Getting To Know Your Friends

Or in this case... just me....

1. What time did you get up this morning?   11:30... I blame the kid...

2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds.. I think of pearls and I think of my husband and his best friend making inappropriate jokes...
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?  Inception, with my man, Meg and Scott!
4. What is your favorite TV show?  Right now, Top Chef.. overall, Big Love

5. What do you usually have for breakfast?  Cereal

6. What is your middle name?  Leigh

7. What food do you dislike?  Right now, chicken.. I know, what's wrong with me?? And I don't really like the texture of pineapple..

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment?  I don't have the entire Lady Antebellum CD, but I've bought a bunch of their stuff off I-Tunes and love it!

9. What kind of car do you drive?   09 Honda Accord Couple.. TOTALLY miss my 08 Altima Coupe :(

10. Favorite sandwich?   Jimmy Johns Pepe (Ham and Cheese)

11. What characteristic do you despise?  Always being the victim

12. Favorite item of clothing?  Running shorts with stretchy tie waste bands.. brilliant.. and in the winter, Brian's sweat pants.

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?   Bahamas.  Right now.

14. Favorite brand of clothing?  I haven't been shopping in sooooo long... I don't even know... I really like Maggy London dresses

15. Where would you retire to? San Diego with my hubby

16. Favorite birthday?  Every year.. I LOVE my birthday.. and I think this one will rock, since it's my 30th and our due date is ONE DAY AFTER...

17. Favorite sport to watch?  Husker Football or College Baseball

18. Furthest place you are sending this? Techincally, Siberia.. since it's a blog and anyone can read it.. so if you are there and checking this out, Svgorban!.. or however you say hello in your language...

19. Person you expect to send it back first?   I hope Meg comments.. since I think she's my only reader..

20. When is your birthday? February 20

21. Are you a morning person or a night person?  NIGHT.. I'm grumpy in the morning..

22. What is your shoe size?   6 or 6 1/2
23. Pets? German Shephard/Rottweiler adoptee named Mack

24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us?  Baby Paul, coming to a city near you, February 2011

25. What did you want to be when you were little?  A singer.. someone famous

26. How are you today?   Goofy

27. What is your favorite candy.. I was gonna say Hot Tamales.. but then Dani reminded me of peanut butter m&ms.. mmmmmm...

28. What is your favorite flower?  love Gerber Daises.. love roses.. love mixes of flowers..

29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?   August 8th, our first anniversary... then August 13th.. we are taking a romantic vacay FOR our anniversary!

30. What's your full name? Brandi Leigh Petersen Paul

31. What are you listening to right now? myself, clacking away on the computer keys

32. What was the last thing you ate?  chicken fried rice

33. Do you wish on stars?  No.. sounds great though!

34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?  Traditional Blue
35. What is the temperature right now?  Inside, about 68 degrees?

36. The first person you spoke to on the phone.  Ever? Probably my dad? I don't know...

37.. Favorite soft drink?  Right now I am OBSESSED with straight up traditional Coke.. I know I should drink Diet, but it's just fantastic..

38. Favorite restaurant?  Kobe Steakhouse... mmmm....

39. Real hair color?  Dirty Blonde.  Insert joke here.

40. What was your favorite toy as a child?  A My Child doll

41. Summer or winter?  Summer.. although I'd probably enjoy it a lot more with a better body..

42. Hugs or kisses?  Kisses :)

43.Chocolate or Vanilla?  Twist!

44. Coffee or tea?  Coffee with coffeemate

45. Do you want your friends to answer back to this? Post away, my friends!

46. When was the last time you cried?  Last week at home, sick with a migraine

47. What is under your bed?  Dust

48. What did you do last night? Read a book, watched Teen Mom.. an hour of my life I'll never get back.

49. What are you afraid of?  Losing those I love most

50. Salty or sweet?  Sweet.. like taffee... mmmm.. taffee...

51. How many keys on your key ring?  2

52. How many years at your current job?  7

53. Favorite day of the week? Friday and Saturday

54. How many towns have you lived in? Cherokee, IA.. Omaha.. LV.. Papio.. Lincoln.. 5?

55. Do you make friends easily? Good friends? Nope.  They are few, and cherished.

56. How many people will you send this to?  I have one blog follower... ouch.

57. How many will respond?  Didn't I already answer this?  One!! Rub it in!!

YEEEEE HAW!

Last night, I had a thought that made me smile, and giggle,
and have really happy thoughts.

Ever heard of Mutton Bustin'??  Watch the video below...

IT. IS. AWESOME.  Kids, holding onto sheep for dear life for as long as they can...

kinda like the kid version of bull riding.

And it will take place at the Sarpy County Fair in a few short days. 

Unfortunately, we don't have any kids (yet). 
So I started thinking of who else DOES have kids that would be awesome little Mutton Busters.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Jace and Ashley.

