90s Music Flash Back

Someone in my office just quoted a line from a song that came out in 1990 by Musto & Bones, maybe you've heard of it?



Check out Rita's dance moves. All I can say is WOW we've come along way in 20 years!

When is it ok to turn left at a red light?

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"My boss came in and said he didn't know Illinois had so many cameras at the lights" hubs

"How did he find out" me

"His wife received 12 tickets in the mail that included photos of her turning left at a red light" hubs

me choking..."She turned left at a a red light?"

"My boss said that in Massachusetts it's ok to turn left on a red light if there are no cars around" hubs

"Pretty sure it's not legal to turn left on a red light in any city" me

"That's what I told him. I let him know that at most lights in Chicago you can't even turn right on a red light. I'm sure she has more tickets coming in the mail" hubs

This seemed absurd to me but I don't think I have ever driven any where near there. So  my question is....does anyone out there reading this live in Massachusetts? Is it common or accepted to turn left at a red light? Or in any American city for that matter?

Mini Marathon

I can hardly run a 5K so I am not sure what I was thinking when I signed up for next year's Indy Mini. I guess the plus is that I don't need to start training till next year. Perhaps that will be my resolution for 2011...run more, get healthier and run a mini?

The mini is 262 days away...72 days ago I posted this. I wonder what took me so long to register? Perhaps maybe it's the fact that I haven't really even tried to run since that post? eek.

Minne Monday

This weekend we went back to Indiana to see the hubs sister graduate from nursing school. Minne's favorite part was her time spent playing with her cousin Buddy. Compared to our last visit, Buddy is growing and you can see that he is now bigger than Minne.

Minne (Boston Terrier) on the left, Buddy (Faux Frenchbo) on the right

They had some good play time with the hubs... 

And with my sister in-law too, although it looks like there may be some jealous boxes in the room.

Just a few other favorites:

They hear the camera but both look a different way

 

The pups with Grandpa

Graduation

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The hubs, Minne girl and I are on our way to go watch his sister graduate nursing school. We are so proud of all the hard work she has put into such a little amount of time. Congrats big sis!!!

PS I am sure Minne is super excited to play with her cousin Buddy. Photos to come on Monday.

Future Rock & Roll

The hubs and I always joke that we want to have 2 brute boys named "Rock" & "Roll" some day (we may be a little serious). Don't worry we would actually name them Rollin and Rocky but still call them rock and roll. While I was in Rockton watching my dad race I spotted this little guy wobbling around. I am pretty sure I can see the future Rock and Roll giving us plenty of laughs like this. It's a long time away still but the throught makes me smile

Dad's Race

Last weekend I had the awesome experience of going to watch my dad race. He's been doing it for a few years but race season is the same season as wedding season and after being in so many weddings and planning our own, the weekends just never seemed to fall into place. So this year I committed myself to going to see him at a local race (only 2 hours away which is nothing compared to some of the drives). While there I got to see some of my family friends that I often referred to "uncles" while growing up. It was a great little trip, see for yourself...

To get to the track you drive through some beautiful slightly hilly areas with lots of farm land, grass and trees. It's hard to not find the place beautiful. I guess that's why they call it Blackhawk Farms Raceway.

I arrived just in time to watch my dad do his final practice. Post practice my dad made his way over to the weigh machine to make sure he was at regulation. He was. It was a good practice, not a great one but a good one.

Once he got done we all took a little break for food and afterwards stopped for cake, ice cream and root beer floats. These two made themselves cake icing lipstick. Silly but fun.

After lunch all the racers work on tuning up their car for the race. It was cool to see all the guys helping each other out even though they are all competitors once they get on the track.

Once everyone was ready and it was my dad's flight time, we made our way to the track.

I learned that my babysitter was quite the pit girl! While I was there I saw her help my dad make some adjustments to his car, check his air pressure, get gas for the car and even start his car. For a 16 year old, she's pretty bad @ss.

It was hard to capture photos of my dad actually racing because well at 70+ mph....he was just to darn fast....

The best part about the race I saw? That's obvious, when he took 1st

After the race everyone goes back to their camp sites, prep for dinner, work on cars for the next day's practice and my favorite part? They all relax.

Here's just a  few other photos from race day that I really enjoyed: