Things My Family Says

and we're back, with another edition of Things My Family Says...

Mom: "what's Brantley Gilbert's name in The Hangover?"
Me/Brian: "Brantley Gilbert?"
Mom: "I mean Bradley Cooper"

Brian: "for my birthday, instead of cake lets do something with venison"

Brian: "I ate the rest of your apple."
Mom: "that's a sweet potato."

Brian: "6 packs are a waste of money." (he's all about those 30 packs)

*referring to The Voice*
Dad: "Cassie, did you vote?"
Me: "no."
Dad: "you're not the same as you used to be."


friends:
B: "Belvedere is like a guy from the 80s, very slick and smooth."

Carrie: "what are you doing with your life?"
Me: "are you talking to me?"
Carrie: "no, I'm talking to myself."


the coworkers:
H:"when I drink too much, I get really slutty." (he's a guy)

H: "your dress is making my hand numb."

Me: "what are you doing July 4th?"
H: "coming over you."

Me: "sometimes I reread my tweets cause I think I'm funny."
H: "that almost made me fart."

J: "I never met anyone that likes to drink as much as you do"

random jabroni at the Indians game:
"when is the 7th inning stretch?"

Vegas 2014

my family spent a few days tearing up Las Vegas, Nevada.

here's how it went...

1. our pre-flight drinks. you know my family is always all about the pre-game.
2. my parents and I right before take off. peace Ohio!
3. momma and I waiting for my dad to park the car before heading into the airport.

after landing in Vegas, we checked into our hotel, The Mirage. and then we headed over to the Luxor to see Carrot Top perform.

he was pretty funny. my favorite part was when a bottle of Crown Royal came down from the ceiling via a bucket, and he passed out shots to a few people. I thought that was pretty cool, would have been even better had myself or someone in my family been offered one of the shots.

after the show we decided to have a late night dinner before calling it a night. (it was about 11pm Vegas time, which meant our bodies thought it was 2am.) we ate at T&T Tacos & Tequila located right there in the Luxor. man was it delicious. they had three different salsas to snack on, with three different hot sauces, that alone was great. but then I tried my food, I ordered the veggie tacos, and they were hands down the best tacos I ever had. so freaking good.

the next day we did some early morning drinking by the pool. I mean, how else are you supposed to start your day when you're in Vegas?

 

1. The Mirage

2. Kelsey and I "triple fisting"

3. cherry vodka and sprite, my go-to drank.

4. Brad, Kelsey, Brian, me, and Dad.

then we acted like total tourists, before walking around the Las Vegas Strip.

1. Brad and I twinning it up.
2. my family
3. my family with Brad and Kelsey.

while walking the strip we stopped and played some beer pong at O'Sheas.

and then headed to Harrah's to eat at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill. yummo, it's one of my favorite restaurants. every time my food is amazing. this time I ordered the shrimp blt po-boy. it was one of the best sandwiches I've ever had. for my drink I ordered a georgia peach in the boot, it was also really good.

1. us with our boot drinks.
2. my georgia peach.

after lunch we headed over to New York, New York. things like this happened along the way.

1. dad and Brian 'fighting' in the ring.
2. escalators, Elf style.
3. mom, Kelsey, and Brian.

first stop in NYNY, Nine Fine Irishmen. after enjoying some Guinness and Irish Cider Beer accompanied with beer cheese dip, we rode the NY rollercoaster, and then hopped around to three different bars collecting our free drinks. (we had a coupon thing that gave us a free drink each at a few different bars inside New York New York.)

1. my Irish Cider Beer.
2. Kelsey and I causing havoc.
3. the gals.

fast forward to the next day. Randy and Melissa join us in Vegas. we did some O'Sheas drinking and then found a selfie machine, which we took full advantage of. I had an absolute blast hanging out with my siblings in Vegas.

naturally we had to do an O-H-I-O

the next day one of my dads friends and his wife joined us. we took a ride on the High Roller, which was pretty cool. it's a giant ferris wheel that takes 30min to make a full rotation, and is 550 feet at it's highest point. after the ride we came upon another selfie machine.

my family then switched hotels. we went from The Mirage to the Downtown Grand, which is a new hotel in the old downtown Vegas area. my uncle, aunt, and cousin arrived and we took more selfies.

 
1. the High Roller
2-5. selfie machine.

for our final day//night in the wild Vegas, we spent our day drinking free bottles of Captain Morgan and Fireball, while playing cornhole poolside. it was awesome. (sidenote: people who live out west do not know how to play cornhole. it was very amusing.)

that evening my best friend Ashley and her husband joined us. Ashley lives in Texas now, so before Vegas I hadn't seen her in about nine months. I was so glad I got to see her.

the flight home was extremely rough. all I wanted to do was sleep the whole ride, but there was so much turbulence I barely slept at all. once we landed in the CLE and stepped outside I knew we were home, it was literally a 30 degree temperature drop. thanks, Ohio.

Vegas 2014 was AMAZING to say the least. so many great memories.

