I do love me some Dennis Quaid
Brayden and I were sitting around yesterday afternoon (last night? Who knows? Summer vacation …. its all a blur ….) and as she was flipping channels on the tv we ran across Jaws 3. For whatever reason (perhaps because we’ve seen every single solitary episode of iCarly and Suite Life and True Jackson and Drake and Josh and Victorious and every other show my kids like already …..) we watched the entire second half of the movie. And considering it was made in 1983, before computer animatronics were really advanced, I have to say ….. it was totally, hysterically, cheesy.
Even Brayden was rolling her eyes and laughing about how cheap the special effects were, and how fake the shark and the attacks looked, and the “half-eaten body parts” that were floating around in the water. Pretty much the only thing that made it bearable to watch was the fact Dennis Quaid was in it ………… I do love me some Dennis Quaid.
But near the end of the movie, when the shark tries to attack the water skiing performers (who, by the way, does anyone know why on earth they wouldn’t wear life jackets when they water ski for a living? I mean, one good fall, hitting your head on a ski, and its straight down to the bottom. Some of them jumping ramps wore helmets, but no life jackets. I guess its good to know when they pull your drowned body out of the lagoon that your head won’t be damaged …… but I digress …..)
Anyway, as the shark was speeding along behind the skiiers, and you just knew something bad was about to happen, Brayden commented out loud, “I bet one of those guys jumps over the shark instead of the ramp”
And I thought ………………. yep, I know just how you feel. In fact, I think she pretty much hit the nail on the head.
This blog.
Jumping the shark.
At the very least, a break is needed. Maybe a week or two. Maybe three or four. Maybe just until my kids do something cute and adorable and worth sharing. Which as they are getting older, is happening less and less and less.
So until later, or until I have something to blog about, whichever comes first ……………………. remember your life jacket in the meantime.
39 Responses to I do love me some Dennis Quaid
June 3rd, 2010 saat: 11:20 PM
I know you think you have nothing to say. However, I enjoy reading your site just to know I’m not alone in this whole parenting thing. Thanks for sharing your life with us.
June 3rd, 2010 saat: 11:29 PM
have some good ol’ fun…keep that life-jacket handy!! Enjoy your summer, you know, the kids grow up so darn fast then you become a menopausal old wrinkled woman, sitting at her computer stuffing her face with oreo’s and pepsi, going from blog, to blog, to blog trying to find some semblance of what life used to be….
June 4th, 2010 saat: 3:51 AM
Wooo. This is like JK Rowling saying she wastaking a break from the Harry Potter series! Please don’t disappear. We all love your blog. And it’s good to know how Blaine is doing. Have a lovely, lovely break but please, please come back. You’re a cult now! You have fans all over the world :)
Love and prayers for the summer
June 4th, 2010 saat: 5:35 AM
No…NO…Don’t go…. But I know exactly how you feel… As evidenced by the fact that the blog I started only serves as another guilt adder in my life…. I’ll miss you… don’t be gone long!
June 4th, 2010 saat: 6:44 AM
Sadness!!! :( But at least I can still find my laughs and updates via facebook so all is not lost. Enjoy Summer vacation Kristie!
June 4th, 2010 saat: 8:42 AM
Bummer for us, but good for you! Enjoy your break and I will check back from time to time.
June 4th, 2010 saat: 10:18 AM
Do hurry back, Kristie, as you will be missed. There’s maybe no way of explaining to you how much your posts and humor and take on things means to the average reader. Seriously.
Re: Dennis Quaid….love, love, love him in The Rookie, Parent Trap, Breaking Away, and, most especially, Frequency!!
June 4th, 2010 saat: 10:45 AM
NO! NO! Say it ain’t so, Joe!!
June 4th, 2010 saat: 1:13 PM
Have a fun break. I will miss your postings, come back soon! Even if there is nothing to blog about, post some pics of your kids!
June 4th, 2010 saat: 3:49 PM
I guess that means we will actually have to catch up by phone??? Imagine actually hearing a human voice, a friendly one at that. I would love to chat…soon???
June 4th, 2010 saat: 10:11 PM
But… You left us hanging on Blaine’s latest test. Hoping everything is well…
June 5th, 2010 saat: 8:50 AM
Oh. Didn’t see that coming. Wow. Well, hope to see you here more sooner than later. Be well…
June 5th, 2010 saat: 9:56 AM
I hope you’re back soon! I’ll miss your postings! You all continue to be in my prayers!
