Can’t WAIT for June 30!!!

Check out this new website Groupon – it’s a fun, new way to save money on a lot of the cool places in the Milwaukee area.

Here’s how it works – every day a new deal is featured at an unbeatable price! You only get this deal if enough people join in that day (so tell your friends).

It’s called “collective buying power”.

I’ve tried it and it’s easy and the deals are very good!

Just found out that Oscar winner Robert De Niro will play the legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi in the upcoming biopic.

I had heard they were going to do a movie about how coach Lombardi rebuilt the team and lead them to the NFL championship. And I couldn’t picture who they would cast as Lombardi, but Robert De Niro, in my opinion, is a perfect choice!!!!

Producers hope to have the film out sometime before Super Bowl 2012.

I loved following the celebrities during the Oscars – it makes me feel like I’m sitting there watching it live inside the Kodak Theater.

Here are some of my funniest Oscar tweets.

_”Shhhh. I’m live tweeting from directly under Sandra Bullocks chair.” — Rainn Wilson (rainnwilson), actor.

_”Charlize Theron would like to thank R. Crumb and my 16-year-old id for designing her outfit tonight.” — David Itzkoff (ditzkoff), New York Times reporter.

_”Just got lost for a minute, sorry. Where was I? Oh yeah … Zach Effron’s (Zac Efron) eyes!” — Rob Corddry (robcorddr), comedian.

_”Oscars Fun Fact — Samuel L. Jackson spends 40 percent of his yearly income on Kangol hats …” — Eric Stangel (EricStangel), “Late Show With David Letterman” writer-producer.

_”Oh, Sam Worthington, your glasses make me think you’re imperfect and therefore accessible.” — Mindy Kaling (mindykaling), actor-writer.

_”Oprah’s about to tell everyone in the audience there’s an Oscar under their seat.” — Foster Kamer (weareyourfek), blogger.

_”James Cameron is going into his own hurt locker right now.” — Paul Scheer (paulscheer), comedian.

from The Associated Press

LOVE the Oscars and I can’t wait to see all the tearful speeches and beautiful dresses. I wasn’t able to see all the movies this year, but here’s my picks:

Best Picture: Avatar

Actor in a leading role: Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart

Actress in a leading role: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Slide

Actor in a supporting role: Woody Harrelson in The Messenger

Actress in a supporting role: Mo’Nique in Precious

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!  Watch the Academy Awards this Sunday on ABC starting at 7pm.

John Mayer was a total gentleman and yes, now I’m smitten – he has that charm! I asked him to write on my autograph “your body is a wonderland.”  I told him my husband said that was OK.

Once he heard that I was married, he stepped back a little bit and instead wrote on my autograph “To Elizabeth, I  wrote a song Your Body is a Wonderland.” A smooth way of not offending anyone.

He’s a hottie that’s for sure!

Check out photos from the show here.

So we’ve found a duplex in the Bay View area that we like, we made an offer and it’s been accepted!!!!

I can’t believe that my husband Aaron and I are one step closer to being homeowners.  Like most couples, this has been a dream for us for so many years!

The next step is having the inspector come to the property and tell us what we’re dealing with when it comes to updates and repairs…or in other words, how much do we have to spend NOW vs later.

And is it normal to be so nervous about signing off on the mortgage?!  I may faint or throw up.

I was digging around online the other day trying to figure out who can fix the potholes in our neighborhood – because they are BAD in some parts of Bay View.

I went to the city of Milwaukee’s Department of Public Works website to report the potholes and this was on that page:

Our goal is to repair potholes within three days of finding them or hearing about them. Emergency situations are investigated immediately.

And guess what…I reported the potholes and less than 2 days later they were fixed! If you’re sick of your potholes, I’d recommend reporting them here (especially with their goal of fixing it in 3 days).

ABC’s hit show “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” is looking for deserving families in the Milwaukee are to be on the show.

Here’s the info from their press release:

The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition producers are looking for inspiring people and families whose home desperately needs to be rebuilt.  “We’re looking for those special people who have amazing strength of character and never give up in tough situations or helping others, says Casting Supervisor Rebecca Shumsky.   ¨We want to help people whose stories have really affected their community or made a big difference in other people’s lives.”

 In addition, the homes of those families must present major problems that affect the quality of their life.  The families or individual must not have the resources, ability or time to fix these serious problems without the show´s help.

 To be eligible, a family must own a single family home and be able to show producers how a makeover will make a huge difference in their lives.  Anyone interested in nominating a family or applying should e-mail a short description of their family and house story, names and ages of everyone in the household, and photos of  the house and family  to: Castingwisconsin@gmail.com.

For more information on how to apply, visitors can go to abc.com.

Nominations may be submitted by the family or by a member of their community. Each nomination must include a description of the major challenges within the home and a contact phone number. Anyone submitting a nomination must be able to explain why the nominated family is deserving, heroic, and/or a great role model for their community.  The deadline for nominations is Feb. 28, 2010.

I understand that Tiger Woods is a public figure, so it’s in his best interest for his image to speak publicly to his fans and his haters about the “transgressions”.

But, I could really care less if he apologizes “to me” or not, because he didn’t do this to me, he did this to his family.

Sure we make fun of the situation on the air and sadly enough it’s more because we all somewhere in our souls enjoy seeing successful people admit their faults. But whether or not I accept Tiger’s apology does not in anyway shape or form change what happens in his future.

Cheating or not, that doesn’t change how good he is at golf and how good he’ll probably continue to be at that sport. He’ll go on to make his millions and he’ll just become another powerful man who cheated on his wife and continued with his successful career.