Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day with family and friends!

Thanks to those in the military who can’t be with their families because they are protecting us!

Books That I read in 2009

Katie’s 2009 Reading List

1. The House of The Spirits- Isabella Allende
2. Anne of Avonlea- LMM
3. Anne of the Island- LMM
4. Multiple Blessings- Jon and Kate Gosslin and Beth Carson
5. Anne of Windy Poplars- LMM
6. Reclaim Your Dreams- Jonathan Mead
7. Anne’s House of Dreams- LMM
8. Anne of Ingleside- LMM
9. Rainbow Valley- LMM
10. Manhunt! – James Swanson
11. Rilla of Ingleside- LMM
12. Chronicles of Avonlea- LMM
13. Always Looking Up- Michael J. Fox
14. Shoeless Joe- W.P. Kinsella
15. Angels and Demons – Dan Brown
16. My Life In France – Julia Child
17. Julie and Julia- Julie Powell
18. The Boys of Winter- Wayne Coffey
19. The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
20. Just Here Trying To Save A Few Lives – Dr. Pamela Grim, M.D.
21. Between A Rock and A Hard Place – Aron Ralston
22. Further Chronicles of Avonlea- LMM
23. A Walk In The Woods- Bill Bryson
24. Ford County -John Grishom

I’m working on #25 The Cider House Rules by John Irving but won’t be finished with it until after the new year…I might not finish it as I expect to get some new books for Christmas!

My favorites of the year were Manhunt, Between A Rock and a Hard Place, A Walk In The Woods, Anne of the Island and My Life In France.

Golden Globe Nominations- My Picks

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious
• Up in the Air

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

• Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
• Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
• Helen Mirren, The Last Station
• Carey Mulligan, An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA

• Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• George Clooney, Up in the Air
• Colin Firth, A Single Man
• Morgan Freeman, Invictus
• Tobey Maguire, Brothers

BEST MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• (500) Days of Summer
• The Hangover
• It’s Complicated
• Julie & Julia
• Nine

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
• Marion Cotillard, Nine
• Julia Roberts, Duplicity
• Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
• Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• Matt Damon, The Informant!
• Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
• Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
• Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
• Up

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Baaria (Italy)
• Broken Embraces (Spain)
• The Maid (Chile)
• A Prophet (France)
• The White Ribbon (Germany)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

• Penélope Cruz, Nine
• Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
• Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
• Mo’Nique, Precious
• Julianne Moore, A Single Man

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

• Matt Damon, Invictus
• Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
• Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
• Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST DIRECTOR

• Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
• James Cameron, Avatar
• Clint Eastwood, Invictus
• Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, District 9
• Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
• Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated
• Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Michael Giacchino, Up
• Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant!
• James Horner, Avatar
• Abel Korzeniowski, A Single Man
• Karen O and Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “Cinema Italiano,” Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston (Nine)
• “I Want to Come Home,” Music & Lyrics by Paul McCartney (Everybody’s Fine)
• “I Will See You,” Music by James Horner, Simon Franglen; Lyrics by James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell (Avatar)
• “The Weary Kind,” Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)
• “Winter,” Music by U2; Lyrics by Bono (Brothers)

BEST TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

• Big Love
• Dexter
• House
• Mad Men
• True Blood

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

• Glenn Close, Damages
• January Jones, Mad Men
• Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
• Anna Paquin, True Blood
• Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

• Simon Baker, The Mentalist
• Michael C. Hall, Dexter
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men
• Hugh Laurie, House
• Bill Paxton, Big Love

BEST TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• 30 Rock
• Entourage
• Glee
• Modern Family
• The Office

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• Toni Collette, United States of Tara
• Courteney Cox, Cougar Town
• Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
• Lea Michele, Glee

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• Steve Carell, The Office
• David Duchovny, Californication
• Thomas Jane, Hung
• Matthew Morrison, Glee

BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Georgia O’Keefe
• Grey Gardens
• Into the Storm
• Little Dorrit
• Taking Chance

