My wife's 30th birthday is today... which makes her exactly 10 times older than our niece, Isabella. If you hadn't heard, they share a birthday, 27 years apart. This is the one and only day in history that Kristen will be exactly 10 times older than Bella... pretty cool!
My baby Bella is 3 which is a great age! She is so impressionable, yet she is learning so much on her own. She is already so smart and way more advanced than other kids her age. I am very proud of her and love her very much. She is this little fire-engine red-head with round cheeks and the cutest little expressions... If she smiles at you with her little chicklets - forget about it! Her big girl birthday party is Strawberry Shortcake themed this year. On a side note, I must say that I admire Strawberry Shortcake's tenacity as an icon for little girls for so many years - you have officially made it if kids are playing with you today whose parents were playing with you 25 years ago, which my sister Jackie was. Anyway, back to Bella Marie and her big girl birthday... It should be as big a blast as the first two, if not moreso since she has such a big personality in her little body. Kristen and I unfortunately won't be able to be there this year. With us living away now after Kristen spending so many birthdays away from home and this being Kristen's big 3-0, we just need to let her enjoy one with her family for a change. Plus we always had planned to visit the following weekend because Kristen thought she was having a big birthday party of her own this weekend.
So let's talk about that for a minute. We planned this party for last weekend, which was a huge success... Kristen was surprised and there were a lot of people there from all different aspects of Kristen's life! We kept telling her it would be the following weekend (her actual birthday weekend), so she was very unsuspecting the whole time. It wasn't very easy though because we told her we wanted to keep everything secret from her so it would be more fun for her... you know since we "weren't" trying to surprise her... heh heh. Well as you can imagine she got very nosy about things and was starting to get frustrated when people asked her what she was doing and she thought we weren't telling anyone where the party was! It was comical but weighed on the nerves of me and Jaime, her sister who helped me plan the big bash!
So we got to the bar and the "surprise" was somewhat anti-climactic because the bar was packed and we didn't technically have our own space reserved, so the noise level and the scattered-ness of our guests made it tough for one of those big hooplas you see in the movies.... she was still surprised though, so it was all good. Personally, it was good to see all of the people that showed up as some of them we hadn't seen in a while... even my own sister made it up from StL, so that was cool too, a gesture that Kristen appreciated very much having been in the same shoes (figuratively). We had appetizers, cakes, and plenty of drinks! I had a blast and I know Kristen did too... that sort of thing can be a little overwhelming since everyone is there for you, so you have to make sure you go around and talk to everyone personally, kind of like a wedding... but she always had a drink in her hand and a smile on her face - especially when she got her diamond earrings she's been asking about for a few years!
Happy birthday to two of my favorite ladies. I love you guys and hope you both have a wonderful birthday that starts with the number 3!!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
"Bone"head Athletes
This whole epidemic of larger-than-life athletes didn't start with Tiger Woods and Ben Roethlisberger - but they're stories are topical, so I will discuss them specifically.
First, you have Tiger who by all accounts prior to Thanksgiving-ish '09 seemed to be a good, wholesome, family-values man who just so happened to have an incredible talent of perfectly striking a golf ball. Then he rams his Escalade or Buick or whatever SUV into a tree and takes a few swipes of a golf club (ironically) from his hot Swedish wife. This unravels a whole myriad of surfacing of these bimbos who all claim to have slept with or even have torrid love affairs with the pro athlete and bizillionaire. He later said he had a (false) sense of entitlement. Wrong. No matter how rich, famous, or athletic you are, you are not entitled to go around banging skanks while your wife and kid are at home alone... its pathetic and inexcusable. You need to be conscientious of your actions when you allow yourself to be put in the spotlight... you have to know that with the fame and bank account comes responsibility and accountability - and you may not always get to live your life out exactly how you'd like to or you think you should. For all intents and purposes, you are a role model and must live that way or be happy being scrutinized.
But at least Tiger is good looking.... which brings me to Big Ben. I guess I cannot blame him for wanting to nail any horny chick that comes onto him - he is rich and famous, he is single, and he looks like a troll. However, when you have all that money, you need to watch your back and realize there is a lot of greed in the world and there's not a lot people won't do for a quick, easy buck - including throwing one to Ben Roethlisberger in a nightclub bathroom just so you can later claim he raped you, and try to get some scratch out of the deal. Rather shameless act, but any whore that would bang Ben probably has to be pretty shameless anyway - sorry, Ben, you ARE a hell of a quarterback! So this just comes down to a situation of not being careful enough. Granted, I don't know what happened in that bathroom, I don't know how or why they both got in there together, but I don't care - its not the point. The big picture is that this is the second time this sort of thing has happened to this guy in as many years - that's sloppy and now there will be consequences. He won't get charged with a crime, but his bosses (you know? at his job with the Steelers and the NFL) will make him be accountable for his irresponsibility - justice served. That will take a small bite out of his paycheck and hopefully serve as a wakeup call.
