Pseudo Sunday Sound Out

It's Sunday so I'm going to take this opportunity to Sound Out, because I've always wanted to do that and there's no time like the present!

What? you say. But no one asked you any questions!

Well, true enough, but I can read minds sometimes so I'm sure that the questions that follow will have you saying to yourself "I wish I had asked that question!" You did! I read your mind. In the future. I guess that makes me a time traveler too. Cool. Oh, and if you indulge me in this, I'll try my very best to not use the words Seriously and Okay.*

* The key phrase is "try my best." I cannot be held responsible if one accidentally slips out OR if the use of the word(s) is totally appropriate to sentence or situation it is used in.

Let's get started!

Do you really think you can go an entirely post without using the words Seriously or Okay?
I said I'd try, all right? (Ha! Thought I'd say it, huh?)

So what's the deal? You go to a party with the UnReal Housewives of Kansas City, make an interview video and then disappear for days. Are you too good for your blog and your readers now?
Actually, yes. After my interview video aired Jennifer (who plays Marci and is a co creator of the series) saw it and read the post about the party and left me the following comment.

jennifer plas said...
Love the pix! You were FABULOUS!! You are an honorary UNREAL housewife for life!! :)

Did you read that? I'm an honorary UNREAL housewife for life! After I read that, well my whole life changed. I laid around the house in a cocktail dress (and of course my pearls) with a martini glass in my hand waiting for the girls to show up or invite me over. That meant I was too busy to bother with my blog or even my kids for that matter. I was waiting for the nanny to show up. But she never did and DFS suggested that I actually start taking care of my kids again, at least until the nanny does show. I guess they had a point. The babies were starting to stink.

No, here's the real story. After I finally got that video uploaded and edited and posted on YouTube and my blog, I was so happy with the results and so excited that I literally birthed the concept around noon on the day of the party and that it all came together so beautifully that once it was all done, it was kind of a let down. You know that feeling? It was like any idea for a blog post seemed so lame in comparison. How could I live up? It didn't help that I started coming down with a cold and on Thursday night when I had an incredibly lame blog post idea, I fell asleep on the sofa around 9:30 watching Ace of Cakes (sorry Duff, no offense.) That in itself was a calendar marking event, the falling asleep part not the watching Ace of Cakes part. Finally I told myself that I had to write something, lame or no. Nobody's on 100% of the time.

Where's all the food? There's no food in this house!
Ross, how'd you get on here? Yes, it's true that those words were uttered on Saturday afternoon (along with some foot stomping and a door semi-slam) while we were scrounging to find something to make for lunch. You have to understand that about a month ago I had a very full pantry and upright freezer in my garage yet it seemed like I wasn't using anything stored and trying to cram new food items in. That was crazy so I vowed to live off the shelves and buy as little as possible and see what we actually had. We've been doing that but we don't have a lot of food left. I'm getting frustrated with it too. I guess I'm going to the store soon.

Was that you in your mini van with your kids dancing and singing "Low" while stopped at a red light in front of Home Depot on Saturday?
Absolutely not! It was Pink's "So What- I'm Still a Rock Star." "Low"didn't come on until we were in front of CVS pharmacy.

I heard that you made your first eBay sale ever! Is it true?
Why yes it is! I sold a pair of Julia's old athletic shoes that were only worn to PE once a week for an hour. They were a pair of 7 1/2 Nike's and they sold for $15.50. Now my bedroom looks like a bomb went off in a closet. I have the kids clothes everywhere as I'm sorting through them trying to separate sizes and whether they are sellable or not. I'm destined to be a Multi Millionaire eBay Queen.

What's going on with the Blogging Friend Get Together? Is it still on?
Yes, it's still very much on! I need to make a decision about hotels this week so we can firm up plans. I promise to have hard, concrete plans by next weekend. In the meantime, mark your calendars for the weekend of June 27-28.

Is Blogging Friend Get Together like the lamest name ever?
Yeah, no question about about it. Think of something better for me!

Did you really bawl watching a Chinese movie on Saturday morning?
Someone's been reading my Facebook and Tweets. Yes, I went to a function on Saturday morning that was for a Chinese school that Jenna's friend attends. The kids watched Toy Story while the grown ups watched Warm Spring, a Chinese movie in Mandarain with subtitles. It was a beautiful movie and I confess I cried. A lot. No sobbing but enough crying to 1)embarrass myself and 2) make my eyes have that yucky feeling that you get after crying a lot. What can I say? I'm a cryer.

Did you actually shed a tear at The Hannah Montana Movie on Saturday afternoon?
No comment.

An UnReal Interview

I had the opportunity of a lifetime (well maybe not a lifetime) when I got the chance to interview all five UnReal Housewives of Kansas City at their 435 South Magazine VIP Launch Party. I used my time to try to convince the Housewives why I should be one of them and true to form, I didn't hold back.