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Joan Allen, Georgia O’Keefe
• Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
• Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
• Anna Paquin, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
• Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
• Kenneth Branagh, Wallander: One Step Behind
• Chiewetel Ejiofor, Endgame
• Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm
• Jeremy Irons, Georgia O’Keefe

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Jane Adams, Hung
• Rose Byrne, Damages
• Jane Lynch, Glee
• Janet McTeer, Into the Storm
• Chloë Sevigny, Big Love

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Michael Emerson, Lost
• Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
• William Hurt, Damages
• John Lithgow, Dexter
• Jeremy Piven, Entourage

The Truman Show….

Would you let your life be taped like in the movies EdTV and The Truman Show?

I think it would be totally weird and I don’t think I would like it. Plus, I don’t do too many things that are interesting so I doubt that people would want to watch me sit a my computer and watch movies all day.

Apparently he’s not been to Mr. H’s band camp…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP)—Patriots linebacker Adalius Thomas(notes) is surprised he was sent home by coach Bill Belichick for being late to a team meeting.

Thomas was one of four players who were sent home for tardiness on Wednesday. He said Thursday that he was surprised because he had called ahead to say he might be late as players are instructed to do. Thomas also said he almost got into a car accident as he drove to Gillette Stadium during a snowfall that tied up traffic.

He said he showed up about nine minutes late for the 8 a.m. meeting and was told by Belichick to leave. Thomas also said he doesn’t know how Belichick thinks and he’s dumbfounded by a lot of things that go on but he just does what he’s told.

Man up and be on time…good that you called…but next time be on time….

Tell me he doesn’t deserve the HESISMAN!!

Alabama Season Totals
98tkl – 23.5tfl – 9.5sk – 20qbh – 5pbu – 0int – 1ff – 3bk

Florida Season Totals
112tkl – 33tfl – 14sk – 48qbh – 5pbu – 0int – 1ff – 0bk

Texas Season Totals
116tkl – 25.5tfl – 15.5sk – 10qbh – 7pbu – 0int – 2ff – 0bk

Suh Season Totals
82tkl – 23tfl – 12sk – 24qbh – 10pbu – 1int – 1ff – 3bk

A Stand Against Tiger…

Finally someone is taking a stand to not ‘celebrate’ people in the public eye that do wrong.  I wish this happened each time celebrities got pulled over for drunk driving, doing drugs, etc.

WASHINGTON (AP)—A California congressman is dropping his effort to honor Tiger Woods with a Congressional Gold Medal.

Democratic Rep. Joe Baca proposed legislation in March that called for the golfer to be recognized for promoting good sportsmanship and breaking down barriers in the sport.

Baca said in a statement Wednesday that “in light of the recent developments surrounding Tiger Woods and his family,” he won’t pursue legislation this session to give him the award.

Woods’ recent car accident has led to a media firestorm surrounding his personal life. The world’s No. 1 golfer hit a hydrant and a tree on Nov. 27, and he was cited for careless driving and fined $164.

The accident—and Woods’ refusal to answer questions about it—fueled speculation about a possible dispute between him and his wife, Elin.

Woods has been out of the public eye since the crash and subsequent allegations of extramarital affairs.

Last week, Woods issued a statement saying he had let his family down with unspecified “transgressions” that he regrets with “all of my heart.”

The medal is the highest award Congress has to honor civilians for achievements and contributions to society.

The Hill newspaper first reported Baca’s decision to drop the effort.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-congress-tigerwoods&prov=ap&type=lgns

24 Questions!

1. Name someone with the same birthday as you. Eva Longoria, Kellen Lutz

2. Where was your first kiss? D.A.J.

3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else’s property? Nope.

4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex? Yes, in a playful way though.

5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people? Negative, unless wedding dances count

6. What’s the first thing you notice about your preferred sex? Smile

7. What really turns you off? Conceit. Guys who look at themselves in the mirror all the time, talk about how wonderful they are, and never ever have any time to listen to your stories or questions, but all the time in the world for their own.

