Who liked Anchorman?

Last summer when the Legend of Ron Burgandy came out, Mike and I went to see it with Pat and Lyn. I was the only one that laughed. The other three thought it was dumb.

Okay...is it because I had a degree in Journalism and wanted to BE an anchorperson that I thought this movie was funny? Is it because I love Will Ferrell? Is it because I have seen up close how local reporters can become small time celebrities? (Or at least think they are?)

I'm not sure what the answer is. But, I do now have Mike hooked on this movie. It might just be one of those movies you have to watch a few times before it becomes funny. Since it's been on HBO this summer, we now own this movie. The reason? We just couldn't stop saying the phrases that come out of Ron Burgandy's mouth. Examples:

"By beard of Zeus!"
"Great Odin's Raven!"
"Knight's of Columbus, that hurt!"
"Uncle Jonathan's Corn Cob Pipe!"
"Sweet Lincoln's Mullet!"

We have also become huge fan's of Steve Carell, now seen on NBC's The Office. (And, he also has a new movie coming out today called The 40 Year Old Virgin). Two favorite Steve lines:

"I'm Brick Tamland. People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks. Years later, a doctor will tell me I have an I.Q. of 48 and am what some people call mentally retarded."

and

Ron: "Um, Brick, before I let you go, are you still having your celebrity golf tournament?"
Brick: "Um, no, no. Too many people died last year, so we're not gonna."

I am also fond of Will Ferrell's conversations with the dog in the movie. When Madison was barking at me the other day, I looked at her and said, "What? You pooped in the refridgerator? You ate the whole wheel of cheese? I'm not even mad, I'm impressed."

Guess where I got that from?

Yes, I'm a dork.

As I always do on this date, I have to take a moment to honor the King.

Elvis Presley died 28 years ago today. Long live the King of Rock-n-Roll.

On to other things...

We had our 13th Annual Garness Family Camp-out this past weekend. It was honestly one of the most low key events we've ever had! The Winnebago Bowl did not occur-no one seemed interested in playing football this year. Instead, a bunch of them played a card game called In Between and lost a lot of money! No thanks...

Weather was great-not hot, not cold. No one was decorated-except Randy's tent. Randy ate so much Saturday night that he ended up going to bed at 10pm. This did not cut it with the crew so they decked out his tent with TP and twist tied the zipper to his door shut. Much giggling at 2:30 AM happened! Sadly, this pregnant lady was in bed by 12:30am both nights, so I didn't get in on much. :) Here are a few pictures of the families that attended:

Jesse after trying Banana's for the first time.

My Aunt Charm with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren!

Mike and I-too bad you can't see the new shirt I'm wearing. It's a picture of John Schneider from his Bo Duke days. It says "Bo-delicious!" I was in love with him when I was about age 6. My belly isn't very 'showy' in some shirts, but it's definitely popping out.

And I must add as a note to my brother's blog about our visit to Moonlight Graham's grave-last week I finally purchased the DVD of Field of Dreams (I only had it on VHS) as well as the novel it's based on, Shoeless Joe.

We also have an ultrasound scheduled for this Friday, so we'll be able to see our kiddo in real time. Should be interesting! Otherwise, just recovering from our weekend. We're heading up north this weekend to hang out in Babbitt. Fingers crossed that the weather is good.