So... my feet hurt from standing in the kitchen all day... ugh.

But my pies look pretty, and my mom loves the fudge and peanut brittle. SUCCESS!!!

So... my aunt(not the aura one- the one that met and kissed ER George Clooney(::jealous::)... I don't think I've talked about this before... I will at the bottom. ::points downward.) at the party yesterday pissed me off. 

She started bitching that it was annoying that she had to press 1 for english when calling the bank. 
1. Just HOW inconvenient is this REALLY? 
2. How else can Spanish speaking people hear it in their language?

So then after I asked those 2 questions, she says something stupid and completely flimsy as a argument for it and then says, "And another thing, if people are going to live in the US, they need to learn our language. It should be mandatory."
To this, I shut up. This is a sore subject for me, and I dislike people that have this view. But,
1. What is the whole point of America? Freedom, Free choice, etc. OF COURSE it makes soooo much sense to force people to learn one language. 
2.(and I said this) It has been found that it is significantly harder to learn a new language past 15(heads up all you parents out there... give more to your child!!! Enroll them in a language course! They will appreciate it later!)  To which she replied, "No it's not." and my aura-aunt's husband agreed. I was like, ::rolls eyes:: 

Of course it isnt true, the studies are faked.

And then she said that English is the Universal language anyway. ::snort:: 
I just stopped talking altogether. 
But my aura-aunt's husband butted in with a questioning glance and she was like "... well, in business anyway" 

Stupid. See this, and the fact that they NEED to know about my love-life is why I don't like to go.

But my Uncle Terry made up with it. I am going to fix that story I told yesterday, I'm not sure that anyone understood that... (it was like... 25 years ago that this occured btw)
My Uncle Terry (married into the family) is talking about this one time he decided to finish off a gin and tonic bottle(a lot of it). As the story progresses it gets more and more insane. 
"So one day I decided to finish this bottle of gin and tonic. ::shrugs:: So I was babysitting the kids (me: ::eyebrow::) and I wanna say... it was 3pm. (me: ::eyebrow::) so I'm giving them piggy back rides for like 2 hours and the room is SPINNING like, SPINNING. Anyway, those were the best 2 hours for the kids. I was feeling pretty darn good about myself, cause they were enjoying it so, that when Lois got home and tore me a new one, I was shocked! I thought I did pretty good! and I was feeling a bit under the weather too... the kids still say to this day that those were the best piggy back rides they ever got. ::satisfied grin::

So now me and my parents joke about this. "Want a drink? It must be 3pm somewhere." or "Piggy back ride anyone, I need a drink."

George Clooney- Aunt -story: So she is a consultant on tv shows and movies for how to use medical equipment. So, she is watching as GC and the rest of the ER cast are all bloody and on set filming a scene. When they are finished, he asked(while covered in fakeblood), "who wants a hug? Anyone?"
My aunt raised her hand, and was the only one(:: is shocked::) he came over, hugged her, and planted one right on her lips. ::sigh:: were that me....

I'm still angry at her blatant close-mindedness, don't be fooled...