7 of 25

List the people in your family & a random fact about them

I am assuming this is super immediate family.

1- Anthony (hubby)- If given the chance he will play Call of Duty for 5 hours straight, eat an entire box of double stuff Oreos and do all of this butt-naked.

2- Hayden (daughter)- She has a very unique spirit and soul. The owner of her school has said this, our families and total strangers. So basically she is more amazing than you.

3- Dad- He is insanely smart and spent our entire child/teen-hoods being completely self-less and doing all he could to make our lives better. If I can be half the parent he was/is I know Hayden will turn out great.

4- Tom (other Dad)- He is totally obsessed with eating cold food. He would prefer anything that is supposed to be served hot cold. It is kinda gross yet intriguing. He also has an obsession with giving H things like fudge, ice cream, iced tea etc etc. :-\

5- Jarett (brother)- His vocabulary kicks my vocabularys ass. It is kind of horrifying. He is crazy smart, witty and hilarious. Tom often jokes that we are too quick for him and he can't stay on our conversations..adorbs.

<3

6 of 25

Ten facts about your hometown

Randolph, NJ...lets Wiki this shit:

1- As of 2000 the township population was 24,847.
2- The median income is $97,589.
3- In 1713, New Jersey’s first iron mine was registered and located in Randolph.
4- The high school has about 1,663 students.
5- Jon Hurwitz (screenwriter) whose credits include Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle & Scary Movie 3 is from there..and his sister used to drive me to school.
6- Rapper Pepa from the group Salt'n'Pepa lives in Randolph with her daughter Egypt.
7- My big shot brother is from there..he writes Popwrap.com
8- There have been a few big drug raids there.
9- population density was 1,185.2 people per square mile in 2000.
10- The town was inhabited by the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, settled by Quakers, and served as a supply point for George Washington's army during their winter in nearby Jockey Hollow.

does anybody really care about this??

5 of 25

Top 10 Favorite songs of all time

1- My December- Linkin Park

2- Take Me Away- Lifehouse

3- Bedtime Girl- Ralph Covert

4- Walking in Memphis- Marc Cohen

5- 10 Crack Commandments- B.I.G

6- Hey Ma- Cam'ron (purely for the memories it evokes)

7- Forever- Ben Harper

8- One Song Glory- Rent (Original Broadway)

9- Pardon Me- Incubus

10- If It Kills Me- Jason Mraz

edit: damn it! I forgot to put Renegade by Jay-z and Eminem on here...i hate being limited to 10!

Why Gay Marriage is "Wrong" ;-)

note: I did not write this..I found it and looove it so needed to share it.

1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans

 With all the hate in the world why try to stop love?

4 of 25

Top 10 Favorite movies of all time


side bar: I classify a favorite movie as a movie I can watch over and over and over and these are in no particular order

1- Mean Girls

2- Knocked Up

3- Wedding Crashers

4- Blow

5- Forgetting Sarah Marshall

6- Superbad

7- Donnie Brasco

8-The Life of David Gale

9- The Heartbreak Kid

10- Gone Baby Gone

...for the record, this was insanely difficult and I am having anxiety about not being able to put more movies down..

EDIT TO ORIGINAL POST: I felt horrible when I realized I didn't unclude one of my all time favorites: I LOVE YOU, MAN!---it totally deserved an edit.

Ridonculicious

I don't know about you but these fulfill my daily need for hilarity

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Random Thoughts of the Day:
By: Unknown

More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.

Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.

Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no Internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

There is a great need for sarcasm font.

Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the f*ck was going on when I first saw it.

I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.

The other night I hit a new low at an open bar. I had already hopped on highway blackout when, inevitably I had to find a bathroom. Eventually I decided it was probably on the other side of the bar so I tried to walk over there, but ran into a guy coming the other way. We played that, Both go left, Both go right game to no avail, so I finally put out my hand to guide myself past and that's is when I realized, yup, that's a mirror I just tried to walk through. And the guy on the other side is me. Even cats can re cognize their own image.

I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.

A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.

Was learning cursive really necessary?

Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

My brother's Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads. Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquired about the name. He explained, "Cuz we beat you, and you hate us." Classy, bro.

Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

Bad decisions make good stories

Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA. No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don't win, they are executed.

I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.

I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...

As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

I think that if, years down the road when I'm trying to have a kid, I find out that I'm sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.

Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?

It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.

I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.

Trip 1

I foresee several trips to pumpkin patches and farms this fall so here is a taste of whats in store!

