Monday Night Football!!

HOORAY!! The LIONS went 5-0 last night against the Bears, @ Monday Night Football nonetheless!! They haven't been 5-0 since 1956... when my mom was about 4 and my dad & Andrea weren't even born yet!!

Lindsay & I pre-game @ Chelis

GOOOO Lions

People got intense!

Ran into one of our newly crowned ATP Princesses

Only the most amazing Lions jacket ever!

xoxox

GrandSLAMerson

Honestly, I haven't seen fielding like Curtis Granderson achieved last night since a little Hollywood title named Twilight! Insanity! He definitely plays the game and has a lot of heart, it's just a shame that now he's a Yankee! :(

My friends and I like to give nicknames to "our Tigers" (Carlos Guill-In-The-Gap, Maggalicious, etc.) and Curtis GrandSLAMerson was definitely my Tiger while he was in Detroit! And I repped him well...

Unfortunately he really stuck it to his old team last night and the Tigers lost Game 4 of the ALDS 10-1... total nightmare! Game 5 will be played Thursday in the Bronx!!

If our team needs any motivation... they can get it HERE! These kids are fabulous!! Let's GO TIGS!!

Watching the game at Lefty's by WSU

xoxox



Khaki's, Baseball and The American Flag

It's no secret that I hate khakis. I wouldn't even own a pair if it wasn't for work events! But every once in awhile an opportunity comes along (outside of work) you can't pass up, even if it requires (dun, dun, dun) ... KHAKIS! :(

Last night my coworkers and I had the awesome opportunity to carry the American flag at Game 3 of the ALDS... Tigers vs Yankees!

Getting ready in the tunnel

View of our boys from our position in center field

I am standing a few stripes down from the stars!

Yay!

45k + fans! Go Detroit!

TPC Staff & Friends

Marquee at The Fox

The Tigers beat the Yankees 5-4 and are 2-1 leading the series into tonight's Game 4! Let's go boys!

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"To retweet... YES!"

So yesterday I was just minding my own business, eating lunch at the Ellwood with coworkers when I was bombarded by Jason Carr of Fox 2 in Detroit!

Here is what I had to say... with flat hair and no makeup but super green eyes! NOTE: When I get tripped up regarding my MNF comment is because my real tweet actually said "I fear that the city would burn to the ground if we went 5-0 at MNF" which is not appropriate for TV! :)

Lions Fans Social Media Spirit 2011

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Detroit Hustles Harder

YAYAY!! Happy Playoffs!! :) GO TIGERS!!

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Go DJ!!

My brother wrote a fabulous article for Marriage.com!!

Check it out HERE!!

So PROUD of you Phil!! :)
xoxox

Toddlers & Tiaras

I've officially decided on my Halloween costume... sadly it's not Lava Girl (I'm still looking for my Shark Boy) but it might be 10 times better!!

TODDLERS & TIARAS!!



WOO!! WOO!!

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Ouchie!

It's been an interesting week working with one less finger! Slammed my poor phalangie in a sliding glass door! She's not broken (thank you Jesus) but she's badly bruised & sore! YIKES!!

But you know me always gotta be jazzy :) PINK athletic tape is a must!!
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Shhhhh....

I have a secret.... We have a new ATP Queen!!! :)

Saturday was the Princess Scholarship Program Interview & Volunteer Day! We had twenty-one bright, motivated young women at The Parade Studios vying for the the title America's Thanksgiving Parade® Queen!!

They toured the studio, learned about our year round activities, made colorful fleece blankets for the celebrities in the Parade (which post Parade will be donated to a local shelter), networked and interviewed with a panel of amazing judges (a former Miss Michigan America, an editor of a trendy Detroit magazine, a volunteer of the year award winner in metro Detroit, a huge Parade Co. sponsor and a NYC fashion week photographer)!!

The volunteer & interview experience are great stepping stones for the applicants and well worth the $25 application fee, not to mention the adorable t-shirts!! :) Right?!!

Event Intern modeling the Princess t-shirts

So for now, the judges sheets have been tallied, but the names are sealed in perfectly pink envelopes waiting to be revealed at the Princess Tea in a few weeks! I can't wait to meet the new Queen & Court and see another women experience a year of wonderful memories compliments of The Parade Company!!

xoxox

Hollywood in the D - Part II

Wooo!! I think I have finally recovered from my busy busy family week!! :) Which yes, I will admit now left me smiling through tears as I dropped Phil & Hay off at the airport last Friday! I am so blessed to have such an amazing family!! :)

The week was full of family, food and fun!!

On Monday, the family visited The Parade Company for a tour! My parents & Phil had been before, but we've made a lot of changes since their last visit! This of course was Hayley's first time to the colorful Willy Wonka like studio :)

Phil & Hay modeling Raggedy Andy & Ann papier-mache heads!

My parents in front of the Valentine's Day push float!

Motown Philly!

One of these characters is airbrushed...
the other spends his days "flipping cars" :)

The 30 year retired PO :)

No visit would be complete without making me pose behind my desk!

Tuesday we had a great visit with our Uncle Thom & Fam, played quite a few games of "Russian Accent Rummy" (is there really any other way to play rummy than with an accent?!!) and learned that brotherrr (which when said properly in my Valentina voice sounds like brAAAAAAtherrrrrr) owns MAC make-up & blows out his hair everyday... this is a blowout with no product... he may not be happy that I posted a non 'camera ready' shot :)

On Wednesday it was back to work for me! The Parade Company was producing our annual America's Thanksgiving Parade Theme Day at the Tigers game!! Luckily, my family enjoys baseball so they came down to take in the festivities & ballgame!!

The Fam with Parade Co. mascot Clownie

ATP Queen throwing out the ceremonial first pitch!

First 10,000 fans received red Clownie noses!

Wednesday night came & went with my brother's fav ribs from Zuckin's, another great visit with family (Uncle Kenny, Aunt Mary Jo & Frankie) and more Russian Rummy!! :)

Thursday arrived way too quickly :( I have learned in the past few years of my parents & Phil both living hours & thousands of miles from me, that I am quite an emotional person. I couldn't even get through breakfast without crying, knowing soon after we would be split again. Goodbye's are always hard for me, even during event time, I go through post event or vacay depression severely... sometimes I really question what is wrong me?!! I think I just have way too much love in my heart :)

After my parents left, Phil "The Best Brother in the World" helped me clean up my backyard. I am so embarrassed to admit that I let the back basketball court collect some disgust in the past years... like a broken basketball hoop (I totally blame Phil for this!!), a mildewy dog pool (I totally blame Valentina for this because she hated it!!) and a crumpled old pool cover (I can only blame myself, as I didn't want to touch it when it came off the pool last summer bc of the sliminess!!)!!

Thursday night we all headed up to the high school for some varsity football action!! Our alma mater was playing a local high school that is being followed by MTV Two A Days for being one of the worst HS FB teams in the nation... I believe their record was something like 0-48... YIKES!!

Afterward we headed to our fav Mexican restaurant Mi Pueblo and then over to the Old Shillelagh... where Phil took over as DJ and danced like a mad man!! (video here).

Friday we ventured to Royal Oak so the Hollywood kids could pick up some Detroit gear before their flight to LAX. Hayley surprised me with a fabulous glitzy turtle ring she left for me to find after I took them to the airport:) It's totally me!!

I am very blessed to have spent such an amazing week with my family :) and even more so for friends like Tequila (Monica) who after I was left all alone, went to dinner & the bar with me, when I was ready to break down again :)

It's weeks like this that will be embedded in my heart forever :)

xoxox