boo-YEAH!

So I've been addicted to this recently: http://www.sporcle.com/games/presidents.php

And tonight I finally named them all in less than a minute. (52 seconds, actually!)
So then I decided, why not learn them in order?
So I did.

My mom's response when I told her my awesome news: "Is that gonna get you a job?"
Well played, Mom.
Well played.

In other news, before my friends played their show the other night they had a song playing as background music and ever since then it had been stuck in my head. What song, you ask?
"I Want To Be A Hulkamaniac" by Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band.
You can listen to it here.
Here are the lyrics:

Chorus:
I wanna be a Hulkamaniac,
Have fun with my family and friends.
I wanna be a Hulkamaniac,
Have fun with my family and friends.

If you wanna be a Hulkamaniac,
I can sure tell you how to stay on track.
You got to train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins too.
(Especially if they're Hulk Hogan Brand Chewable Vitamins!)
These are the things that maniacs do.

Positive thoughts and postive deeds,
These are the things that make you succeed.
Always be good to your family and friends.
They're the only ones that'll be there in the end.

(CHORUS)

When you're lookin' for somethin' cool to do,
Just pick good friends to be with you.
You better watch out where you are at.
You might be judged where you hang your hat.

Can you feel the music? Can you feel the beat?
You don't need drugs to move your feet.
When the dealer tries to push on you,
Just tell him what you're gonna do!

(CHORUS 2x)

Try to do good each and every day.
Don't give `em nothing bad to say.
Always go swimmin' with a buddy.
Work real hard and always study.

If you want to be real real cool
Don't be so stupid and play the fool.
Get your education each and every day.
These are all the things that the 'maniacs say!

(CHORUS 3x)

Haha I love this song.


UPDATE: I just mastered listing the Presidents, IN ORDER, in less than a minute.
yeahya.

this weekend...

...was awesome.
Saturday included a baby shower for Laci and a Miss America party.
Both of which I really enjoyed.
Sunday included church and a potluck, and a ROAD TRIP!
A bunch of us (and I do mean a bunch! I think there were 16?) went up to Sumner, IA for a show that some of my friends' band was playing in. (check them out at http://www.myspace.com/thelastofthese ) It was really fun, and it was really good to see my friends. I haven't laughed that much in a while.
Up next: five days of boredom, then my rockin' awesome Super Bowl party!

I love my nephews.

I was sitting here checking my email when my youngest nephew, Tyler, (he's four and a half) walked in.
Tyler: "Hey Aunt Lace, guess what I had for breakfast?"
Me: "What, Ty?"
Tyler: "A bowl of nails."
Me: "Oh, really? What did that taste like?"
Tyler: "Nails. Sharp nails rumbling in your mouth."

He just told me he made a good Christmas tree out of wood. I'm scared to go look.

He came upstairs to wake me up today and told me I had ten seconds to get to McDonald's.

Also, he's been walking around singing "We Will Rock You" by Queen. And pushing Ireland (my baby cousin, almost 5 months) around in her stroller. She's getting spoiled.

He's pretty much the coolest four year old ever.

And poor Jake (he's almost 8!) is really sick, so he's at home. That's why Ty is here, he doesn't have preschool today and shouldn't be around Jake so much. Jake has strep throat. Yesterday he said he had a sore throat, stomach ache, head ache, and a fever. Yikes.

Well my dad is finally back with lunch so I'm gonna go eat. I'm howngry. No, not hungry, howngry.

Sometimes...

...my mouth closes when I want it to open.
It hurts.

THINGS I LEARNED TODAY

• Blogging is an OK deal.
• When paint cans say "Use in a well-ventilated area"...they mean it.
• Chalkboard paint doesn't come off hands easily...and it's sticky.
  
• Black walls are awesome.
• Baby Ireland's random squeals are loud and scary.
• I call Ireland "Baby Ireland" a lot.
• She pinches. And twists. In areas you definitely do not want her to.
  
• Dad's granola bars are super crunchy and would be better soaked in milk.
• White Ultra Gloss spray paint is pointless.
• The person I talked to on the phone yesterday was, in fact, not a woman.
• My Super Bowl party is going to be A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
• Accidentally spray painting your nose hairs = gross.
• Always buy the widest painter's tape possible.
• I miss airsofting.
• I haven't logged into my Gmail account since April.
• It's 2:30 a.m. and I haven't cleaned up my paint mess.
• Crap.