Mom translator…

I don’t know why, but this just tickled me to pieces.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/72442/saturday-night-live-mom-translator?c=Comedy

I am totally calling Keanu Reeves, Keith Ragu from now on. (smile)

CSI: Marathon

Doesn’t everyone have a CSI: marathon for the 4th of July? I enjoyed it muchly. My favorite episode thus far? Season 9 Episode 20 A Space Oddity. Hodges discovers Wendy is also a hardcore Sci-fi fan at a convention for a Star-trek similar television show, when a murder is discovered. Hodges calls Jim Brass to report the murder and utters this line: “He’s dead Jim” damn that was funny. I can only imagine how fun that line was to say. Anyway..back to the marathon I go.

I have a habit of doing movie/television show marathons on holidays, whats your unusual holiday habit?

I am addicted to dailybooth. The most notable things, I have thus far noticed, is: 1) I am one of the oldest people on there and therefore am not overly followed (which is fine as I don’t feel overly drawn to commenting on people. 2) I like the idea of a photo a day, but tend to take the most horrific photos of my life on there, mostly because I am either going to work (IE just woken up), or just getting ready for bed, when I take the photo. 3) There is 0 chance of me getting any, and I mean ANY of my friends to join in and comment. (That includes M) I stand alone in the photo of my mug challenge. (snicker)

Site Addict..uh-oh

Ok, so it has finally come to light. I am addicted to joining websites. My name, it would seem, is very well spread out on the web. Want an example of the crazy that is me?

here is my list of past and present sites..and I am pretty sure I missed some:

WordPress
Livejournal
Myspace
Facebook
twitter
viddler
Youtube
Clipshack
flickr
photobucket
Twitpics
fotonauts
Dailybooth
Googlechat
Gmail
Ancestry.com
Reunion.com
Findagrave.com
LastFm
Pandora
Paperbackswap
Aol radio
Sims resource
Sims2.com
Amazon.com
ebay
Pogo
Bigfishgames
Librarything
deviantart
twittree
performancing.com
technatori
paypal
Youniverse
Stumble Upon
All in a Pen
lulu
World of Warcraft
Wizards 1o1
facade.com
After the mouse.com
classmates.com
toontown.com
Who’s amung us
Skype

Phew…..If I missed any that I should know about, let me know..might as well add to the list.

My day…

Today was an ok day on the work front. I am very much looking forward to 3 days off. They are currently celebrating Riverfest all along the Mississippi, and it was pleasant walking around, but I can see how easily I could give in to the junk food, feed-you-face, calorie-fest that becons me like a toothless hound, therefore I did not stay long. I bought the button for the daytime anyway, more specifically the craft fair. I think I have finally become an adult. They had live rock, cold beer and tons of junk to eat, and all I could think about was getting home to my new book. I like music, I really do, but I am not overly fond of it at 100 decibels while surrounded by people drinking copious amounts of alcohol. I know most people enjoy it as a way to get together with friends. I am just not the right type, I guess.

I swear if they had my kind of party it would feature balloon animals, funnel cakes, books, crafts, fireworks, and a certain Englishman with his handsome head in my lap as we relaxed on a blanket on the soft grass they have here. AH bliss! I need not mention I want a dog, do I? I am obsessed with spending time in a park with a basket of food, a book, a frisbee and a happy romping-type dog. That is my favorite day off activity. Sadly, I am without a picnic basket, frisbee, or happy romping-type dog. I am also without the before mentioned Englishman, which makes the rest null and void on the fun scale even if I did have them. (pout) I am planning though, one day I will do just that..and take photo evidence. (sighage)

Meanwhile, I am enjoying the book Marley and Me. which I have already seen on video. The book is way better. I have laughed and cried through 12 chapters

already. I grew up with Labrador dogs all my life, so this was a perfect book for me. Though, something tells me I will cry like a baby at the end.

Ps. I want a Long-haired Jack Russell terrier, like the one Matt’s mum has, he was the sweetest dog. One look at the same breed in the movie Hotel For Dogs and I was sold.

Here is what the breed looks like: (How can I not be in love?)

My daily junk.

Sitting on the floor in my bedroom, after having tore the place to bits getting it ready for the big test. The test, being the check to see if I can actually get my stuff to fit into my luggage for the day it will “really” matter. I learned that I have more stuff than I thought, but also way less than most would consider needful. I plan to take 1 big piece of luggage. 1 little piece of luggage, 1 computer case, and 1 backpack. I may have to pay extra, but I think I have pushed myself to the bare minimum in possessions. I mean I am fitting my whole life into a few small bags!

Anyway, while sitting there I hear Shay from below my window, “Are you ready?” I was startled and a little confused. I called her earlier and got no response or return call, we had discussed going somewhere the day before at work, but I had not heard from her. Rushed downstairs and got into Shay’s car. After some discussion it was found that my cell phone is a piece O crap, as it has not been ringing through when people call. Shay says it rang and rang and that voice mail, when it came up, was all screwy.

