ECWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???

ECW…have you heard of it? Because up until this weekend, I had no clue what it was.

It stands for Extreme Championship Wrestling (yes, wrestling). How do I know this you ask? Because I was there. Saturday night. At the ECW Reunion Show.

I went with the hubby, his brother, and his brother’s girlfriend. Thank gosh she was there, otherwise I would have been the only woman in the place. I’m not into wrestling, but obviously I begged the Hubster to let me go with him because....well…just because. I will never make that mistake again.

So ECW. Its not just like wrestling that you see on TV (although in the late 90s it was apparently), but with this type there are no rules. I never knew what the rules in regular wrestling were, but let me just give you a few examples of how this type works. Htting each other with folding chairs. Slamming each other into a railing. Jumping off of ladders. And so on…and so on…and so on…All acceptable moves in the ECW. And its all fun and games until someone gets smacked over the head with a picture of my face. Yes, you heard me correctly.

REWIND….

So back in college, the hubby was in the Army overseas, and had gifts sent directly to me for my birthday or holidays or whatever without seeing them first. One particular gift that he sent me was a canvas portrait of myself. Weird right? Well, the seemingly simple photograph (and a good one of me if I do say so myself) that he uploaded to the portrait website for the order was butchered by the portrait company into something with three chins, weird teeth, and a slew of other oddities. It was supposed to be something like an Andy Warhol piece, but the company was obviously confused about what an Andy Warhol piece actually looks like.

So I get the picture in the mail, thank the hubby for it (I didn’t want to be rude),  put it in the back of my closet, and forget about it.

FAST FORWARD to 2011….

I was cleaning out my closet one day and came across the “portrait.” The hubby was with me, and I wish I had a photograph of what his face looked like. IT. WAS. HILARIOUS.

It then became an inside joke for us. He asked if he could have the picture back, and that was the end of it…or so I thought….

Then it started showing up in places randomly……the wall of someones house….a halloween party decoration…..the Hubby’s bachelor party on the docs crabbing…..

Its most recent appearance was this past weekend. TWICE. First at my work happy hour (because the hubster JUST HAD to try and embarrass me with my new team) and then again at the ECW show. It was supposed to be the demise of the picture.

The plan was to get the picture to one of the wrestlers as they were going on, and then have them smash it over each other’s heads. Kind of like “going out with a bang.”

Well.

We got it to the wrestlers. They even used it as a weapon against each other. BUT THE DANG THING WOULDN’T BREAK!!!!!! I swear it’s the curse of me, and it will be around forever. It’s a little dented, but the canvas wasn’t even torn. UN. BE. LIEVABLE.

I wish I had a better picture to show you, but all I have is this picture of the Hubster holding it up before the show (I promise I will get better at taking pictures!): 

The only bonus of the night: No line for the Women's bathroom! Ladies Unite!!!!

So in a nutshell, that was my weekend. What have you all been up to? Does anyone else have a weird item that seems to follow them around through life???

Pinteresting...

Pinterest. I have to admit it. I’m obsessed.

I don’t know if its my DIYer wannabe tendencies that make it soo interesting to me, or the fact that I have made at least six meals in the last two weeks from its abundance of recipes, but I.LOVE.IT.  Another thing I love about it: the fact that it acts like a personal trainer (for free!)

Since I started my “Motivation” board, I actually feel guilty if I don’t go to the gym (not that I go to the gym any more than normal as a result, but now I at least feel guilty if I don't go). I go with the Hubby at least 3 times a week before work, which is nothing compared to how much we used to go (yea, we were doing Crossfit before it became the popular thing to do…just saying….), but I feel like at least when I do go that I am doing something to improve myself. Pinterest gives me that extra motivation to get up in the morning and just do it.  Its getting to the point where I feel like I am letting Pinterest down if I don’t go. I think it’s this quote that really gets to me:

Or maybe this one....

But one things for sure. When I go, you will never see me doing this:

Has anyone else gotten motivated by something they saw on Pinterest?!?!?

Happy Friday Everyone, Have a great weekend!!!!

What's in a Name?

This is what I thought of for a long time in the past couple of weeks as I decided that starting a blog was something that I really wanted to do. I could think of a million things to blog about, but what good does that do if you don’t have a name for your site? After going through name after name and discarding each and every one of them (too boring, too cheezy, etc. ) I finally figured it out. Today a friend (Thanks Amy!) suggested that I do something with alliteration (hello grade-school English class) and BOOM. I had it!

Welcome to Bethany’s Babbles. On here, I will share with you the daily events in my life and all my thoughts on the excitement and randomness that comes with them. I hope you enjoy the ride…..