If you want to paint the perfect picture of an uber-talented athlete who exhibits strong morals and actually tries to keep his nose clean... look no further than Albert Pujols. I will jock this guy because 1)it's baseball season and 2)I have a huge man-crush on the guy. That said, he understands how famous he is and more importantly how rich he is. As far as we know, he knows when to keep his dick in his pants and he proves it. It has been reported that he has gone so far as to say that he won't so much as get on the same elevator alone with a woman for fear she will cry wolf and try to get after some of his millions. And even further, he is just a standup guy. He is loyal to his wife whom he was with prior to becoming rich and famous and he is a dad to a few young kids, one with downs syndrome - a cause for which he dedicates and donates time and energy. Awesome dude. Now, in the next off-season he is sure to get a lot richer (not sure he can get any more famous), so the trials of temptation will truly be tested during the life of his next contract, but I am confident we will see the same level-headed guy and ball player to which we've become accustomed. And there is always that PED speculation...
First, you have Tiger who by all accounts prior to Thanksgiving-ish '09 seemed to be a good, wholesome, family-values man who just so happened to have an incredible talent of perfectly striking a golf ball. Then he rams his Escalade or Buick or whatever SUV into a tree and takes a few swipes of a golf club (ironically) from his hot Swedish wife. This unravels a whole myriad of surfacing of these bimbos who all claim to have slept with or even have torrid love affairs with the pro athlete and bizillionaire. He later said he had a (false) sense of entitlement. Wrong. No matter how rich, famous, or athletic you are, you are not entitled to go around banging skanks while your wife and kid are at home alone... its pathetic and inexcusable. You need to be conscientious of your actions when you allow yourself to be put in the spotlight... you have to know that with the fame and bank account comes responsibility and accountability - and you may not always get to live your life out exactly how you'd like to or you think you should. For all intents and purposes, you are a role model and must live that way or be happy being scrutinized.
But at least Tiger is good looking.... which brings me to Big Ben. I guess I cannot blame him for wanting to nail any horny chick that comes onto him - he is rich and famous, he is single, and he looks like a troll. However, when you have all that money, you need to watch your back and realize there is a lot of greed in the world and there's not a lot people won't do for a quick, easy buck - including throwing one to Ben Roethlisberger in a nightclub bathroom just so you can later claim he raped you, and try to get some scratch out of the deal. Rather shameless act, but any whore that would bang Ben probably has to be pretty shameless anyway - sorry, Ben, you ARE a hell of a quarterback! So this just comes down to a situation of not being careful enough. Granted, I don't know what happened in that bathroom, I don't know how or why they both got in there together, but I don't care - its not the point. The big picture is that this is the second time this sort of thing has happened to this guy in as many years - that's sloppy and now there will be consequences. He won't get charged with a crime, but his bosses (you know? at his job with the Steelers and the NFL) will make him be accountable for his irresponsibility - justice served. That will take a small bite out of his paycheck and hopefully serve as a wakeup call.
If you want to paint the perfect picture of an uber-talented athlete who exhibits strong morals and actually tries to keep his nose clean... look no further than Albert Pujols. I will jock this guy because 1)it's baseball season and 2)I have a huge man-crush on the guy. That said, he understands how famous he is and more importantly how rich he is. As far as we know, he knows when to keep his dick in his pants and he proves it. It has been reported that he has gone so far as to say that he won't so much as get on the same elevator alone with a woman for fear she will cry wolf and try to get after some of his millions. And even further, he is just a standup guy. He is loyal to his wife whom he was with prior to becoming rich and famous and he is a dad to a few young kids, one with downs syndrome - a cause for which he dedicates and donates time and energy. Awesome dude. Now, in the next off-season he is sure to get a lot richer (not sure he can get any more famous), so the trials of temptation will truly be tested during the life of his next contract, but I am confident we will see the same level-headed guy and ball player to which we've become accustomed. And there is always that PED speculation...
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