Historic Day

I knew I wanted to post on this historic day....to try to capture the moment. Not really an easy task on a simple blog. I think the best way for me to express the sights and sounds of the inauguration of such a great man is by posting my friend's status updates on Facebook. I will use initials to protect the innocent :)

DM is thankful.

HT is giving the Mile High Salute to the 44th Commander in Chief.

EP is positive the day couldn't be any better. 70 degrees and Obama is President. Life is good.

RK feels a sense of calm and happiness today. Hope has been brought back.

LL is happy that she could watch Barack Obama at school today. What an historic event.

MB is thankful for the new President and hopeful for the future of our country.

JF is quoting Barack "On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord."

IM says goodbye to evil, incomptetence, ignorance, racism, greed, corruption and stupidity and happily says hello to hope and change.

MS is ready

MG says brothers and sisters this is a great day. Hope over fear will win everytime. God bless Amercia.

TV is so happy to say I'm SO proud to be an American.

CA is listening to the new Prez.

LM is ready (2nd time for that one)

BT is very excited.

DF has Obama fever.

KP says "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."- Barack Obama.

SB is starting to get choked up already! :).

SW inagurates.

KL is excited for my niece, Kyla,(18) who is in D.C right now, what a great memory for her!

CR is excited about today's events!

EP is breathless with excitement.

MG is happy! We are finally getting a leader!!!!!

HR is proud to see this day.

SM can't wait to watch the inauguration - so excited and so proud!

DP is talking to NBC White House Correspondent Tom Costello, he's on the steps of the White House!! Amazing day!

LM is wondering what famous inspirational words will come from Barack Obama's speech today!

Vacation

My parents gave me and Todd a 3-day 2 night all inclusive vacation to Peaceful Valley Ranch in Lyons Colorado. They provide 3 meals a day...they will even pack you a picnic lunch if you wanted to go on a hike or snowmobile all day. Snowmobiling and snow shoeing is all inclusive in the winter months....and horseback riding and hay rack rides are included in the spring and summer months. Plus...the fishing is gold medal waters. How cool is that? Now we just have to figure out when we want to go. All of the private cabins have hot tubs and are super romantic. We think my parents are pushing for grand babies....don't you?

Ahhh a day off

My office is closed for MLK day. Can you say 3 day weekend? Some sweet Emily time today. Poor Todd has to work. Think I will eat cold pizza, watch Price is Right and blog....and maybe later get a massage. Sounds like a great day to me!!

Last night Todd and I were talking about what an historic week this week is. Today is Martin Luther King day....and tomorrow....our country will swear in the first African American President. I was in awe watching the coverage of the concerts held at the Lincoln Memorial over the weekend. Hundreds of thousands of people showed up to witness this amazing and historic event. As I scanned the faces in the crowd I saw young and old, white and black, all socioeconomic groups....it was a-maz-ing. I hope the rest of the world is watching the United States of America rally behind our new leader and the leader of the Free World....regardless of who they voted for....we are united once again. Makes me proud to be an American.

As a total side note, some lady in a ridiculous shirt just won a car on Price is Right. I met Drew Carey once. I was working in radio and we did a broadcast from the grand opening of the new Disney California Adventure. I was standing in the amusement park right on the ocean watching the Beach Boys on stage with John Stamos on the drums....with a lobster tail on a stick in one hand and a beer in the other hand....hell yes I was eating lobster on a stick...and it was dripping with butter. Anyway....I turn and look at a guy standing next to me also enjoying a lobster on a stick and had a beer in the other hand and said, "Seriously, does it get ANY better than this?" And he smiled at me and said, "I don't think it could, I mean c'mon lobster on a stick? Beer?" We both laughed. I turned back to him and said, "You're Drew Carey." And he said yes. I said, "I didn't recognize you without your glasses on." And he replied, "I got lasik so I only wear my glasses on stage, on tv...you know." We went on talking about how cool lasik surgery was for both of us and parted ways.

Man....I have a lot of things going through my head right now.

