OK. Yes. I know I'm a little late with this post but it's been a bit crazy in my world of late...It's taken me awhile to catch up after the holiday season. But here it is, what you have all been waiting for (I'm sure:),my best of best top 10 moments of 2009!
10)DVR...see #5 below. The night that my favorite show kept being interrupted by the movement of the wind outside, made our decision to finally crack down and buy the stupid DVR.
9)At our engagement party when my Mom totally struck Andrew's Dad down. It. Was. Classic. Setting: Our little townhouse where we are enjoying the company of family and friends together at last. My Mom sitting opposite from Andrew's Dad and they are all conversing of top music hits and such. Andrew's Dad claims an answer to some obscure question asked and my Mom blurts out, "NO! It was such and such...." (In all honesty, I forget what the question/answer was in relation to...but it was hilarious!). Imagine. My mother, all sweet and quiet and innocent and she just blurts out across the room that my future father-in-law is indeed wrong. And to top it all off...my future mother-in-law sides with my Mom, leaving Andrew's Dad completely and utterly alone in his (apparently_ not so infinite wisdom in old t.v. and music). Priceless. Simply priceless.
8)The love of cooking coming back full swing. I used to always associate cooking with depression. As a teenager, I would stay in the kitchen for hours baking cookies and trying out new recipes (of course never to take a bite of any of it myself). It kept me pre-occupied and calmed me somehow. For the longest time, I had a hard time re-surfacing this love of cooking and trying out new foods. But now this love is back with a vengeance and I've come up with some very good results (per Andrew:).
7)The Vampire craze. It's strange considering how afraid I was, and still am, of Dracula. I have suddenly become obsessed with "Twilight-like" stories where the heroine falls for the vampire because he's "really a nice guy". I'm not sure what this says about me but I know I"m not alone in this, due to the fact that these types of books /movies/shows, ect have been some of the top-sellers for months and months on end. I am aware that these creatures are not being true to the "originals" that Bela Legosi and Vincent Price portrayed years ago. But I think the reason behind my new obsession is the fact that I always felt a soft spot for every "monster" my daddy introduced us to as kids. Pat and I grew up watching Frankenstein, the Mummy, The Wolfman, Godzilla, ect...and I loved each and every one of these characters because they all had some sort of human aspect to them. However, Dracula was one that I never felt bad for and each time he came out lurking from inside of that creepy-ass coffin, I wanted to stake him myself. My point is that now vampires have somehow been "redeemed". There are still your nasty ones...you know, the ones that want to stalk you, lure you in, ask you to invite them in, chew on your neck and then kill you....but there are some lovers out there too. One more thing. I know I have a problem because the other day, I found myself watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer upstairs, going downstairs to watch The Vampire Diaries, and reading one of the Sookie Stockhouse novels that the HBO series True Blood is based on. (Plus, I just bought the first season of True Blood on DVD.) I am not above it all to proclaim that I do have a problem and it must be addressed. But I'm not in any hurry to do so:).
6)Dip and Bianca coming to live with us. I make this specific event as number 6, not to be mean but due to the details surrounding it. The main reason, other than that they're wonderful cats and fantastic additions to our growing family, is that I had made a promise to my grandmother that I would find a great home for them since she was no longer able to care for them herself. She passed away soon after this promise was made. I fought with it for a long time, keeping these sweet kitties at the hospital, displayed up front in hopes that someone perfect would snatch them up. We all knew what the end result would be. Andrew had already called it when he saw the look on Mama Dot's face when she asked me to take on this task. He knew at that moment that we would eventually have 5 cats. And he was right. I knew that this is what she wanted and I couldn't deny it any longer. And I swear that she speaks through them when she sees fit to do so. I can't tell you how many times I have looked at one of them and felt her presence. "Speaking" beyond the grave has been a family tradition on my Dad's side of the family for years. And I have to honestly say, I have no complaints knowing that the people who have passed on in my life, are still very much with me.
5)Glee. Hey! Don't knock it until you watch it. It's an amazing show, full of sweet, lovable characters and story-lines. Not to mention, wonderful music accompanied by spectacular dancing. I. Love. It! (In fact, I already own volume 1 and 2 soundtracks AND the first volume of Season 1!) So exciting! I know what you are thinking and the answer is No! I. Am. Not Obsessed. Really...I'm not....
4)Road trip to Colorado on a budget. (And I mean...On. A. Budget.) It was fantastic! The way the Great Out West should be seen! Completely random stops including but not limited to old movie sets, great memorials, national parks and a Huge ass statue of Jesus. I ask you....Can it really get any better than that?
3) Andrew being at my Mom and Dad's to celebrate Christmas. I can't even begin to explain how wonderful it felt to have everyone I love the most together for Christmas. It's my most favorite time of year and one of the best Christmas' I've ever had. The 6 of us felt like a family and though I know there will be many more Christmas' like this to follow, this first one, I will never forget.
2)Meeting my idol Dar Williams. Do I really have to say more? (If so...please see blog post from August 2, 2009 intitled "Heroes".
1) Obviously...it was meeting Dar Williams...no wait, I already put that as my #2.....hmmmm. What could #1 be? I can't imagine....perhaps it has something to do with the ring on my left, ring finger. EEEK!!!! I'm finally getting married:)
