Deal or no deal?

I have known about this for awhile, but have only now really been able to talk about it. It is really HUGE!! Ryan, my brother-in-law, is going to be a contestant on "Deal or no deal!" I mean how cool is that!!! What is not so cool is that Kyle and I are not the supporters...hello, who better to tell you about what to do with money than us? Ok, I guess your wife and sisters may be a better choice. I guess I can forgive you. Anyhow, he leaves Mon. and will be out there the whole week. I think the episode will air in like 2 or 3 weeks. We are so excited!! We were planning on being there in the audience to support, but they never would give us a clear 100% "yes" that he would be taping next week. We found out today that it will be next week. It is just too short of notice for my job and Kyle's. It kinda stinks.
He sent in a tape(hillarious by the way) at the begginig of the fall. They have been calling and doing countless phone interviews, with 20 different people since then. We have been so suprised as to all the crazy things involved in getting on this show. It has been a LONG process. Another thing is, you don't GET to pick your supporters. You have to give a list of like 10 people and then they pick for you after they have interviewed everyone on the list. My sister was one of his top choices, and she in not going to be a supporter, but she will be in the audience. She was less than thrilled about this. I think his supporters are going to be his 2 sisters and his friend Dave Burch. I will keep you posted on the airing and the outcome(if I am allowed) later.

Sale Frenzy

So Little Dudes and Divas had a HUGE sale Tues. night. It was their Midnight Madness sale. I received a flyer in the mail and saw that everything in the store was going to be 50-75% off. What a fabulous deal, right? I met my sister there around 7, both of us ready to do some shopping (like our kids are needing clothes, but I couldn't pass up a sale). I invisioned us gradually going from rack to rack, casually brousing through their selections, carefully deciding what I couldn't live without. When we got there, we quickly realized we were completely wrong. To give you a visual, for all of you "Friends" fans out there, it was like that episode when Monica is trying to get her wedding dress at that sale...minus the whistles. However if I ever go to this sale again, I will bring whistles for Val and I. Masses of people were lined up waiting for the doors to open, then a mad rush began when they did. I mean there was pushing, shoving, people being rude, all for kids clothes. We tried to race through the store, racing to get to all the cute clothes before the next crazy mom. I was laughing because I had never seen such a sight. People were ripping clothes off the rack and shoes from shelves as fast as they could. Val and I finally got in line to pay with what we had managed to grab and the madness continued. People began cutting in line. Between the two of us we managed to keep anyone from getting ahead of us..courage in numbers. In all, Val and I left with great deals on what we did purchace. I left with a mass bag of bows. I think it will be a fun memory to bring up later and laugh at the visual left in my head.

January or April?

This weather is amazing! I can't believe we are having this wonderful sunshine and warmth in the middle of Jan! It is slightly confusing though and I keep having to switch back and forth between short sleeves and long. Toally worth it though. I even heard the ice cream truck driving through our neighborhood today! Crazy!I thought about buying a popcicle just to say I did. My bubble is about to be burst though with a snow storm blowing in for tomorow. I hope you all have been able to get out an enjoy this wonderful "winter" weather. Happy Jan.!