Kirsi just heard me playing the Anne clip from a couple posts ago and withing literally two seconds perked up her ears and in a frantic voice said "ANNE! Where is it coming from??" ( while looking around the room) and now for my favorite part she said "I call Gilbert Blythe!" I have no idea why she said that, but I just started laughing so hard. It was too funny.

But she has a point. Who CAN resist Gil??

Equalizer shirts are legit. Everyone has one but me. This kinda makes me sad, but not really because I just wears my friends cause they are nice like that. One night I may or may not have worn 3 different ones. And yes the owners of the shirts were all boys. . . .

You might be asking "But what IS an equalizer shirt??" Well allow me to explain. An equalizer shirt is a shirt that is battery operated and the lights move up and down to the beat of the music. Nothing could be more legit.

P.S. Santa *WINK WINK*

Kirsi made a BANNER that says "GIVE THANKS" and it is hanging over the mantel. It is super oober cute! I am thankful to be with my family and to be able to celebrate such a food-filled holiday :) No worries. I've got my elastic-band pants all ready for the situation. My family will have to roll me off the chair because I will be so stuffed with turkey. :) Boo-Ya

P.S. What are you thankful for?

I would like to add to my previous post's moral of the day. Kirsi is the other person in my family where TV was educational. She was able to know the correct answer on a test all because my mother let her watch Pocahontas to the point where she knew every song word for word. The question was "What were the 3 "G's" that England sailed to America for?" Well if you watch Pocahontas then you know the answer. For those of you who don't know the answer is "Glory, God, and Gold". It is sung within the first 10 seconds of this clip. Don't believe me? Well then I guess you are going to have to watch it and see/hear for yourself.




If this causes an uproar within your family. . . .well I'm sorry BUT it's true.

SOOOO I've been writing a 6 page research paper on a poem. When I was presented with the prompt and told I could choose any poem off of a list of 200 poems I though "OK easy enough. There's got to be a couple that I could recognize.". . . . . . .There was only one. And the ONLY reason I recognized it was because of my childhood TV watching. From Anne of Green Gables to be more specific. If you are a faithful Anne watcher can you guess what poem I chose/only one I recognized?? It's from this part of the movie.



Yes I choose the Lady of Shalott. Please help. Seriously its a research paper on a POEM! There's nothing more cruel than that.

Moral of the day: Parents let your children watch as much TV as they can while they are young. This will prove to be educational later in life. Trust me. I am not the only one in my family where this has paid off.

It has been 3 months and thank goodness my leg doesn't look like this anymore!

Bishop had to do a little operation in my kitchen sink because it was so infected. He took off that off completely in one peel. It was GROSS!!! and it hurt. Luckily he had numbed my entire leg so I didn't feel anything but the very thought of what was happening made me think that I could feel what was going on. 

Did I mention this was during a FIRESIDE?? Note the intensity/interest of everyone as they watch him peel off the dead skin. Also note how I refused to look.

Yes he is using a toothbrush to do the job.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. . .except me. They all had their phones out and were video-ing it and taking LOTS of pictures.

Everyone thought it was quite entertaining for some reason.

No I did NOT start crying although if there hadn't been numbing spray I would have

The final product. Those bandages alone are another story all unto itself! Those bandages are the reasons I have scars.

Why is everyone so happy about my pain??

After the operation the boys wanted to know what the "real deal" was with my leg and what was causing the infection. They seemed to understand what was being said, but all I heard was a lot of big words I could never pronounce.

I just sat and wallowed in my misery.

I love Matt Clayton's blog.

http://mattclaytonphotography.blogspot.com/

Kirsi just turned on "End of May" for me. When I asked her to turn it up she said

K: I don't like loud music. . . . . . .unless its "Party in the USA"

to which I rolled my eyes

K: Ya I just wanted to see your response. . . . . . . but hey it IS a catchy song.

to which I responded that I would have to blog about that moment and she said

K: Anything to get you to blog *bow* my pleasure

Sometimes I think the stork dropped her off at the wrong doorstep.

 12:01 am I will be viewing this. Brace yourselves

Regina Spektor is a strange person. She makes strange music and has a strange yet fabulous sense of fashion. And yet I love her. Her music is either on the extreme weird side or the extreme amazing side. Either way I love to listen to her.

My favorite song by far is "The Call"

It is OFFICIALLY Christmas time in the Kilpelainen household. We have broken out the Christmas music, fires every night, and more importantly the Christmas spirit. We are holding out on the tree and decorations just to spare ourselves the ridicule from others, but day after Thanksgiving the tree will be up ready for me to decorate. Bring it on.

This picture was taken last week 2010

This picture was taken 2008



Great minds think alike

Lately I've been really into quotes. So far my favorite is by Audrey Hepburn.

"You can always tell what kind of a person a man thinks you are by the earrings he gives you."

                                                                                          -Audrey Hepburn

I want these earrings. I don't know what they mean but I want them :)

If you need to find me on the 18th of this month don't try calling me at home. That's right. Yet again the time has come to festively dress up, be super nerdy, not get any sleep, and wait in line outside the movie theater to see the midnight showing of HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. Get your house scarves and Harry scars ready (mine will be sparkly) and prepare for another long day that will be so worth it. I can't wait.

P.S. Bellatrix is my favorite. I'll be rootin' for her.

Kirsi currently has colored hair extensions in her hair. I am extremely jealous of them! They are super cute. Well today at church Ellie and Emily came to sit with us (cause lets face it, we are SUPER entertaining) Well when Ellie saw Kirsi's colored hair she said rather loudly "Your NOT allowed to have colored hair on Sunday!" I was laughing so hard. Only a 3 year old would say that :)

Yesterday Lily was at my house and for a couple hours we entertained ourselves by skyping each other. Yes we were in the same room and it was still just as satisfying. I quite enjoyed it even though we couldn't get the microphone to work.

Best. Song. Ever.

The other week I fulfilled something off my bucket list. I went paintballing. It was the most fun I have ever had. I was going to a dance later on that night so my hope was that I would look like this. . .

Cause that way I would have something to talk about during slow songs. Unfortunately I was really good at the game and only got hit twice. Which I actually consider an accomplishment. Not only did I only get hit three times but I did not get a single welt, bruise, or goose egg. I was so mad. Next time I plan on charging down the center of the battle field so I can have some battle wounds. :)

Be Prepared

For my Dad's birthday I took him to his favorite place within 20 minutes. Thrifty's Ice Cream. He always gets a pint and he taught me well cause I get nothing less than that. He gets black cherry, but I don't like that nasty stuff. Every time we go he always complains about the "flimsy spoons" that they give us. "Cant they give us something that won't fling ice cream all over everyone?" So when I took him for his birthday he went prepared. When we left and he was about to take a bite of ice cream with his flimsy spoon his eyes got all big and he put his hand out of his pocket and brought out a metal spoon from home. This time he came prepared. I just laughed. It was one of the funniest moments of my week.