Life on the Tilt-A-Whirl

I decided to ramp up my exercise routine this week.  There will be dress fittings in a few month and I don't want my flab to show, so we're getting rid of it.  So without further adieu, this weeks stats.  (this may become a weekly thing to hold myself accountable)

2062.1 calories burned due to exercise (about 1 2/3 days worth of calories)
15.16 miles travelled
180 minutes worked out  (or about 11.5 calories per minute)

 

My dad, he's a real renaissance man.  He drinks lattes and eats sconces CROISSANTS.  He eats his chocolate cake with strawberry jam (made with actual strawberries), not jelly.  And every so often you might find him admiring an es-cal-day (you know, the SUV's that Cadillac's made).  So its natural that, on this Fathers Day, I present for your viewing pleasure his favorite actor.  (DeNiro?  Pacino?  Youll just have to click the play button yourself.  Happy fathers day daddy! 

Im trying to get into the whole planning a wedding spirit, but the place to get excited is not through wedding websites.  There are plenty of cool blogs and such, but, the big sites are one big conglomerate of girls caring way too much about how the napkins should be folded and what direction the forks should be pointed.  And then there's the girls who get all worked up over the pettiest shit and say "advice needed" and then blather on about how their Maid of Honor isn't spending more than $1000 for them on their shower, and they want to un-maid of honor them and then they "ask for advice" which really means the only answer their looking for everyone to agree with them.  My favorite part is when they ask "do you think I'm being a bridezilla' and then the entire group of them says "youre not being a bridezilla, I'd be feeling the same way as you" even though they all clearly think she's crazy. 

Eloping sounds better and better each day.

 

just in case you thought the internet was boring today, I bring you a flow chart of the song of "Today It was a Good Day" by Ice Cube.  Whoever did this was a genius.  Click on the link to see it at full size or you can find it here.

 

 

so the wisdom teeth pulling went incredibly well, and I was on the phone with my mom complaining about how everyone made a big fuss over nothing by 1pm (the teeth pulling happened at 1pm).  I managed to learn that strong drugs make me puke...unfortunately I didn't learn that until I was at the bar that night, running out to the parking lot hoping I didn't puke before I made it to some unlucky bush.  So yeah, its Sunday and I've read a few books, taken a few advil and am back to eating mostly normal food (I did turn down some boneless buffalo wings the night of, but damn if its not a good excuse to have butterscotch milkshakes).

Speaking of pains, Im officially over wedding planning.  Blah.  I just wish that there were less choices and Doug were less picky.  There will be some venue visiting in Albuquerque next week, but I just want to get to the point where we have a location (a city and state would be fine), and I get to make the fun decisions. 

1.Modest Mouse - Teeth Like God’s ShoeShine
2. Califone - New Black Tooth
3. Radiohead - Cuttooth
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Off My Yellow Country Teeth
5. Wilco - Summer Teeth
6. David Karsten Daniels- Sharp Teeth I
7. Baby Elephant - Turn My Teeth Up!
8. Death Cab For Cutie- Crooked Teeth
9. Metallica - Amnesia (Pulling Teeth)
10. Electric Soft Parade - A Kick In The Teeth
11. Green Day - Pulling Teeth
12. Iron & Wine - Teeth In The Grass
13. Kyle Andrews - Glass Jar Filled With Teeth
14. Megadeth - Skin O My Teeth
15. NIN - With Teeth
16. Pela - Tenement Teeth
17.Hot Hot Heat - Dirty Mouth
18. Man Man - Teeth
19. Aphex Twin - Corn Mouth
20. Blind Melon - Mouthful Of Cavities

 

Mashed potatoes and jello, here i come!

Today we ended up in the city for lunch at Manny's and a tour of Soldier Field.  Manny's is a long time institution in the city of Chicago - opened up in 1942 as a cafeteria style restaurant and serves the biggest corned beef and pastrami sandwiches with a potato pancake on the side

 

The tour guide at Soldier Field was a girl in her early 20's -- and you know how enthusiastic girls of that age can be about the history of Football Stadiums.  Nevertheless, it was interesting to get to see all the military medals they embedded into the concrete in the 2003 remodel -- and we did get to make it into the locker rooms as well as the private suites.  The highlight of the tour was actually standing on the field. 

All the boys:  From left to right thats Dan (Dougs Brother in Law), Finn, Jack, Brant, Leo (Doug's brother in law), Doug, Glenn (Doug's Dad).

After the tour, we headed out to the playground to run off a little energy - which basically meant Doug and I playing with Brant and Jack while the adults sat down to rest their feet (and Grandma got to feed Finn).  Doug was either a monkey in his past life or he hasn't quite grown up yet:

 

 And a cute picture of the boys:

 

And finally...one more.  All of us at Soldier Field. 

Don't ask which finger Doug's dad is holding up.

 

Doug's Mom (forevermore known as Heidi) has a dream of driving the entire length of Route 66.  We made a little part of her dream come true on Mother's Day by taking her all the way down to Odell Illinois and following the path back to Chicago.  Neither Doug or I knew what to expect, but it turned out to be a lovely day of kitschy fun.

 

Why start in Odell?  The Odell Filling Station of course.  Its a registered landmark and it did not disappoint. 

 

What a good son he is.

 

After Odell we made it to Dwight.  Its famous for the Keeley Institute in which Dr Keeley claimed to have a cure for alcoholism - less drinking.  What a genius.  He also erected a windmill.

 

We then headed for the Old Route 66 Family Diner which was packed.  Doug decided to go light and have biscuits and gravy with a side of sausage patties and a side of bacon.

 

And then we found the polka dot diner and had to take pictures with all the stars

 

 

 

And whats a Route 66 trip without a sighting of the Gemini Giant

 

Our halfway point was beautiful Joliet, IL --where they have a Route 66 welcome center.  You may recall that Sir Paul McCartney showed up here with his girlfriend.  I have to say, it wasn't that expansive, but very cute.  Doug's dad was tired of all the scenery by this time and sneaked off to the casino next door to "use the bathroom".

Ahhh yes the blues brothers.  Doug has informed me that we will be having twin boys and we will name them Jake and Elwood.  We will then have another son and name him Addison Clark (the cross streets of Wrigley Field).  You know that means we're going to have all girls.

 

A mural they had at the Route 66 Welcome Center. Notice anything strange?  I liked how they wrote "malts, tacos", mostly because the 1940's and 1950's weren't really prime for tacos in Illinois.  Nice try though.

We also found a dress that is in strong contention for being the Mother of the Groom dress. 

 

Aren't they slutty  lovely?

I'd like to think that the Mexican Culture has come pretty far in the last 10 years.  Up until 15 years ago, the only time I saw mexicans they were either watering lawns or pouring me water at a restaurant...and now we eat tacos and burritos, we suffer from El Nino and when people want something different than a bud light, they'll go for the Corona. 

Which is why I was surprised to see this sign at the restaurant we ate at in Odell, Illinois

 

Anyone ever heard of a three milk cake?  Maybe by the name TRES LECHES!

This may actually beat this sign, which can be found at our local walgreens:

 

I bet you didn't know that we, my Hispanic hermanos y hermanas, had our own section. Que bueno!