AWESOME.

This is my new mission. 

Megan, I apologize for getting your child involved in my fiendish schemes :)

Woman Vs. Food

I've never seen the Man Vs. Food show, but I always see promos for it while I'm watching Iron Chef America (time well spent, I know...)

Well, I'm spinning off of that... and have slugged my own journey WOMAN vs. FOOD.

When I first found out I was pregnant, I felt like I went from fine to FAMISHED in mere moments.  I was just really hungry.  That, I thought was FAMISHED.

I wish I could meet up with the me from a few weeks ago and punch her in the face.

Now, I go from absolutey fine, to SO HUNGRY I feel like I'm going to pass out and barf all at once.. in moments.  I eat.. but I find myself full after just a few bites.. then sure enough, after an hour or two... I MUST EAT AGAIN... AT THAT EXACT MOMENT!!!!

This phenomenon has led to the following:
1) A Burger King run last night just 45 minutes before our 10 pm newscast
2) an endless supply of crackers and different cracker varieties in my desk drawer (refer back to the beginning of this post... if the Iron Chef Master revealed the secret ingredient and said "CRACKERS!!!"  the display you'd see would greatly resemble what is in my desk)
3) "Hi, Brian.... I feel great!!"  10 minutes later  "Ugggghhhh.. need to lay down..... uuuggggh..."

Yeeeeaaaaahhh... August 5th marks 12 weeks... and hopefully the end of my food fight.  It'll all be worth it, though... I'm starting to have dreams about the baby :) And I like it!

The Return of the Jedi

I wish I was a Jedi.. then I'd be in shape.. and have a light saber.  Wait, I have one of those, thanks to my friend and 10pm producer Andrew.  It makes noise and lights up.  I rule.

I digress... I'M BAAAAA-AAACK.. inspired by the beautiful Dani Demers to restart this bad boy blog, as Team BP will be embarking on many new adventures in the next few months :)

But for today... I'm stealing John and Molly Campbell's blog topic and making it my own.  Enjoy! And welcome back!

TEN ON TUESDAY
For each of the following 10 categories tell me the product you use and why.
1.  Cell phone:  Verizon, I've never had a problem getting reception anywhere.
2.  Email:  Hotmail and Hearst, Hotmail because it scared me the least when it was time to move away from AOL, and Hearst because work provides it
3.  Toothpaste:  Whatever Brian buys :) Although I kinda want to try the new Crest Whitening one that allegedly works WONDERS in 2 weeks.. even if you eat blueberry pie and drink wine like the model does
4.  Car:  Honda Accord Coupe, best deal for me at the time my last lease expired... although I miss my Nissan Altima Couple dearly
5.  Writing Utensil:  Pens.  Blue.  Pretty.
6.  Lotion:  Whatever's on sale and strikes my fancy at Target.
7.  Interior Paint:  Behr, by Home Depot.
8.  Soda/Drink:  Icees.  Mixed Cherry and Coke.
9.  Laundry Detergent:  Gain.  Brian's allergic to Tide, and I'm allergic to ALL (as in A-L-L.. not every kind of detergent).
10.  Medicine:  What a weird question... gummy vitamins?

CHEERIO! 

I Will Sell This House Today!

Our house is for sale.

Our NEW house is purchased.. three weeks from tomorrow until we close.

Needless to say, I'd prefer not to have two mortgages to pay for.

So, I woke up Friday morning on a mission.  I was Annette Benning in 'American Beauty', taking off her heels and suit jacket and cleaning the house she's trying to sell in a frenzy, repeating to herself: "I will sell this house today!  I will sell this house today!"

I put out Open House signs and SCRUBBED, WASHED, LAUNDERED, DUSTED, MOPPED our house from top to bottom.  Our house has never looked better.  I put on nice clothes rather than my usual no make-up/sweats motiff, sat in my living room with my laptop and waited.  Hell, I even put a crystal candy dish full of mints on the island next to our flyers.

Friday night, only one lady stopped by.  I chalked it up to "most people look on the weekends.. tomorrow will be better."

Saturday... NOT ONE PERSON CAME.  NOT ONE.  I sat on my behind waiting ALL FREAKING DAY.  My wedding photos are organized.  My scrapbook items are sorted and labelled.  Our sub-basement and storage areas are clean.  And I have played so much Mario Kart, I now have my own Mii to race.. it takes a lot of races to unlock that feature, folks.

By the time Brian got home from his marathon Berkshire-weekend, I was on the verge of tears.
a)  I wasted a GORGEOUS day I could have been running or gardening or tanning on the deck.. sitting inside waiting for people to look at our house
b)  I just want to focus on our NEW home and what we will do... not what else we have to/should/could do to get our house to sell
c)  NO ONE CAME.  NOT ONE PERSON.  Lots of people grabbing flyers.. lots of people driving real slow past.. NOT ONE PERSON STOPPED.  WHY???!!!???!!!!!???