8. What do you order at Starbucks? I really don’t go there.

9. What is your biggest mistake? I don’t know if I’ve made one that I could classify as the biggest…yes I’ve made plenty of mistakes but they have all turned out for the better in the end.

10. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose? No.

11. Say something totally random about yourself. I really like cold weather and snow.

12. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity? Yep, Julianna Margulies

13. Do you still watch kiddie movies or TV shows? Affirmative

14. Did you have braces? Yes.

15. Are you comfortable with your height? Yes, but I’ve always wanted to be taller.

16. What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you? Brought me Buckeyes!

17. When do you know it’s love? ??

18. Do you speak any other languages? Spanglish

19. Have you ever been to tanning salon? Yes.

20. Have you ever ridden in a limo? Yes.

21. What’s something that really annoys you? People who know everything

22. What’s something you really like? Sleep.

23. Can you dance? YES. I LOVE to dance. I don’t know if I’m good at it, but I really don’t care.

24. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room? Nope.

Congrats Chris!

Chris Spielman will be both thrilled and saddened today.

On one hand, the only individual honor he said he ever wanted will come to pass when the former Ohio State linebacker is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame at an awards banquet in New York.

On the other hand, there’s a big hole. Spielman makes the trip without his wife, Stefanie, who died of cancer on Nov. 19.

“I’m looking forward to it, but there’s going to be something missing,” Spielman said. “Stefanie was such a big part of my success. That’s not going to ruin the trip, but I’m not going to lie and say there’s not going to be something missing.

“But I understand that she would be upset if I was in a down mood all the time, so I just kind of embrace it for what it is — like a lot of days, it’s a roller-coaster ride.”

Spielman said he is dealing with the aftermath of Stefanie’s death by telling his four children to come to terms with, “the new normal.”

“It takes some time to get used to,” he said. “We’ve been dealing with a bunch of firsts — first day back at school (without Stefanie), back at church, first Christmas.”

Stefanie was lauded for her passion — to her family, and to the cause of breast-cancer research — but in his playing days, Chris was known for exhibiting that trait, as well.

At OSU from 1984 to 1987, he was a two-time All-American, winner of the 1987 Lombardi Award, and is the school’s third-leading tackler (546) and first in solo tackles (283).

He becomes the 28th former OSU player or coach to reach the hall. His class will be enshrined next summer at the hall in South Bend, Ind.

Beyond the numbers, Spielman played with a zeal that few who knew him will ever forget.

Earle Bruce, Spielman’s coach at OSU, recalled the first time he saw Spielman play in person, at Massillon Washington High School.

“He kicked off, he returned kickoffs, he punted, he returned punts, he played linebacker and made almost every tackle, and he ran the ball 25 times from the tailback spot,” Bruce said. “I couldn’t believe a guy could do what he did and play from start to finish in a ballgame and never get tired, never raise his hand to come out of a ballgame.

“I wanted to come back the next week, to make sure it was not a one-night affair. I came back and he did it all again.”

Spielman said he was shaped by growing up the son of a coach (the late Sonny Spielman), but also recognizes he had something unique inside.

“I think I had the ability to make (the game) the most important thing in the world each and every week,” he said. “I saw that you only had so many opportunities, so go make the most of each game. I’d like to think I did that.”

When Spielman’s election to the hall was announced in April, he said he hoped his whole family could be with him in New York.

Now that that’s not the case, he said he looks back fondly on a halftime ceremony at the OSU-Navy game Sept. 5. He was recognized for his hall of fame honor, and Stefanie — in a wheelchair — joined him and their children on the field as the stadium crowd gave them an extended ovation.

“I’m convinced that ovation, as it should have been, was more for her than it was for me,” he said. “That kind of gives me some relief, that she had that moment that she deserved. It takes a little of the sting out of it.”

Pearl Harbor Day