Broncos Blues

Last night Todd sarcastically shouted from the kitchen, "Hey Em, when is the Bronco's playoff game this weekend?" Humpf. I have Broncos blues. My beloved Broncos are not in the playoffs again this year AND Mike Shannahan got fired. I have mixed feelings about his firing. After watching the press conference on Wednesday morning, I had this lump in my gut. Mike sure acted like a total professional. I was so impressed....and sad. When Mike said he didn't get the job done and that is why he was fired...my heart broke. Dang. No boo hoo. No pointing the finger. He OWNED it. Wow. I sure wish we had won that San Diego game. But things happen for a reason. Maybe it was time for a change. I thought about Mike and his family in New Years Eve....wondering if they were able to celebrate. Broncos blues suck. Kinda like the Broncos last 3 seasons.

This week

This week has been so WEIRD. Todd has been on vacation since 12/23. I worked Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (NYE) and today (Friday). I feel like I had 2 Mondays and 2 Fridays. Today I was talking about one of our programs on the radio station that airs on Saturdays....and thought today was Monday. WEIRD. Yawn....need some coffee.

For the record......

I did get raked in in the eye by the visiting kitty. Can you say bloody and black eye? Sweet. Missed my eyeball by centimeters. Todd was right. Sent kitty to glue factory....in my dreams.

Spoiled

Todd spoiled me again this year for Christmas. He hired a painter to paint a picture of a Calla Lily. The name of the painting is "Emily's Lily". Calla Lily was our wedding flower. Todd told me that the artist would email his pictures each day she worked on the piece with updates. How cool is that? Sometimes Todd does things for me that I just shake my head and thank the heavens above that we found each other. Makes me kinda tear up just thinking about it. He also bought me a gorgeous necklace and earring set and a TON of cool fishing lures and bait. What a great array of cool gifts. He rocks.

Franklin's Visit

We are watching Todd's sister's kitty Franklin for a week while they are in Mexico. Sasha (our cat) is not pleased but being tolerant of the 5 month old kitten. Franklin earned a new name his first day here.....Diablo the Devil. We had him set up in our room. Todd was in the bedroom watching tv and Diablo came out from under the bed and attacked Todd hissing and swinging his paws at him. I heard a scuffle upstairs. Todd came downstairs saying, "that little f-er is going in the kennel. I am not letting him rake my eyes or your eyes out." I chuckled a little. He went to the garage and pulled down the large 5 foot by 5 foot cage that Barkley used to live in when Todd was away. We made Franklin a safe place to be....and the animals in our house all got to know each other that way. Every time we got close to Diablo he would hiss. Sweet. But this morning I opened the cage and Franklin decided he wanted to be a productive part of our family. No hissing. Just playing. Bliss. He still goes into the cage when he needs alone time. No hiss... bliss....and making himself right at home. PS....that is Barkley's water that Franklin is drinking out of.

Special Agent Bob

My bro graduated from I.C.E. Training (Imigration Customs Enforcment) on Thursday. He is officially a Special Agent. Wowsa. I saw his badge. He now can carry a firearm on a plane. He just flew back to Denver on Friday. He told me that now when he flies on duty that he checks in a different place and he boards the plane before the other people. He meets with the Captain and the staff. One of the captains that he met with before the flight told him that the door to the cock pit is bullet proof, so if something goes down and Bob chooses to react, that the pilot will not be opening the door to help him. Yikes. Anyway. I am so proud of Bob. Bob and Rebecca are moving to Salt Lake City for Bob's first job. They leave today. I will miss you guys! Love you!

Star Sighting in Vegas

We saw Cameron Diaz in Vegas. Cool!

Vegas

Vegas was a blast. We left on Thanksgiving day and got back a week ago today. We had purchased tickets to Criss Angel's Cirque du Soleil show called BeLIEve. I love Criss Angel's Mind Freak...so cool. We get in the cab from the airport to the Mirage and the cab drivers asks us if we are planning on seeing any shows during our visit. We tell him that we are going to see the Criss Angel show. Silence. Then he says, "Did you already buy your tickets?" We had. He starts telling us how it's the worst show Vegas has ever had. Gulp. I could picture Todd and I running around ripping up money....since this show (that wasn't cheap) was a total disaster. We get out of the cab and I start reassuring Todd that I am sure the show is good that I bet that cab driver is just a bitter crazy. So. We are checking in at the Mirage and we ask the girl at the front desk about the show. Same response. Sweet. Again insert that picture of us ripping up money for fun. Long story short the gal at the front desk got us a refund on our tickets....and helped us buy tickets to the Cirque du Soleil show "O".... "O" is short for the French word for water L'eau. Can you say 8th row....dead center??? The tickets were so good that when one of the performers swung over our heads a drop of water hit my face. A-MAZ-ING!