This video is a bit long but hang in there! It's so worth it, especially towards the end when I interview Alaina, the aspiring pop star. I try to convince her that I should be her lyricist or background singer and I prove to her my talent in both areas. (Be sure to check out the woman behind us as I'm singing-- I'm SO trying out for American Idol next year!)

I had sooo much fun making this video, more fun than is probably legally allowed. (Shhh.. don't tell!) It wouldn't have been possible at all if the actresses of The UnReal Housewives of KC hadn't been so willing to participate. Every single one of them was absolutely wonderful! I dare to suggest that they had fun with it too.

So, without further ado, the Premier of The UnReal Housewives of KC Interview!

Big Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

I was invited to a party tonight in honor of the unReal Housewives of Kansas City. I wasn't going to go at first and then I realized that Mommy needed a night out without kids. Only it didn't quite work out that way.

This morning as I mused over whether I should go or not a crazy idea occurred to me. (If I went it meant working out the logistics of child care and taking girls to and from piano lessons.) Maybe I could interview the housewives! So I made a quick phone call to my friend Jennifer Plas and asked her what she thought of the idea and I got a green light. Party on!

My biggest problem was two fold. First, what camera would I use to interview with and who would hold the camera? I settled on Julia's video camera because it was a real video camera for one thing and I thought it would pick up the sound better than my little camera I usually use. The camera operator was also a huge dilemma. I ultimately picked Julia. She was excited to go and I thought she would be more into it than the boys would.

Later I would really regret one of these decisions.

We drove to the windy state of Kansas, which is now the happening area of Kansas City. It's not that far, about a 30 minute drive and soon we were there. It was show time for Julia and I.

The housewives are on the cover of a local magazine, 435 South, obviously a different one than I was on. The story about them is here. The magazine was hosting the party. We arrived as the party started but the housewives weren't there yet. Finally the housewives made their entrance.

The party was held at a boutique, so while you mingled you could also shop. The housewives didn't get a chance to shop though. They were constantly surrounded by admirers. I waited patiently and I finally got my chance.

A picture of me with Meagan Flynn who plays Kiki.

A picture of Julia and I with Jennifer Plas who plays Marci.

A photo of Marci (Jennifer) and Kiki (Meagan) mingling with guests.

A photo of Aliana (Michelle Davidson Bratcher) and her tv husband/Sprint Daddy (Ari Bavel.)

Four of the five housewives posing with guests.

I was so excited because I got my interviews with all five housewives both all together and individually. Julia and I watched it all on the camera and it was awesome!!! I was so excited I was practically jumping up and down in the driver's seat and I couldn't wait to get home and upload my video.

And that's when I realized my bad decision. The camcorder is a mini tape, not a DVD and the cord I had wouldn't transfer the video. One trip to Best Buy and home again reveled that my lap top doesn't have a Fire port, who knew? Apparently, a fire port was needed. A trip to the basement and a chat with Trace brought him into the equation and he spent the next hour try to reconfigure his computer to make his fire port work and download the appropriate software to make it all work. Only it still didn't.

Grrrr.... (wait until you see the video and that "grr" will have a whole new significance.)

So here it is almost midnight and I don't have my video uploaded and edited. I am so majorly frustrated because it's so awesome, I can't wait to share it with you! But bright and early tomorrow morning a trip to Best Buy is in order to get some little doohickey that will make my USB 2.0 port become a Fire port. That better work or I'm about to work up a fire storm!

UnReal Housewives of KC Episode 2

For those of you who loved the UnReal Housewives of Kansas City, Episode 2 was just released this weekend. I'm posting it here so you can see it. I LOVE the new opening sequence. And for those of you who don't know, this was created by my friend and neighbor Jennifer Plas (who also plays Marci) and a couple of her friends.





I pinky promise to have a REAL post soon!

And for those of you who missed this, our excursion to Disney on Ice is on my review blog here.

The Unreal Housewives of Kansas City.

No, I'm not talking about me, although I am pretty unreal as a housewife. Have you seen my house??? Oh wait, you have, so you totally understand.

I'm talking about a funny new web series by my friend and neighbor, Jennifer Plas, who is an awesome actress. She is also one of the hosts for the upcoming The Power of KC, which did my makeover last August. ANYWAY, while she's waiting for The Power of KC to kick into gear, she created a new internet series The Unreal Housewives of Kansas City, a spoof of the Bravo series. I just watched it and thought it was hysterical and just had to share.

You're awesome Jennifer!

UHKC - Episode One: Martinis and Monologues
Uploaded by jplas313

If you like it be sure to share with your friends! Maybe if I get them enough viewers they'll give me a guest role!!! What do you think my character should be?