Zac Efron | Minivans Are Hot

March 1, 2011 by Kelli

Alternately titled: I’m a big dork and now you know.

I have wonderful friends. Really, really great friends who love me and look out for me. Last Saturday when Sloan was so sick, I talked with my friend Elizabeth. She immediately identified with my fatigue and pain and did what only a sweet friend would do.

She brought me Peppermint Mocha Coffeemate, because she knows I’m addicted to it, and she dropped off and stack of movies for the kids to watch.

She saved me.

We piled up on the floor with blankets (and coffee) and had a movie marathon. We watched High School Musical 2 and 3. This is the part where I reveal how big of a dork I am. I am ashamed and yet…I’m not.

Ahem…

I don’t hate the High School Musical trilogy. In fact *looks around, leans in close and whispers* I actually like the movies in all their cheesy flare. Had I seen these as a preteen I would have definately had posters and CD’s (okay, Cassette Tapes – I know, I know…) and maybe even a pin or two for my jean jacket.

Part of my enjoyment could be my soccer mom crush on Zac Efron. Part of it stems from my life long love of obsession with musicals. I have loved them since I was a kid. I remember as a young girl wishing I could live in a musical. How fun would it be to burst into song and have everyone join you both in song and in dance? Think how sunny and fun life would be if we sang out our problems and dreams!

Lee thinks I’m the only person who would find this fun.

So there you have it. I like High School Musical. All three of them. I like them, okay? Yes, they’re silly and overly dramatic and over the top, but they make me smile and I may or may not bob my head to the beat when the campy songs start up.

So this morning, after Sloan got on the bus (yes, he’s finally going back to school), when Tia and Landon asked if they could watch it…well, I said yes. Because I wanted to see Zac listen to the songs.

Now you know. I wanted to share this with you because you’re my friends and I know you won’t judge me. Right? I mean, we can still be friends, can’t we? Please?

Try not to be jealous, everyone. I’m not always this cool.

I’m sorry but it’s all I’ve got today…

July 29, 2009 by Kelli

My friend Nicole got me started on this train of thought. So you can thank her for the sad glimpse you’re about to get into my life…

I recently got some new tea. It’s fabulous, as this tea tends to be. Given that my throat is enflamed and my tonsils are kind of tap dancing next to one another, I’ve been drinking a lot of tea. Inspirational tea. Each tea bag has an inspiring quote like The Most Important Things in Life aren’t Things…

Mmmm…So true. Philosphy in a tea bag. Brilliant.

Anyway – last night, my tea inspiration told me to Start Living the Life You Always Dreamed. When I read it, Lee raised his eyebrows and looked over his own steaming mug at me.

“So what’s the life you always dreamed of?” he asked, a goofy grin pasted on his face.

“Well,” I replied, “If Brad and Angelina would split up, I might have a chance to live that life.”

To which Lee snorted. Yes, snorted.

Then, in my head I continued the thought because my husband didn’t ask, but if he had I would have told him…

My second option is to be 21 again so I can have Zac Efron (or at least drool over him in a less creepy, Cougar-ish sort of way). Because he’s a doll. I mean, really – if I were younger, I would have pictures of him plastered on my walls. I would swoon over Zac just like I swooned over Kirk Cameron, Uncle Jesse, Jordan Whatshisface from the New Kids (which I have no defense for other than when I had a crush on him I was 11 so, you know, a little slack…), Leonardo DiCaprio and so on. Zac Efron is swoon worthy – even for a thirty something.

But, I am a grown woman and I am married (to the more realistic man of my dreams, I might add) and Lee won’t let me hang a Zac poster now. He says that’s weird.

He might have a point…

What about you? Who do you drool over? Secretly, of course…