Lisa in SD
June 5th, 2010 saat: 10:18 AM
I still check every day to see if you have a new entry.. I love your blog and I will miss it while you’re taking your break. Enjoy your summer vacation and your kids, and I hope Blaine is feeling good these days.. Take care.
June 5th, 2010 saat: 12:55 PM
Until we hear from you again…enjoy your summer!!
June 5th, 2010 saat: 3:28 PM
I don’t have a life jacket, but just wanted to say to enjoy your time, and thank you for keeping me so entertained this last year…have a great summer!! Sue
June 6th, 2010 saat: 8:25 AM
I’m sure it was MUCH better when it was shown in 3D. (Rolls eyes)
June 6th, 2010 saat: 8:26 AM
Well, I’ll be checking from time to time for “something cute and worth sharing”! Have a great summer !!
June 6th, 2010 saat: 9:50 AM
I have read you for years. First Caringbridge, and I have no idea how I was sent there, and now here. I think you are sublime. And, I am happy that you are wise enough to know when to take time to breathe. Have a nice break, and I am sure your readers will be here when you come back. By the way, a skunk has moved in under our deck, so I will be in my study all summer, pretending to be very busy with pressing issues, but really catching up on scrapbooks that are not nearly up to date.
June 6th, 2010 saat: 10:58 AM
Blogging seems to take a back seat to summer often. I hope to see you back on here soon. You crack me up and I need a laugh now and then!
June 6th, 2010 saat: 1:54 PM
I will definantly miss your blog. I dont know how you have been able to do this for so long and do it creatively! I dont have a single creative bone in my body! I could have never done this, not even for a week!
I guess Facebook has taken over huh!
Megan
June 6th, 2010 saat: 4:43 PM
Until you write again! Enjoy the summer and your blogging hiatus.
June 7th, 2010 saat: 10:06 PM
Am I really the first to comment on this?
I hope that the break serves you well.
An artistic break. Like any artist, you have to walk away from what you are working on every once in a while to get a better perspective to what you are working on.
Enjoy the time off! Although something tells me I am sure you will be working on something else!
June 8th, 2010 saat: 9:12 AM
i don’t go anywhere without one!
have a fun break.:)
June 8th, 2010 saat: 10:58 AM
Enjoy your break…and for the record, I don’t think you’ve jumped the shark! :-)
June 9th, 2010 saat: 12:32 PM
Oh…this makes me sad. Fully understood, but none the less…sad. I hope it’s a short break. Enjoy!
June 11th, 2010 saat: 10:13 PM
Knock, knock, Kristie, are you there? Missing you; it has been over a week since you last post, missing you….
June 12th, 2010 saat: 3:21 PM
At least you’re still on Facebook!! :)
June 12th, 2010 saat: 5:03 PM
Everyone deserves a summer break :)
Just don’t make it permanent we’d miss you too much.
June 13th, 2010 saat: 7:34 PM
Enjoy your break! I’m sure the kids or the dogs will soon do something inspiring to blog about… or not.. but you will be missed! In the meantime, enjoy your summer in fun and good health!!
Sincerely,
Random Reader
June 15th, 2010 saat: 9:30 AM
I do miss me some Kristie updates! :)
June 16th, 2010 saat: 7:42 AM
It is TIME for you to come back. The kids have HAD to say or do something worth writing about. Maybe the the dogs or Blaine..or YOU spilled your DDP in your lap .. I KNOW there is something FUNNY happening in your family !! Not to mention, I miss your blogging !!
June 17th, 2010 saat: 11:21 AM
I know that you said you are taking a break but just wanted to you know that I stop by just about every day to see if the break is over! I love to read your blog! Have a wonderful break and enjoy the summer with the kids!
June 17th, 2010 saat: 1:17 PM
You need to watch “Caveman”-the campy 80′s flick with Ringo Starr. A very young, nubile Dennis Quaid in a loincloth. Nuff said.
June 18th, 2010 saat: 3:13 PM
Hope you are enjoying your summer!
June 18th, 2010 saat: 5:54 PM
Sure am missing you! Hope you come back soon.
June 20th, 2010 saat: 9:23 AM
I need an update……
June 20th, 2010 saat: 5:17 PM
Hope your summer is going great – miss your posts!!!!!!
June 21st, 2010 saat: 10:08 AM
We miss you!!!Come back soon. Hope Blaine is ok. Love and prayers.
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