On this Day in Ahern History

I went through our photos yesterday and grabbed pictures from MArch 10th from the past 5 years. With the exception of the photo from 2006 which was lost in the Great Computer Meltdown of that same year.

March 10, 2005


Little Ella is a little over a week old and is in the NICU being fed by Daddy.


March 10, 2007


I am 37 weeks pregnant with Evangeline.


March 10, 2008


A day spent with the Foley's at a Children's Museum in SLC. Isaac and Ella held hands.


March 10, 2009


The girls get their first joint time out for drawing on the walls. Ella is traumatized and Evangeline is seemingly unaffected.


March 10, 2010 (today)


Someone once told me I have Happy Eyes. I think Ella does too.

A few other thoughts on the Oscars

Did you think I could stop at just one post?
It's my SuperBowl, baby!

The Hosts
......ZZZZZZZzzzZZZZZzzzzzzz........
One line, old-man zingers do not a good Oscars show make.

Why can't Jon Stewart come back?

The Orchestra Music
Worst ever.
Really odd song choices played in elevator style = yuck.
Particularly bad after Catherine Bigelow one for Best Director.

Following her speech was a dreadful rendition of I Am Woman, Hear me Roar.

The Performance of Oscar Nominated Songs
Awful. Nobody likes Interpretive Dance. Nobody.

The Memoriam Montage
Best ever. I really liked the live music by James Taylor

(even though I have never been a JT fan).

It was touching and personal.

The Intro of Best Actor/Actress Categories

Also good. I really liked the personal touch of former

colleagues talking about each nominee.

The Set

Seemed especially cool this year.

I liked the old Hollywood feeling, but it also seemed modern.

Only, once in a while random backdrops would appear that made no sense to me.

Did anyone else notice that?

Oscar Fashion 2010

This year's Oscar Red Carpet was an interesting one.
Filled with a lot of bad looks and a lot of great looks...not much in between.

Let's get rolling...


DUD

Girl, NO! What is that growth on your dress?
She is naturally gorgeous, but Zoe hit my
worst dressed with this purple nightmare.

Faith Hill makes an unfortunate choice with this
oddly cut-out gown lined with lace.
The horizontal cut-out with the vertical cut-out and
all of the other layers make this dress a total miss.

Does Charlize's dress remind anyone else of a certain
famous Rolling Stones cover with Janet Jackson?
The cut-outs over the breast draw focus to the chest and nowhere else.

Bad choices by regularly fashionable stars feels like a sort of betrayal.
Maggie looks under-dressed in this vaguely tie-dyed dress and
the harsh competing color tones are hard on the eyes.
Awful. Maggie, how could you?

This dress makes the lovely Meryl looks both fuddy and duddy!
It's matronly and unflattering.


DIVINE

Meryl, THIS is how you do age-appropriate, but still current.
Helen chose a look that was classic, sophisticated and chic.

Finally! Tina has made serious strides in fashion
with this modern print which shows of her body and is chic,
while still lending a touch of interest. Bravo!

Elizabeth looks gorgeous and feminine in this dress.
The hair and make-up are flawless as
were the jewelry and accessories.
Elizabeth has stumbled in the past, but this gets an A+ from me.

I normally don't like gowns at award shows which
are too haute coutour. But this dress manages to amp
up the drama without going over the line to ridiculous.
The minimal hair and make-up was the perfect choice.
J-Lo rocks this look.

I wasn't a fan of Sandra's Golden Globes look,
but I can forgive her because she made the perfect
choice with her Oscar look.
A well-fitted dress that is elegant and memorable, great hair
and jewels and those trendy red lips are perfection.
She looked like the winner she was.

Let's Talk About PROJECT RUNWAY

Ahhh...my truest love.

I have recently been brain-washing Emily Foley into watching back seasons of Project Runway. She just finished watching Season 2 (the best season). And I was more than happy to give her my recommendations for other back-seasons to watch. So here's my break-down.

Okay, so I hate to say this, but talent is great and everything, but to make a successful reality TV show you also need strong personalities. Not necessarily drama, although I do love TV drama, but you can't have boring people on a television show.

The last season of Project Runway was a snooze. It turns out that talented designers can sure be boring. So here are my recommendations for the very best seasons to watch...

Season 1 - Yes, the season that started it all.

Season 2 - The BEST Season ever.

Season 4 - A really good one. This Season introduced the world to the phrase "Hot Tranny Mess". The person who should have won...did win. A great season with talent and strong personalities.

What's YOUR favorite Season of Project Runway?

thursday night report

there's a lot I could blog about today...

about the slightly disappointing hour long episode of The Office

or my thoughts on Jerry Seinfeld's new show The Marriage Ref

or how the girls got the most frilly femmy princess nightgowns in the mail on
wednesday and refused to take them off all day today, despite evangeline's getting poo on hers.

or how emily foley put the first picture of her brand new baby on her blog and it made me a bit teary-eyed.

or about the fact that i have a slightly sniffly nose that is driving me crazy.

but all i can really blog about is this...

who knew Joel McHale was packing this body underneath his skinny-tied suits?

ummm.....did you see him take off his shirt on last night's episode of Community?

my jaw dropped and I will never be able to look at him the same way again.

well played, McHale. well played.