I checked my phone, no log of having gotten a call, no VM waiting message, no ring when she tried to call me. WTF? I checked her phone and it shows the call was made. She even dialed my phone and let me listen. I pay for a cell that doesn’t seem to work very well. (Sigh) M wants me to buy a better phone. I am thinking once I get to England, if my budget allows, I just may do that very thing. I will need a phone while there because I plan to be walking and doing quite a bit of exploring and exercising.

Shay and I had a wonderful time today. She and I visited a used bookstore and bought some books, checked out the mall and had some dinner together. It was lovely as a treat, I hardly ever go out these days. I have decided to go hardcore with my dieting and exercise plans. I will blog about it and count down to my trip to Florida to see my daughter. I am hoping to wake my lazy arse up and get active again.

Tomorrow I am going to the park near my work. I will walk there, since lately I have been passing out when I attempt to use my bike in the heat (very scary) and I will take a book along. I also have to do my laundry (It’s open 24/7) and that should keep me going. I am hoping to talk with M sometime tomorrow too, or at the very least twitter and comment at him as I go about my day.

I pared down quite a bit of my belongings. I have a feeling I will have to do it once more before the actual travel day comes. We all know I am a packing junkie.

On Monday, I will have exactly 81 days left.

Shark Fin Ice Cube Tray

Buy yours here!

Tell your phone to run you a bath.

No, I am not making a joke..they have an new phone app that does just that! Costs 4000 pounds..but hey..the tub will be ready when you get there!

Check it out here

Have people really gotten that lazy? Yes, yes they have!

More stuff I would buy.

1)Seriously, I would use these just for the funny looks alone.

2) Kid shmid..I want one for me!

Ps..that plate looks eerily like my friend Bryan…(spooky)

I am addicted..seriously.

Words are not just words.

Sometimes, there are songs that make a person emotional. A song that with just one note, everyone knows, because it is that song that moves more than mountains.

I am trying to compile a list of songs that are like that. Songs that define and say all that needs said.
Please comment and tell me what songs you think of when you think of the word BALLAD. Can’t post to the blog? Email it to me at: bekki.bedow@gmail.com

Below, I have posted some of my own favorites.

Bekki

Don’t give up

In this proud land we grew up strong
We were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail

No fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams
have all deserted
Ive changed my face, Ive changed my name
But no one wants you when you lose

Dont give up
cos you have friends
Dont give up
Youre not beaten yet
Dont give up
I know you can make it good

Though I saw it all around
Never thought I could be affected
Thought that wed be the last to go
It is so strange the way things turn

Drove the night toward my home
The place that I was born, on the lakeside
As daylight broke, I saw the earth
The trees had burned down to the ground

Dont give up
You still have us
Dont give up
We dont need much of anything
Dont give up
cause somewhere theres a place
Where we belong

Rest your head
You worry too much
Its going to be alright
When times get rough
You can fall back on us
Dont give up
Please dont give up

got to walk out of here
I cant take anymore
Going to stand on that bridge
Keep my eyes down below
Whatever may come
And whatever may go
That rivers flowing
That rivers flowing

Moved on to another town
Tried hard to settle down
For every job, so many men
So many men no-one needs

Dont give up
cause you have friends
Dont give up
Youre not the only one
Dont give up
No reason to be ashamed
Dont give up
You still have us
Dont give up now
Were proud of who you are
Dont give up
You know its never been easy
Dont give up
cause I believe theres the a place
Theres a place where we belong

10,000 miles

Fare thee well
My own true love
Farewell for a while
I’m going away
But I’ll be back
Though I go 10,000 miles

10,000 miles
My own true love
10,000 miles or more
The rocks may melt
And the seas may burn
If I should not return

Oh don’t you see
That lonesome dove
Sitting on an ivy tree
She’s weeping for
Her own true love
As I shall weep for mine

Oh come ye back
My own true love
And stay a while with me
If I had a friend
All on this earth
You’ve been a friend to me

All I know.

i bruise you
you bruise me
we both bruise so easily
too easily to let it show
i love you, and thats all i know
-
and all my plans
keep fallin through
all my plans they
depend on you
depend on you
to help them grow
i love you
and thats all i know

when the singer’s gone
let the song go on
there’s a fine line between
the darkness and the dawn
-
they say in the darkest night
theres a light beyond
and the ending always
comes at last
endings always
come too fast
they come too fast
and they pass too slow
i love you
and thats all, its really all i know
its all i know

its all i know

To make you feel my love.

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I would offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you haven’t made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I’ve known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong
I’d go hungry, I’d go blind for you
I’d go crawling down the aisle for you
There ain’t nothing that I wouldn’t do
To make you feel my love
The storms are raging on a rolling sea
Down the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
But you ain’t seen nothing like me yet
There ain’t nothing that I wouldn’t do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
Make you happy, make your dreams come true
To make you feel my love