8 for 8?

I love Michael Phelps. He is absolutely my favorite olympic athlete. I was watching last night when he won his 7th gold by the length of a fingernail. I seriously didn't think that he won the touch based on the replays of the video. His competition filed protest and the judges declared him the final winner, which was awesome for him. Tonight, he swims for his 8th gold, making him the winningest Olympic athlete in history.

Many of you know my "Michael Phelps" story but I'm telling it again here for those that don't know and to record it for myself.

During the 04 Olympics, TB was FASCINATED by the swimming. He and I watched all the races but he was especially interested in Michael Phelps. That is how we convinced him to start actually swimming (looking at him now you wouldn't know he needed convincing but he was only 2.5 and didn't like putting his face in the water), we told him that if he would put his face in the water, he could swim like Michael Phelps. That was all he needed to know. Anyway, we watched the races and I even taped some of them so he could watch MP swim repeatedly.

A few months later, he was pretty much over the obsession and hadn't watched the tape in weeks. After I found out I was pregnant with MT we were talking about how he was going to have a baby brother or sister and I asked what he wanted to name it. He looked me and said "Michael Phelps", in the most "duh" voice he could manage. I said "well, what if it is a girl, what would we name her?" He rolled his eyes and said firmly "Michael. Phelps." LOL

So now you know why I love Michael Phelps. Besides the fact that he is an absolutely fabulous swimmer

ETA:The USA team just won the medley relay and Michael Phelps is now 8 for 8 in the olympics

New Names

Since my kids have superhero names, I decided dh and I need them too. Thanks to the Superhero Name Generator, I came up with "The Fearless Freak" for me and "The Radioactive Freak" for dh. This should eliminate confusion when people refer to me in their blogs :)

Deal breaker?

On the radio this morning, they were asking people if the ring could be a deal breaker in a proposal. Apparently for Carmen Electra, her ring is a deal breaker. She is upset that her fiance bought it from a website and ONLY paid $2000 for it.

Most people said that it wasn't an issue for them and I have to agree. Dh and I had been dating for a couple of months and I told him I wanted something "round and shiny" for Valentine's day (I was mostly joking, but that's ok). We both worked for a local hobby company at the time and when I got to work that afternoon (he worked days and I worked nights), there was a ring box sitting on my keyboard. When I opened it, I found a bearing for an R/C car inside. It WAS round and shiny LOL Then he told me that he would buy me a ring but it had to cost under $100. We went to K's that weekend and picked one out. My whole wedding set cost less than $200! That sort of set the tone for our whole wedding which we pulled off (including the dress, rings, everything except my engagement ring for) for about $1100.

P.S. Quig's sister said that with all the nicknames floating around (Pretty Girl, Bubba, Looseyfur, X-Man and MacTroll) that she felt like she was reading some super hero blog. I want to be part of the super hero revolution so hence forth my kids will be known as Miss Thang (MT) and The Boy (TB) because those are awesome names! LOL