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But if Saucony wants to give me some money, I won't complain. Anyhow, so before we went to France, I decided to purchase a pair of casual sneakers. I have a really cute pair, actually … they're lime green Roos, but they tend to show dirt, so I wanted some darker ones to traipse around France in.

So I bought a pair of Saucony shoes. They're their “classic” or “retro” style and they're black. They're very cute … but way better than that even, is how comfy they are. I wore them day in and day out for 10 days. We walked lots … in cities, in crazy hill side towns, in caves, on cobbled streets, rocky dirt roads … everywhere … and my feet never hurt. These things get an A+++ for comfort.

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Procrastination … Lyrics by Jess

Procrastination! Lack of motivation!
Procrastination … a game I like to play.
First you take a book or two open them and read for a few.
Book or two, read for few… oh!

Procrastination! Lack of motivation.
Procrastionation … a game I like to play.
Then you file your DVDs … Ds and Cs 'fore Fs and Es.
Ds and Cs, Fs and Es ..oh!

Procrastination! Lack of motivation.
Procrastionation … a game I like to play.
Next you check your email box and read the one 'bout new Botox!
Email box, new Botox … oh!

Procrastination! Lack of motivation.
Procrastionation … a game I like to play.
Soon you're sitting on the sofa, watching junk like this week's Oprah.
Sitting sofa, watching Oprah … oh!

Procrastination! Lack of motivation.
Procrastionation … a game I like to play.
It's a slipperly sliding thing … 'fore you know it, it's next spring.
Sliding thing, soon it's Spring … oh!

Procrastination! Lack of motivation.
Procrastionation … a game I like to play.
Get up off your lazy butt. Work's rewarding … well somewhat.

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Dinner and a TV Show

I had pretty high hopes for the nice dinner I made tonight … Crispy Mexican Chicken and Fiesta Rice. It sounded so good. I cooked it correctly and everything turned out fine, but the chicken was BLAND. That sort of dish you've got to add salt to to have any sort of desire to consume it. The rice was pretty good, just not what I'd been expecting.

Bad part is, I spent probably an hour making dinner … tres disappointing. I guess I might add the fiesta rice to the cookbook after I flavor it up a bit. I don't, however, think the chicken can be saved.

The OC was full of intrigue tonight though (making up for the spiceless meal). The fit hit the shan vis-a-vis Julie and Luke, and Seth got good air time. They were involved with a fictional TV star (played by Colin Hanks) and they made lots of funny/ironic comments about television vs. reality … such as “He plays highschool?!?” … haha.. most of the “high school” characters on that show are my age (i.e. two years past college).

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Princes and Princesses

I'm sitting here at my desk programming (well actually now I'm writing this) and watching Love Story … not pictured on the left, I might add. It's one of those classic older movies that I'd never seen before, so I decided to give it a try. I'll admit I've only been watching it half-heartedly, but it's definitely a period piece … a sappy one at that. I know it'll end badly, so that doesn't sit well with me, but I guess it's one of those train-wreck things. Plus, that guy's pretty cute.

Anyhow, they've just shown a trailer for The Prince and Me. Which is the new Julia Stiles movie … about how she meets a prince masquerading as a commoner and falls in love. Sad-Oh that I am, this is the exact type of movie that I luv. Light, airy, fluffy, with bits of humor and heavy on the romance. Princes are good too. What can I say? I'm shallow.

I'm also a bit of a royal-o-phile – Is that a word? It must be as I've just used it – as well, really. I snatch up copies of any magazine that decides to put Prince William (or Harry, I'm not picky!) on the cover … and I love those shows about the royals (not the dramatic stuff though, just the fluffy stuff). I also love The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot. They're fun, interesting little books. And the newest one comes out TODAY! I'll be going to B&N later, I think.

I also found out today that Gurinder Chadha (Bend it Like Beckham) is making another film. It's called Bride and Prejudice and it's a Bollywood version of Pride and Prejudice with musical numbers and stuff … sounds like great fun.

Okay, I'm done blathering about my media pursuits. Oi.

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Oooh! Pictures!

Well, I've finished downloading the pictures from France. Just our pictures count 544. Kelly has more. I'll find a different way to put these up on the site … there's going to be just too many. Right is just a tiny sample of the pictures we took.

We had such a great time in France. We saw amazing things, beautiful things, weird things, ate great food, saw amazing art, and really really enjoyed ourselves.

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We're Home

Well we're home. Yeesh. We left Nice (Villefranche) yesterday at like 6 AM France time and we have barely stopped since then. We took a 5.5 hour train to Paris, stayed overnight, and then took the train to the airport, plane to Chicago, bus to Janesville, and the car home. Woo! We'll pick the puppy up tomorrow. Little sis, whose flight was cancelled, should get home tomorrow too.

It was a great trip. Pictures and commentary will be coming soon …

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And We're Off!

We're off today on a whirlwind tour of France. We'll spend a couple days in Paris and then tour the countryside … and umm… drink wine and stuff.

We've got tons of cool stuff planned and I'm planning to take lots of pictures. Ooh! That reminds me … I'd better stick Gugu in my backpack. He cannot be left behind!!

Of course, we're really looking forward to the trip. My French is miserable and Matt's is non-existant, but hopefully with the aid of a guide book and the sorta-French-speakin' little sister, we'll be AOK. Plus, I do know how to say, “I don't speak French. Do you speak English?”

Ugly Americans, party of 3.

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I Luv the Net

I recently came across Postcards for Mom. It's a site where this guy has asked the good people of the internet to send his mom a postcard or other bit of mail from wherever they might be. The deal is that his mom has no idea he's asked him to do this. So she's at home, getting all this mail and going, “Where the heck is all this coming from?” Anyhow, it's so damn funny. All I can say, is, I wish I'd thought of it first!

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Doggie Embarassment

So we're going on vacation soon and May is going to stay with a co-worker of Matt's. So yesterday we took her out to their house to meet them and their dog and check out her home-away-from-home. She met the dog … they sniffed each other and we started talking to May's host parents about our upcoming trip. All of a sudden, we look over and there's May having a squat in the corner of their dining room. That's right! Our classy classy dog was doing her business right on their dining room carpet. Way to make an impression, May!

I still don't know why she did it. Nervousness? Wanting to mark her territory? She'd had ample opportunity just minutes before … but oh no. Yeesh. Luckily it was err … umm.. solid. And no stains.
Ick.

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The Friday Five

I didn't know what to post this morning, so I thougt I'd give The Friday Five a try.

What was
1. …your first grade teacher's name?
Mrs. Sanchez, but she left half way through our year to have twins, so we had a “permanent” substitute called Mrs. Robinson.

2. …your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?
I don't know … Smurfs probably.

3. …the name of your very first best friend?
Lukie, probably. We let the rabbits out of their cages at nursery school (or so I'm told … I don't have any personal recollection of this event)

4. …your favorite breakfast cereal?
Corn Pops!

5. …your favorite thing to do after school?
Probably drawing …