'til next time, cheers!

Penny Lane

no, we're not talking about the Beatles song Penny Lane. today I'm talking about my pup.

everyone and their moms in the blog world post pictures of their furry friends. I don't have a doggy anymore but I did.

my Penny Lane was a yellow lab, we got her before I was in 3rd grade and she lived to be 10 years old. she was fantastic. super mellow, never bit anyone nor thought of doing it, never barked unless told to, never even licked us unless we asked for kisses. we could leave food out on our coffee table in the living room and it'd still be there untouched if we left her alone with it. she was the most well behaved dog in the history of dogs. hell, she never left our yard even if we called her over to the neighbors. she'd sit down and stare at us like "I'm not supposed to go over there" we'd have to get her all excited then finally she'd come over. best. dog. ever.

she often crossed her legs like the lady she was.

loved getting her belly rubbed.

and she never was on our furniture until her last few years, my parents finally allowed it. but she'd still sit and stare at us until we said it was okay for her to come up on the couch.

best damn dog. we called her so many names other than Penny. poo-poo and fatty were the most common, she loved it. oh, and she absolutely loved the song Hey Ya by OutKast, she'd start dancing to the song with us. I loved her, and miss her so much.

I really want another pup. eventually I'll get another one, but I'm not sure if I could ever own a dog that wasn't a lab. they're my favorite.

sorry not sorry for the crappy photo quality, these pictures were taken with the flip phone.

worst morning ever

my weekend was certainly filled with ups and downs. it was cray.

I went to the Monsters game and watched them win in the 10th round of shootouts. it was awesome.

I watched a few movies.
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. it was so great. my coworker told me to watch it, and since it's on Netflix instant watch I did. it's about these two hillbilly guys who are just trying to have a good time at their new vacation home, when a group of college kids think they're serial killers. it's pretty funny, and I would definitely recommend it.
Ghostbusters. it was alright. I think if I would have watched it at a younger age I would have thought it was cooler.
Stripes. it's an old movie, but my mom and dad loved it when it first came out. my mom said I should watch it, it was okay. some parts were funny, some of it I didn't care about.
Catching Fire. I love the Hunger Games books, and liked the first movie too. this one was good as well, but I still like numero uno better.

and that brings me to my worst morning ever. over the weekend my dad and little bro went down to help my dads friend do some work and what not, they were three hours away from home. on Sunday I woke up with a few missed calls from my little bro. I immediately was worried cause he never calls me. and then I read a text from my cousin that said "just saw pics of your dad.. holy shit" which caused me to go into an instant panic. I kept calling my brother and he wasn't answering, nor was my cousin. as the morning went on my mom and I got more texts from family friends saying things like "I'm so sorry, if there's anything we can do let us know" I was shaking so bad, my eyes wouldn't stop watering, I felt like I was going to puke. it was horrifying. my mom and I just kept trying to call my brother, my dad, and two other guys with them. no one was answering. finally I got a hold of my cousin.

basically, my dad fell into the fire pit when he went to get out of his chair and he tripped over a log. he has 3rd degree burns on his hand, around his knee, and a little on his ear. I was so relieved to hear he was going to be okay. he's in a lot of pain still and has to wear this glove-ish thing for a week that just drips puss. super gross. but with some recovery time he'll be okay. and luckily my little bro pulled him out of the fire extremely quick or things would have been way worse (says the doc).

I'd appreciate it if you have an extra prayer to say if you could send it my dads way. he's a tough guy, and it takes more than a few burns to really hurt a Lane, but a prayer would still be nice. or positive vibes, good thoughts, whatever you believe in.

I'm very aware that I have the best friends in the entire world and my family is very blessed to know fantastic people. so many of them were calling/texting/etc making sure we were okay and asking if there was anything they could do for us. and asking throughout the day how my dad was holding up. and even continuing to ask about him today. it's really amazing at how fantastic everyone has been towards my family. I love you all, thank you!

cheers to a quick recovery.

also, fuck this snow.

Things My Family Says

(round one and round two)

and now for round three...

Brian: "I want an ice luge"  Me: "an ice luge shot?"

Mom: "if I was gay I would act straight"

*an Asian from Ohio on Jeopardy* Me: "we got an Asian"  Mom: "good, he'll kick ass"  Me: "he's a fat Asian"  Mom: "oh, I don't know about that then" (fun fact: he actually is kicking ass. and stirring up some controversy.)

Dad: "myth, m-y-t-h, then why isn't Nyth a word?"

Brian: "anyone want peach sauce?" (referring to the juice)

Mom: "yea, I'm not big on pirates"

*while watching Jeopardy* Dad: how do people know this much information? I know what a wrench is"

one from my friends:
Olivia: "sometimes I wonder if reality shows are real"  Carrie: "yea. is that what you think? cause they're not."

a few from my co-workers:
SW: "I'll just start showing more skin"

SW: "all you damn Lanes are the same"

H: "I only twerk when I have to pee"


and a very happy birthday to my Gram, love you!