Brian took me out to Red Lobster for a very late dinner.. where I took out my stress on a pound of crab legs and an ice cold Mai Tai.  I felt much better.

I left for work today thinking "today will be the day.. way more people look on Sunday, right?"

Just texted Brian, and nadda.  Nothing.  Nope.

This blows.  I have now officially become the Annette Benning in 'American Beauty' when she does NOT sell this house today... and she ends up slapping her self, sobbing, saying "stop it!!"

OK.. I haven't gotten to that point.  But here's hoping for a change.. and a buyer.. soon :)

Cars, Cabins and... WAKE UP!

THAT'S RIGHT!  Another dream post...


**on a random side note, anyone remember on the show "Roundhouse" how they would wiggle their hands and make oogly noises when they switched to a dream sequence sketch??  Did anyone WATCH Roundhouse on Nickolodeon on Friday nights??  Fine.. judge me...**

I had to get to a live shot right away.. and it needed to be along water.. this huge ocean-like lake that for some reason we had to be on the completely other side of.  On this day (in dreamland) my photographer, Justin, was driving his black/dark blue Mustang convertible to our live shot.  I was really disappointed it wasn't the sky blue model.  I was also scared to death because Justin was going to drive right through a flooded road, and I was sure we'd get stuck/die.. or maybe I was just nervous I'd be late to my live shot.

Somehow.. I ended up at an amazing mansion-like cabin, and Brian was there.  Turns out, this cabin was his Uncle Terry's, fully furnished and awesome, but he wasn't living in it. 

 "Brian!!" said I. "Why don't we buy this!!??!!" 
"No... we can't."  Brian said.

The house was amazing.  Big open living room.. awesome kitchen.. great bedrooms with an attached bathroom.. awesome.  It just looked PERFECT and exactly right for us.  There was a pool in the backyard with a waterslide that went underground and ended up subtly in the front.. but not in a tacky kind of way.  Because front yard waterslides are soo tacky.

**another random side note.. anyone remember Top Dog waterslides?? Used to be at 20th and Cornhusker before anything else was there?  No?  Fine.. judge me...**


I'm off to DC!! Ladies, here I come!! Where the wine will be flowing and the dreams, I'm sure, will be PSYCHO....

Sweet Dreams

So, the name of this blog is "The Other BP".. and its point is to write about the adventures of my little family.  However.. my little family hasn't really had any adventures lately.

I got hair extensions.

Brian and his Millard North Mustangs are on a solid winning streak (knock on wood).

Mack ran into a wall... and rolled off the bed... and tripped going up the stairs.

So, I'm considering changing the theme of this blog... to my psycho mind.

You see, I have some WACKED OUT DREAMS.  I know the theories.. that food or alcohol or whatever else pushes your mind to places where odd, bizarre things happen.  Not me.. I AM odd and bizarre and so, therefore, my dreams are usually quite entertaining.  AND I remember them in ridiculous detail.

SO HERE WE GO...

DREAM BLOG, NIGHT ONE.

Last night, I dreamed that my Dad told me he invested in something.... that he'd bought A HAWAIIAN ISLAND for $4.3 billion. (Yes, I remembered the dollar amount.)  So, I asked him if Brian and I could go with a bunch of our friends.  He said no, he didn't want them to trash the place.  So I asked him if we could go wtih just our friends Scott and Megan.  He said 'ok, for $300 for the week'.

Wow!  What a deal!

Flash forward to Hawaii... and suddenly it was my high school girlfriends, and a guy I went to high school with but haven't seen or talked to IN YEARS.. and his brother... but his brother's real name was Old Dominion.. like the College Basketball team.

RANDOM.  At first, we were swimming in a pool at the hotel... which by the way, had a Starbucks in the lobby... and your choice of carryout cup.. but you had to poor the coffe in yourself because you WERE NOT allowed to take your ceramic mug to your room.  While at the pool, I saved someone's kid who fell in and was drowning.

Next thing I know, I was very upset because Pammie, Mel and Jenni wouldn't talk to me or hang out with me.. until I bombarded them at Pammie's Hawaiian apartment.. and told them I felt BETRAYED.. that specific word.  Apparently, Pam was recording the confrontation on video, watched it, and felt horrible about our fight when she saw it on tape.. so the girls came to find me.  I was back in my hotel room and watched, from high up, as Pammie asked MY BOSS, in a crowd of people, where I was.

What the f***?

So then we all hung out in my hotel room.. which wasn't really a room, it was like a giant L shaped living room with a kitchenette...

See what I mean?? Brandi = crazy!!!
I think this new format will be QUITE entertaining :)