Poison

Remember that sweet yet musky perfume from the 80's called Poison? Gross right? I admit I did wear Poison for one year in junior high school. I will will own that. OK. There is a lady in my office that freaking BATHES in that perfume. Seriously. It's so bad that I had to be in the same room with her for 2 hours on Friday that I got so sick being within in 10 feet of her that my throat STILL hurts today. I could taste her perfume in my mouth until later on Friday night. Sick. Flipping. Sick.

I had to laugh when this weekend I heard a promo on one of our radio stations for a topic for the morning show.....that people have sued co-workers for wearing too much perfume or not bathing. I cracked up.

That girl is poison.....(Remember that song from Bel Biv Devo?)

Dum Dum

When we first put the new fish in the new tank, one of the new fish was wigging out. He was scared. He swam right into the caves of one of the big rocks to hide. He was a smaller fish (3 inches) We kept watching him and checking on him as he hid. Later we noticed that the other fish kept swimming up to him in the cave and checking on him too. I looked in the tank and saw his face sticking out of a hole in one of the big rocks. I picked up the rock and shook it under water. He didn't move. He was stuck. He had gotten himself stuck in the rock. What a dum dum. I gently touched his nose...to push him out. We was VERY stuck. Todd went to the garage to get a hammer to break open the rock to get him out. Before breaking the rock, Todd the "fish charmer", tickled the fish under his mouth and he wiggled out of the rock. The fish had a small scrape on the side of his face....but he was ok. His name is Dum Dum. It's all about timing right? He was a Dum Dum to get stuck in the rock.

Goldie

We have had Goldie for 5 years. This fish has been through the ringer. Goldie got a deadly disease called "Cotton Mouth". Basically he has a poof of cotton in his mouth....disease cotton....that made it tough to eat. I gave him a ton of anti-biotics. Seems to have worked he is still alive. When Goldie was sick I moved him to a smaller tank so he didn't get our large tank of fish sick with Cotton Mouth. He was SO depressed in the smaller tank and basically hid the entire time he was in the small tank. Once he was feeling better we moved him back to the 15 gallon tank. When we moved him to the new 54 gallon tank....I was singing the theme song from "The Jeffersons". Todd laughed. "Movin' on UP.... to the top. To the deeeeluxe apartment in the skyyyyyy. We are moving on UPPPP....to the sky....."

Eleanor

Todd loves cars. He can see any car driving down the street and know the year, the make and the model. He is the Rain Man of cars. One of our new fish is blue and silver. He named her Eleanor....just like the blue and silver car from "Gone in 60 seconds". The most beautiful fish ever.

Blackie

We originally named him U-G-L-Y because he is not as blue and colorful as his counterparts...but we discovered that he is a black peacock....so he IS beautiful. He is not supposed to be blue and gold like the others. So we changed his name. He is small about an 3 inches long. He is shy but sweet.

Angel

I love Angel fish. This is our one Angel fish right now. We have had him since he was the size of a quarter. Now his body is the diameter of about 4 inches. We call him simply Angel.

Mr. Blue Gold

We got 4 new fish from the fish store....all a breed of fish called Peacock. This is Mr. Blue Gold.

He is about 3 inches long right now and will grow to be about 6 inches.

SIMON

Simon. Todd was in the pet store and bought him because he was cute....knowing nothing about fish and fish tanks. He is a fancy gold fish. Typically a gold fish would NOT get along with the other fish in our tank. He is a nice fish....and most tropical fish...are aggressive and mean....and would pick on a fish like Simon. Simon is just fine in our tank....in fact...he is our king and leader. What a cutie.

Look he has his mouth open in this pic.

Cast of characters

Here is our fish....our cast of characters. Funny how we name our fish. Dorks.