This weekend H and I met up with 2 of my friends and adorableness ensued.

 She loves a good ass.

 Dear Pregnancy, Thanks for the squishy boobs. 

I love a good kiss induced giggle

 

Aunt Lana, Hayden and Aunt Toni

  

We got cider and donuts...can you tell which Hayden preferred?

She also took a nectarine right off a shelf and ate it so needless to say I bought that too.

 Hayden's 1st hayride

 

                                                                                        

               The answer to your question is yes...they both dress severely better than I do.

But in my defense here is a high school throw back to prove it wasn't always that way:

                  

A Note From Similac

I received this email and wanted to pass it on for any mamas who may be having trouble finding "untainted" formula..hope this helps someone!

As you know, we recently initiated a proactive, voluntary recall on Similac powder formula which has impacted many moms – in your playgroups, in our company and in our joint community. We’ve heard the frustrations, and we want to help.

One question we’ve heard moms ask about the recall is how to feed their LOs right now. We want to share with you – and with your readers, if you find it appropriate – that we’ve been working around the clock to get adequate supply of unaffected powder formula to stores. Anyone finding that their local store is out-of-stock can e-mail abbottnutritionsupport@abbott.com, and we’ll work on getting it resolved.

We also have both powder and liquid formula available to order at our online store: http://SimilacStore.com. To help get formula into moms’ hands quickly, we are now offering free overnight shipping on powder formula for a limited time. So you and your readers can get what you need without making an extra trip to the store.

Sincerely,

Anna

http://similac.com

http://abbottnutrition.com

http://abbottstore.com

Friday Fun

I recently found this silly Facebook survey I filled out while pregnant..these are the orig answers and any new answers are in parenthesis.

1. My ex...is the reason they invented restraining orders.

2. Maybe I should...throw food away before it starts smelling--but I dont.

3. I love..feeling & seeing the kicks of this little person growing in my belly. She's going buck wild at the moment. (hearing Hayden laugh.)

4. People would say that I'm...fucking awesome.

5. I don't understand why people... lie. Plain and simple. The truth is a lot easier to remember.

6. When I wake up in the morning...I prefer not to talk for awhile.

7. I lost my...keys the other day. Anthony found them in a shoe. So clearly, I've also lost a significant part of my brain function. (shit a little when Anthony told me he gave Hayden gum.)

8. Life is full of.. nice and caring people. You just have to weed through the douche bags to find them. (amazing things all happening at the exact right time they are supposed to.)

9. My past...made me who I am and got me where I am today. I may not always be proud of certain things but I wouldn't change a thing.

10. I get annoyed...very easily when Im tired. (or hungry.)

11. Parties are...not something I was always super into. I prefer to hang with just a few people.

12. I wish...I could win the lottery, buy a house, finish getting a degree easily...and be a stay at home mom. (I could win the lottery so we could pay off everything, buy a house and start a business or school.)

13. Dogs...are the shit and I cant wait to get one.

14. Cats...are ok as long as they arent living with me.

15. Tomorrow...Im supposed to go pick up our new coffee table. I hope the roads are better. (is my dads birthday! H and I are going to spend the weekend with family and I am very excited!)

16. I have low tolerance for..guidos. YOUR BLOW-OUT IS STUPID. YOU ARENT A GOTTI. AND NO ONE THINKS YOU LOOK GOOD!

17. If I had a million dollars..I would buy the perfect house for us and get Ant a new car :-) (I would buy our perfect house, pay off all of our bills, help family and go on vacation to Yosemite National Park, Yellow Stone, Lego Land, Greece, Italy, Bora Bora and a bunch of other sweet places.)

18. I'm totally terrified...of losing anyone I love.

19. My spouse...is the hardest worker Ive ever met in my life. He is almost as awesome as I am. (ALMOST)

20. My life...will get even better in June! (is the best its ever been and I am so blessed and thankful.)

Daily Cuteness

Hayden sleeping on her uncle :-)

A Double-Edged World

While giving H her bedtime bottle (yes we still do that and no, I don't care if you think shes too old) my brain somehow drifted to thoughts of all the double-edged swords in parenting. I had never thought of or even realized them before. Raising a child is full of happiness, frustration, crying (both us and the babies), miscommunication (with both our kids and our partners) as well as times where we are wishing them back to their baby-ness just as we finished wishing away their baby-ness. 

Lets start at the begining.

