Go, Miniman, Go!

If you know me at all, you know that I have an incredible love for all things Lego. I have had Lego in my life since I was 3 starting with brick sized building blocks. (They came in a whopping 3 colors back then, but they still are holding strong as my kids play with them to this day.) In the late 70's, they introduced the Lego mini figure, and they have been a staple for Lego sets ever since. Most recently, they have added adaptations of the mini figure featuring Star Wars (I'm in heaven), Indiana Jones, and even Batman (I'm in a higher heaven).

Turns out that it is the 30th anniversary of the mini figure, and to celebrate, Lego has launched the Go, Miniman, Go website. I loved the video included (Carla - you will especially like the hockey segment):


They are even having some contests for original videos featuring the minimen and prizes include vintage lego sets. I wish I could get my hands on some full sets of the original "Space Lego's" from back in the day. No birthday or Christmas was complete with out adding to my collection.

Ahhh - the Power of a Dollar

We are full force into soccer now. All three boys are playing, and this is Chase and Parker's first year. (They are on the same team.) After the first week and a half I was frustrated with the inability of anyone on the team to put the ball into the goal, or at least to kick it in that direction. So I pulled Chase aside and told him that I would give him a dollar if he could score a goal. Less than 2 minutes later he broke out of the scrum, took it the length of the field (all 20 yards of it), and "He shoots - he scores"!!! Good thing I had a dollar. :)

Now that's a Hybrid!!

I totally understand the hype behind the Toyota Prius, and would love to own a hybrid someday. The problem is they are UGLY!!! When they start making them look like this on a regular basis, I will be all over it.

Snide Remarks - Bike Curious

One of my favorite blogs to read is "Snide Remarks" by Eric D. Snider. A California native and former Utah resident, Eric has had his articles and movie reviews printed in newspapers, magazines and on the web. Needless to say, he has some great stories about his time in "Happy Valley" and his writing is hilarious. I found this choice article about biking today and thought I would pass it on. :) Enjoy!!

The Parent Trap

It is funny to me how you can go for a very long time not thinking about a particular topic, event, or idea, and then all of a sudden it pops up everywhere! I found that happening to me the last week with "The Parent Trap".

First, the kids were watching TV and the Disney Channel showed the remake of the movie staring a pre "I'm-a-bad-singing-crazy-alcoholic-nasty-maybe-lesbian" (allegedly) Lindsey Lohan opposite herself as the split apart twins. Not really a bad remake in my opinion, which also stared Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson as the parents.

I didn't think too much about it at that point, but I admit that I always start thinking about the original version staring the ever so cute Haley Mills as Sharron/Susan. One of the best things about it was the inclusion of the song, "Let's Get Together" - a song I find myself singing in my head everytime someone says, "Hey - let's get together sometime". :)



Classic. So then this week I am bumping around trying (with mad hope) to see if the Go-Go's are going to be playing a show somewhere near me this year. I never figured that out (Dang!!) but when I followed a link to their MySpace page, low and behold there was a track to be played - "Let's Get Together"!!! 'Oh - please let it be that song!!!', I thought, and was filled with giddiness when it was! Turns out they recorded the song for the Disneymania 5 cd. I immediatly went to iTunes and there it was sandwiched between The Cheetah Girls, Miley Cyrus, and Hayden Panettiere's version of Cruella De Vil. (As a side note - WHAT??? I never knew that the Heroes cheerleader sang!!)

Get your own playlist at snapdrive.net!

No problem dropping $0.99 for that - what a treat!!!

Randomness? I think not - Aliens? Maybe....

The Quest for the Glazed Jersey

I think that most of you know that I have dusted the old bike off this summer and have started riding to and from work on most days. The reasons for doing so range from "It is just fun" to "I'm saving the environment (and money for gas - oil jerks!!)". I gotta say the going was tough those first couple of weeks, but now it is a breeze - unless I pair up with Ken (Bro in law and super biker extraordinaire) and he pushes me until I want to puke. ;)

The time came, though, when I wanted to test my riding and what better opportunity than the first annual American Fork "Tour de Donut". Biking - and eating donuts at the same time??? Sounds perfect!!!

The rules of the Tour are pretty straight forward. First, you ride a 7 mile loop. Then you have a chance to eat as many glazed donuts as you like, and each donut you eat earns you a 3 minute deduction from your total time. Eat 5 donuts - deduct 15 minutes from your time. (And no barfing allowed!!) Then, jump back on your bike and ride another 7 miles, then eat, then ride the final 7 miles. Total time and adjusted time were taken at the end, and trophies given to the various categories.

I gotta say - my first thought was, "Man - this will be easy!!" The first 2 donuts went down with no problem, but when I came around from the second lap I could only do just one more. Errrp I more wanted to finish riding the 21 miles than I did want to eat another donut. (Now, if they had been maple bars that may have been different all together. Mmmmm.....maplie goodness...

I did finish - and not last. You can see the results here, but I finished in 77:57 Minutes, and ate 3 donuts so I ended up at 68:57 Minutes total. There are two schools of thought on this race - either race fast, or eat many donuts. The winner actually took 71 minutes to ride, but shoved down 25 freaking donuts to end up with a time of -3:47 minutes!!! (Yes, that is negative!!!) Amazing feat. At any rate - I will for sure be trying to better my time next year.