked at me and said, "You're very loud, Aunt B".  I'm sure I wasn't making things any easier for Jo; a board game is how they get ready for bed, and here I am yelling "BAM!!" and getting them all riled up.  Well, we finished the game, and Rowen decided he and I were going to sleep together - great.  Apparently, Rowen is the WORST to sleep with due to his kicking, punching and talking.  Well, I insisted we go to the biggest bed there was, PILED pillows between us (that was Jo's suggestion to lessen the bruises from his *jimmy legs), and settled in.  And then he starts talking.  And talking and talking.  I finally got rid of him when he complained about his scratchy pillow.  I swapped with him, but he said mine was even scratchier!  So he decided that we were going downstairs to sleep on the floor in Jo's room.  SOMEHOW, I convinced him that that was a GREAT idea, but I should stay upstairs...  :)

*Seinfeld reference.

Ok, so I'm so far behind on this thing, I'm just going to get caught up NOW.  That means you won't get all of the normal details...

• I haven't had a good night's sleep since I left Walla Walla, and for awhile there I was having some WEIRD dreams.  One night I dreamt that Condoleeza Rice and I were BFF's, and another night I dreamt that I adopted an ugly baby who was really Jack Black, but Erich and I were the only ones in on the joke.
• Mom and I were in my car.  I was driving, we were talking (duh - Mom and I are ALWAYS talking).  I was turning into a gas station (still looking for GA postcards) and all of the sudden WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM!!!  We both screamed and she grabbed my arm...I had run over these white bubble lane dividers.  They are HUGE, and I think Hot Tamale is shaking now, so I've got an appointment for an alignment tomorrow at 8am.  Blech.
• Rowen is taking art classes this week, so one morning Mom and I took Blaise to hang out.  First stop?  WAFFLE HOUSE!!!  As we were waiting to place our orders, he said he was going to order waffles, but if it had been lunch, he would have ordered grilled cheese.  (head shaking)  Oh dear sweet Blaise...  I explained to him that the BEAUTY of Waffle House was that you could order whatever you wanted, WHENever you wanted!!  So he and I both had grilled cheese for breakfast.
• Then off to swimming lessons.  Blaise is somewhere in the below picture.  I'm thinking I wouldn't have taken a picture of him hanging on to the wall, so that's probably him in the middle of the pool.
•  Rowen at swimming lessons CRACKS ME UP!!!  He's in a class with a bunch of babies who scream and cry.  When it's his turn?  The boy stays underwater as long as he can, and one leg usually comes popping out...  He's a pip!  (I'm reading Janet Evanovich, and the grandmother in the series always says that, so it's my new thing.)
•  My dad teaches a night class on Tuesdays about an hour away, so Mom and I went with him and they took me to Five Guys for dinner.  O...M...G.  I'd just recently heard of them.  Best burger EVER.  As you can see from the below pictures, I pretty much got every topping option available.
• Dad went to class, so Mom and I found downtown Newnan.  It has a cute square, and I stood in the middle of the street to get this picture! 
• Yesterday, Mom took Jo and I for a...pedicure and manicure.  Now, you KNOW this is not my thing AT ALL, but this summer is all about doing things that I normally wouldn't.  They did the pedicure first, and it was TORTURE.  I hate for people to touch my toes.  UGH!  It's giving me the shivers just thinking about it.  The girl doing my feet barely spoke English, and I barely speak Vietnamese, so that didn't help.  The best part of the whole experience was the massaging chair. 

I got the boring pink!!!  Mom just couldn't handle anything else.  I love Jo's metallic silver/blue.  I learned that Mom would rather me get my nose pierced than wear crazy nail color!!!  She might regret telling me that...

Mine is the pasty white foot.  I just had her put clear polish on so I won't have to mess with them again once the polish starts to chip!!

•  I did an extreme makeover on Dapper Jack.

Before...

After!!

• I was all excited to spend quality time with Blaise and take him to the used bookstore yesterday morning.  That apparently was NOT his idea of a good time.  We ended up at a crazy discount store, and I was trying to get him to laugh by trying on football helmets with him.  This one was an XL, and I still had a moment of panic when I didn't think it was going to come off! 
• We're trying to think of anything we can to send Erich.  Somehow, we thought of a pillow case, and we all would sign it with fabric pens.  Well, the boys weren't excited about that, but Mom said maybe if I got it started, then they'd see what we were trying to do.  Well, I didn't know what to do?!  I started with the "HELLOOO!!" along the border, because I know he LOVES when I do that (not), and then I did the stars and moon FREEHAND (I am very proud of that), and then someone suggested quotes, and that was all she wrote...  We picked out some of his favorite movies, and if we couldn't think of quotes from them, then I went on imdb(DOTCOM) to find some.  I think it turned out pretty good!  It's got
• You can kick me outta here, but I ain't quittin - Officer and a Gentleman
• May the FORCE be with you AND Do, or do not. There is no try - Star Wars movies
• Toe pick! - The Cutting Edge
• Carpe diem - Dead Poets' Society (among 100 other things)
• Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. AND As you wish AND INCONCEIVABLE - The Princess Bride
• Go the Distance - Field of Dreams
• Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory...lasts forever. - The Replacements
• Surely you can't be serious - Airplane!

And then just some random ones

• You can stand on your head for that long!
• Trust me. I'm a doctor.
• No place I'd rather be, nothing I'd rather be doing.
• There is no tomorrow.

I think it's neat and had fun making it.  He'll probably think it's cheesy.  :)

Ok, that's all I've got for now.