Newborns..looking back they are pretty easy because they sleep so much (hopefully) but so exhausting because they need to be fed/changed/burped/held so often. Though they are fantastic for leaving on a changing table unattended since they can't go anywhere! (in case you are a little special- that last part was a joke..please don't do that.)

Infants (around 5 months) are fun because now they are more aware..less blob-like if you will. They smile a bit (I think the whole "it's gas" thing is bullshit...those are smiles), they respond to stimuli, they may need to be burped/fed/held less frequently and are overall more entertaining. But they need to be entertained more..they eat more per feeding (so you are pumping/taking your boob out/buying formula more), they can grab things now (good and bad...say bye bye to your jewelry) as well as roll over so that "leave them unattended" thing is drifting away.

Around 7 months is when Hayden fell off our bed..this was when I realized leaving her on our bed while I ran to get a brush wasn't going to fly anymore. She was mobile. Awesome? Totally! It is so fun once they can move more and do more stuff. Dads get more interested in this less blob-like thing and everything becomes more entertaining. Flip side? They can move more and do more stuff. They become more entertaining thus they need more entertainment. They are becoming more aware of their emotions and environment which possibly means more crying due to sensitivity to things. It also can be the start or end of good sleeping...but that is always up in the air I think.

In the interest of this post not lasting forever lets fast forward to toddler time. 1 yr+. An AMAZING time. This is my favorite time thus far. She feeds herself & can entertain herself. She is everywhere-she is exploring everything, learning everything and being a real, talking kid. She has her own personality, sense of humor, ideas how to do things, likes & dislikes, feelings and thoughts and generally is an overall awesome little person. Flip it? All those things. She everwhere! She is in everything. She feeds herself..which means she feeds her hair, her clothes, her elbows and the floor. She is talking..a lot..which isn't bad but when she is trying to communicate in her native "Hayden language" and we don't understand she gets frustrated and then the whining or frustrated crying can begin. 

All in all I can liken parenting to a juggler having all their balls in the air and not knowing which is coming down first. It is thrilling, frustrating, scary and amazing all at once. Waiting to see which ball will drop isn't always easy but its always worth it!   

 

3 of 25

Seven weird things about yourself

1- The thought of maggots gives me shivers and makes me almost throw up in my mouth. (I got the chills 4 times while writing that sentence...and now Im going to be thinking about them all night.)

2- It drives me nuts when people use your & you're or to & too interchangably.

3- I get severe anxiety about weird things. When I had a dog I spent an hour picking out dog food out of fear I would choose "the wrong one." I also do this w/important things like picking car seats and when I was thinking of moving Hayden to the passenger side of the car--it took me a month to decide if it was a good choice. Can you say crrraazzy?

4- If it were legal, I would think of smoking pot on occasion no different than getting drunk on occasion.

5- I tend to put more into friendships than I get out-with the exception of a few good eggs ;-)-and regardless of how many times I recognize it or get let down I can't stop doing it.

6- Once I had a baby it was much easier to not care about anyone else's approval or view of me. It also became easier (and necessary) to weed out the asshats.

7- I pick my nose.

What a Journey

Two years ago this week is when I saw the plus sign slowly get darker and darker on a Target brand pregnancy test. I had been taking tests pretty regularly because I was recently off the pill & my period was all over the place...and I am one of those "omgmyperiodis4minuteslate..I'm taking a test" kind of gals. 

Obviously, they had all been negative so even though a part of me (us) got excited at the thought that there might be a plus sign we never thought it would actually happen nor did we prepare for when it would. 

It was 2 weeks post-engagement party and I was dog sitting for Anthonys parents. I was at Target when I realized I should get a test because with my history Id probably use it and opted for the Target brand because 1-pregnancy tests are ridic expensive and 2-I'm a cheap bastard.

I forgot about it (isn't that always how the story goes?) then randomly remembered and decided to take it. I always got a little giddy inside when taking them, then a little let down every time the "-" showed up. This time I got a little "HOLY SHIT" when the "+" showed up. I always saw the negative...I was expecting the negative (and the inevitable disappointment.) What I was not expecting was to be expecting! I was also not expecting to be completely and utterly freaked the fuck out when I saw that positive sign.

I was alone. I was alone at Anthonys parents house and he was at our house sleeping. I called him. Told him. His response was something along the lines of "ok..I'll call you when I wake up." He didn't ask if I was joking..He was not freaked out..not in the slightest. This freaked me out more because then I felt like an asshole for being so thrown off my game. He eventually woke up and came to his parents and we got excited. We promptly called everyone close to us to tell them I was "having a baby" then went and bought baby name books.

