one.
I saw this the other day and it made me laugh way more than it should have:
If you see the glass as half full you're an optimist. If you see the glass through lenses you prescribed for yourself you're an optometrist.

two.
$4,500 down and I'm REALLY starting to understand this mentality.

three.
It's become a tradition to go out to eat with Josh the night before the marathon to load him up on carbs. This year he couldn't do it the night before so we went out on Friday instead. We ate the most gigantic mussels ever

We also expressed our shock and awe at Josh's announcement that he was moving his wedding from next June to the Monday before this Christmas. Although Nad and I did not make it better by telling him that we'd do anything to help because then we kept listing questions (like, are you going to have flowers?) and all he could say was "I don't know." I think we made things worse.

We also demanded to be invited to the bachelor party. We also offered to plan it but alas the best man apparently wants to do that.

After dinner we headed to a wine bar. I didn't get wine though I got coffee with chocolate and Godiva chocolate liqueur. I think that's going to be how I take my coffee every morning from now on. Nadia remarked that her Irish coffee just tasted like coffee, and alas the waiter came by a few minutes later with a shot of whiskey he forgot to put in oops.

Here are a few memorable quotes:

"Have you ordered the wedding clown yet? All weddings have a clown."

"It's holy olive oil."
"Oh! I'm a minister! I can bless it!"

"This is a family show, Valerie."

"They painted the cow. At first I thought it was a different cow because it looked fatter, but I think that's just because wearing white makes you look fatter."

"How about a sex tape of Bob Barker?"
"Would he end it with 'have your pets spayed and neutered?'"

"Would you sleep with Sarah Palin for a cheeseburger?
"No."
"Bacon?"
"No."
"A bacon cheeseburger?"

four.
There's a restaurant in Brookfield that has a cow on its roof. This cow has been there since as far back as I can remember. A few months ago the restaurant changed owners or something and changed names. The other day I drove by and they PAINTED THE DAMN COW! It is now no longer brown (as it had been my whole life). Now it is white with black spots. First they tear down the spindle and then they paint the cow? What's wrong with this world!

five.
I took an "understanding your DSLR" class this morning but it was three hours of mostly stuff I already knew. I got a few new pointers though. In a couple of weeks I am taking a wedding photography class there :-)

six.
The first Fatburger just opened in Chicagoland! So I drove over today to go get a burger. And by get a burger I mean waited 50 minutes for a burger. I waited in the line that wrapped around the entire place for half an hour, placed my order, then waited 20 minutes for my food. But it was damn good.

seven.
I finished watching 24 season 5 today. So I have officially seen every episode of 24, although I am now still going to watch season 6 again so I've seen them all in order. I hate that show because you think "ah, it's going to wrap up nice and tidy now," but you know it's not because it's only hour 20. I also hate when all of a sudden it switches to Spanish. I also hate that it makes me cry an awful lot :'(

eight.
I wish I had someone to drive around with the windows open and drink hot chocolate with.

nine.
I bought a dress to wear to Josh's wedding. Well...I really liked it but I put off buying it and they didn't have any left. Then I noticed they had petite sizes so I ordered it in my size but petite. Then the next day I happened to check and they had it in one size smaller in regular so I ordered that too. The petite one (as I knew it would be) was way too short. Luckily the small one isn't incredibly small and I don't need to lose too much weight for it to zip up. I way have to lose a little more for me not to look pregnant. And if I am the photographer I might have to be a little careful to not show my ass to the church when I crouch down...