Emphasis Added!

Simon just dozed off.  I hope he sleeps until 11:59:59.

(Tonight has been a long night of waiting).

UPDATE: Results not posted yet (October 1, 6:40 am).  And so the wait continues.

So…remember when I asked you if these boots were slutty/slutty or slutty/cute?

Well enough of you said slutty/slutty (awww yeah) that I couldn’t help myself.  I ordered them!

The boots arrived today.  I tried them on and discovered that they:

1. are absolutely beautiful (way less Tarty than I thought).
2. perhaps hit over-the-knee on a 6’6 supermodel…but on me they could more appropriately be called “barely below my business boots!”  Seriously, these things come aaaall the way up my little leg.

Not one to be disuaded from hot boots by a little thing like “fit,” I have decided to take my boots to get HEMMED.  Yes that’s right- I have now resorted to tailoring my SHOES!

Simon and I are overdue for a husb/wife adventure.

We were in the mood for one this weekend but neither of us could come up with anything adventurey enough.

And so I turn to you…What should our next adventure be?

(We will pick our fave, give credit to the brilliant adventure-suggestor and blog the heck out of your activity.  Bonus points for ideas that meet some/all of the adventure criteria.  Woot!)

So, what have you got for us?

I ordered a pair of booties from Payless.com.

Not 10 minutes after clicking submit, I received a call from my credit card company informing me of suspicious activity.

Great…I show a modicum of fiscal responsibility, and I get called out for unusual spending patterns.

So, it turns out “Smash Mouth” is not some funny expression…Simon just told me it is a real thing!

From Wikipedia:

A smash mouth offense is the more traditional style of offense. It often results in a higher time of possession by running the ball heavily. So-called “smash-mouth football” is often run out of the I-formation or wishbone, with tight ends and receivers used as blockers. Though the offense is run-oriented, pass opportunities can develop as defenses play close to the line. Play-action can be very effective for a run-oriented team.

Now I know.

Simon and I are in for a night of ND football.  We are decked out in our Irish gear (I’m totally wearing my spirit beads) and cheering loudly for our team.

We are watching the game, and the announcer just said “That’s just playing smashmouth!” as Hughes ran aggressively into the endzone.

This is very funny.

I’ll explain.

I use the term “smashmouth football” every chance I get…like dozens of times per quarter. I heard it once on that tragic MTV reality show “Two-A-Days” during some impassioned halftime pep-talk and I thought it was such an absurd expression, there is no way anyone who is not a HS Football coach (in Texas) would ever say it.

And the announcer busted it out!

Go Irish!

• Illinois Bar results returned:  6 days
• Olympics City Announced:  7 days
• Chicago Marathon:  16 days
• Mom & Dad H in town for the ND vs. USC game:  21 days
• Sailing tip to the BVI’s with G & John:  42 days
• Christmas:  91 days
• 2010 Cubs opening day (maybe next year): 191 days
• Ellen & Dan’s Wedding:  323 days
• Christmas 2010:  456 days

I can’t wait!

I am on board with the legging trend, but I don’t know what type to pick up.  I know they range in price from $9 at Target to $900 at Intermix….I am guessing there are some great pairs available somewhere within that range- I just need help finding them.

And so I ask, what are your favorite brand of leggings?

Husb and I play this game where he quizzes me about sports, and I in turn test him on theatre history.

Today’s edition was an extra tough one.  He named football players, and I had to tell him which college they attended.  I would just like to say I successfully named Jamarcus Russell, Eli Manning and Devin Hester’s alma maters.  Damn, I’m good!

Oh…it’s on! I might just have to bust out the big guns tonight- Tony Award trivia!