I was so nervous to tell my dad and I don't know why..I guess because now it would be for real...he would definitely know I had sex. HORRIFYING!

For the next week I ate grilled cheese like it was my job, read baby books, figured out how to move the wedding up and agreed on a name for a baby girl (I think we did this the day I found out...and thank goodness it was a girl because there was no agreeing when it came to what to name a boy.)

We had no idea what was to come, how blessed we were about to be and how our baby would bring light to countless lives. 

This was the day we found out we were having an angel.

 

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Ten random facts about yourself

 

1- I believe Taco Bell tastes better when eaten in your car in the parking lot. Its how it was meant to be eaten.(spare me the "tb is bad for you..don't eat it!!" I rarely eat it anymore.)

2- I pee a handful of times a day. When compared to other women I know this is quite minuscule.

3- When I look at great photography it gives me an indescribable feeling. Its along the lines of a rush mixed with a high mixed with getting the wind knocked out of you.

4-I am an awesome stylist for other people but cannot dress myself for shit.

5- I go to weddings for the free food.

6- I have anxiety..and on a related note, I love Zoloft.

7- I am dreading and super excited for the day Hayden can no longer sit comfortably rear facing in her carseat.

8- I live by the beach yet am so not a beach person.

9- I think veganism is a little ridiculous.

10- It still boggles my mind that I grew a person. When I think about the entire process that began with a particular sperm and a particular egg meeting at just the right place and time to create our specific baby...then I grew her in my belly from a microscopic thing to a 7lb 13oz thing...and now she is walking and talking..mind.boggling.overload.

So he CAN do it....

Today was the test of all dad tests for Anthony. 

Hayden has been dealing with bronchilitus for about 2 weeks now. After not responding much to other meds her dr (who I am not a fan of and am leaving) has us doing breathing treatments 2 times a day and they seem to be helping. She is working on a productive cough and her faucet of a nose has stopped leaking (thank goodness because snot bubbles are not a good look for her.) She was out of school for a week and today was her first day back. Anthony drops her off every morning so this morning I did her treatment with her then I left for work. I get to work and see a missed call from Ant so I call him back. Hayden threw up in the car. She was coughing and must have chocked or gagged on phlegm (::gagging::) and threw up all over herself, blankie and ::gasp:: Anthonys back seat.

    Anthony plays the "I can't do it, Im going to throw up" card when confronted with vomit or serious poop but my suspicion was right..it was just a front. He was just dodging the duty (pun semi-intended.) That little sneaky pants! He totally manned mommed up today. He got her to school, cleaned her and changed her...all on his own. I guess when given no choice he can do all the things mommy can....almost.

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...And we're off!

Five most important/memorable childhood memories

1- Since I don't have many memories of my mom the few I have are deeply cherished. Ones that stick out most are super random and nothing special. One I always think of is when I was standing on a step stool next to her at our sink helping her with dishes (considering I was less than 6 I can't imagine I was much help.) She told me that at parent-teacher conferences my 1st grade teacher showed her a boys journal from class and he wrote he was going to marry me (in case you were wondering...he didn't.)

2- Unfortunately I remember the day my mom died and her funeral like it was yesterday. Perhaps an "important memory" but not a favorite.

3- When my mom died my dad started having a house built in our town so that we wouldn't have to switch schools. While waiting for it to be built we lived about 45 mins away from school so every day my dad would drive us to and from school. These rides were always awesome. Sometimes on the way home we would stop at McDonalds and my dad refused to order our food in a normal voice so he would turn on his version of a southern accent. When the voice came over the speaker asking for our order he would yell (to me) "Corn Ponet, what do you want?" and once he relayed my order he would yell (to my brother)"Zachariah Spud, what do you want?" Then when we got to the window he would speak in his normal voice like nothing happened..if that's not a favorite memory I don't know what is.

4- When we would stay at my dads house on weekends we would turn the upstairs into a giant fort (It was a platform-type landing with railings on both sides overlooking the 1st floor.) We would cover it in sheets and lower a Happy Meal box down to my dad and he would put croissants in it and send it back up. 

5- One night a week my dad would have school or be working late so my grandparents would come over. We would gallivant for a bit then go out to dinner at one of "our places." It was always fun because we would wind up doing things like this...

I am expecting a text from my brother any minute to tell me he hates me for posting this...