My parents kept Emrie Friday night so Brian and I had an evening to ourselves. What to do? What to do? We tossed around a lot of ideas...a movie at the theater, dancing, dinner...all three? We finally agreed on a laid back evening complete with delux pedicures (yes, Brian too), a rental - The Lucky One, light sale shopping at Old Navy for Emrie and Aiden and then take out from Freebirds. Brian actually LOVED the pedi. I liked the movie. It was a total chick flick. I think Brian liked it too but he'd probably never admit it. Hey! He had just conceded to a pedicure. His manliness can only be pushed so far. The burritos were outstanding as usual. All in all, it was a fun night until he stepped on my foot when we got home and chipped one of my freshly painted toenails! Oh well...you can't have it all.
We watched a couple other movies over the weekend. In case you're thinking about renting these, here's Brandie's movie review.
The Lucky One - I suckered Brian into this one by telling him it was about a Marine which it was but it was also a dramatic love story. I had read the book so I knew the storyline. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
What to Expect When You're Expecting - The movie is about just that...and several women all going through the trials of pregnancy at the same time. This one was pretty funny although having suffered through IUI's and IVF's some of it dredged up old infertile memories for me. Brian laughed throughout most of it. I did too but intermittently there were some tears. I'm giving this one 4 out of 5 too.
Man on a Ledge - Now this one we both really liked. It's about a cop who has been falsely accused of stealing a diamond. And he basically goes out on a ledge to prove he's innocent. I give this one 5 out of 5.
Yesterday, Emrie was exhausted when I picked her up from Big School. I should have known better than to take her to the radio station with me but I had some commercials that started at 6am this morning so I had no choice. I thought I'd bribe her with a chocolate shake from McDonalds. You know, give her something to do while I was working. Well, she loved the shake but that only lasted about 10 minutes and then she was in full cry baby mode. Every time, I'd turn the microphone on and start talking, she'd start crying. Bless her little heart - she was so tired! Our engineer, Lance, has a two-year-old so he offered to play with her for a few minutes so I could finish up BUT Emrie was having none of that! She was screaming so loud I could hear her in the sound proof studio! I could only take if for about two minutes before I decided to pack it up and call it a day.
We celebrated Labor Day a day early because I (along with many of you) had to work on Monday. So Sunday our friends, Robert and Katherine, had a Big Labor Day celebration at their house. It was a beautiful day and they have the best swimming pool! 
