New Years Goals

Only 5 posts this year, ladies?

That is a sad, sad, sad showing.

I blame Jodi.

Best Book Club Charades of All Time

At our last BL meeting, we ended then night with a game of charades. Here is a list of the things we charaded:**

• "Ricky Martin Van Buren in a stocking"
• "Lance Bass"
• "Jodi's students"
• "Centaur eats pizza"
• "Mrs. Weasley"
• "Ren wants a baby"
• "Ren and Stimpy"
• "Mrs. Norris petrified by basilisk"
• "Erin looking for the campsite"
• "Lindsay slow dancing with her birthday twin"
• "Abraham Lincoln"
  
• "Gingerbread cookie missing its head"
• "Jim Henson"
• "Frosty melts his face off"
• "Tiger clock from Drew's mom"
• "Dreaming of Harry Potter"
• "Hagrid"
• "Denzel Washington"
• "Drew made a Harper ornament"
• "Courtney getting hot dogs thrown at her"
• "Flanhoodles"
• "Abe snuggling with Lindsay"
• "Fatima getting back together w/ West"
• "Fascreama"
• "Chocolate wine"
• "Courtney come back"
• "Abe bringing a live mouse into the house"
• "Choking on a chicken nugget"
• "A Yoni face"
• "A one night stand with Jodi"
• "You're making a bad decision"
• "Us playing Charades"
• "Courtney kicking out a window"
• "Sputnik"
• "Lorena Bobbit"
• "HP land"
• "Harper Lee on valium when Kelly leaves"
• "Luce (the ghost)"
• "Erin as Jared"
• "Sweaty Jodi"
• "Baby Jesus"
• "Draco Malfoy"
• "Nimbus 2000"
• "Ren's snake Cleopatra"
• "Rudolph the mauve-nosed reindeer" (acted out as "Rudolph the mare-nosed reindeer" due to handwriting issues)
• "The Holiday Armadillo"
• "Lynn and Cornhouse chasing the prodigy in shopping cart"
• "Obama singing Poker Face"
• "Lynn at Lake Taco"
• "Jodi before a date"
• "Kevin (Home Alone)"
• "Mundungus Fletcher"
• "Steven running a 5k"
• "Ren and Brian getting back together after a few hours"
• "Christmas tree"
• "Gloria (the baby)"
• "Kelly lectures Trouble Tall"
• "Lindsay scaring Abe with a pillow"
• "Erin acting like Lance"
• "Jodi's student saying 'Five Golden Rings'"
• "Did you know his name is Swoopy?"
• "Don't eat that candy cane, it's like 10 years old"
• "Sasquatch finds a mouse"
• "Percy Weasley"
• "Drew proposing to Kelly"
• "Hamster in a hamster ball"
• "Jack (the dog or the boyfriend)"
• "Grandma got run over by a reindeer"

** This author omitted certain charades phrases that were inappropriate, incriminating, or humiliating to any member of the book club

Also, the new book was chosen. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Get reading, BLs!

Hey losers who didn't go camping:

Here are some awesome pictures of the fun time we had!

Acceptance Speech

Hello everyone,
I have been informed that I am the BLMVP. First of all, I'd like to thank my competitors, Jodi and Lindsay. It was an honor just to be nominated with these lovely and talented ladies, but, let's be honest, the best woman won.

Actually, Nicole probably picked me because she felt bad that her stupid cat peed in my clothes.

As many of you know, I now have a master's degree, so that means I can boss all of you around, except for KJW, who also has a master's degree.

Because of my extensive qualifications, I am going to go outside the norm for picking a book. I am picking two.

"Two?" you ask incredulously. That's right, bitches! Two! As we all know, Ski to Sea 2010 is approaching, and, I want everyone to have plenty of time to read the stunning book I have selected THE HANDMAID'S TALE by MARGARET ATWOOD.

So, I propose, to enhance the fun-ness of our pre-Ski to Sea carbo-loading/bonding, we take a page from 2008's book (literature joke!) and each read a Sweet Valley High book and prepare a short book report.

Let me know what y'all think.
XOXO,
Gossip Girl

Winter 2010 Book Announcement

As most of you heard, the next book is

GONE WITH THE WIND

by Margaret Mitchell

This book was selected by MVP BL, Nicole Raden. You're welcome.

PS. I did not realize that this book is like over a thousand pages long. That is a long f-ing book. But it's a classic, so suck it up, guys. Read it.

PPS. At the next BL meeting we are going to watch the movie.

PPPS. I've already read the first 10 pages.

Better Lover Baby Shower

I just want to say THANK YOU ALL for the awesome baby shower books (and E for the nipple warmers). With all these fabulous books I'm sure little Rafferty will be a baby better lover! Yeah!

Because we are awesome

Better Lovers,

While we bask in the joy of electing one of our nearest and dearest to victory in the hotly contested race to be the BEST BARTENDER IN ALL OF BELLINGHAM, perhaps we should think about purchasing the next book we are to read.

Stiff, by Mary Roach

If you can't find it at your friendly local bookseller, or simply only have the time for internet ordering, may I suggest you purchase it from Better World Books?

Not only is it NOT a corporate mega giant, there is free shipping everywhere in the US, you can offset the carbon emissions of shipping for 25 cents, and a portion of their profits goes to world literacy programs.

Sincerely,

Flanhoodles

WE DID IT!!!!

We made DON BUTLER the BEST Bartender in B-Ham!

http://www.cascadiaweekly.com/cw?/content/best_of_bellingham_2009/2068/

Best of Bellingham

Readers rate their favorite haunts, hideouts and hungers

Best Bartender: Don Butler at the Beaver Inn

I dunno. I always find Don a bit gruff, but maybe that’s what readers like in their bartenders, especially during these hard times: Mix ‘em mean, pour ‘em plenty, and leave us to knock ‘em back without a lot of chit-chat. I’ve seen Don expertly mix a few girlish frou-frous, too, then step back and study how they’re consumed with an expression most droll.

Don is the Best!

So apparently there is a "best of Bellingham" list published every year through the Cascadia Weekly and right now they are trying to gather their "bests." Amongst them is who is the best bartender in B-ham.... and the obvious answer is DON from the Beaver! But we need to get the word out.

So, maybe if we all vote, we can get him on the list!

http://www.cascadiaweekly.com/cw?/content/BOB/

Anyone know what Don's last name is though?

Baby Rafferty

Well, I thought it was about time for a new better lover of the month..... Howabout a product of all this better lovin'? Baby Rafferty! Due March 26th! Currently 1 1/2 inches long! Yay!!!!