HAPPY THANKSGIVING

I’m so looking forward to tomorrow.

1)  Because I’m thankful to get to spend time with my family

2) Because I have the day off of work

3) BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE TO COOK THIS YEAR!

Actually, I think everyone in my family is grateful for that.

For those of you who have followed my blog since last year, you may remember how much I was fretting over cooking my first Turkey, last year.   You would have thought that I was performing brain surgery.  I was so nervous.  It’s hard enough for me to make a spaghetti dinner, let alone a  THANKSGIVING FEAST (sadly, I’m not really exaggerating)!

So, this year, I decided to make it easy on myself (and Kyle and the kids) and just go out to my dads.  My step-mother is a great cook.  She’s one of those cooks I love to hate    She probably doesn’t even need a recipe for the Turkey and all of the fixin’s anymore.  She whips it up.  It’s all done at the same time.. and all the while she’s sitting at the table with us, as if it was catered in.

My contribution is bringing a desert for the kids.  CUPCAKES!  I can do CUPCAKES!  Stick one of those sugary Turkey decorations on the top… THEY’LL LOVE IT!  DONE!

And that’s if I get ambitious.  Heck.. I may be stopping into Kroger on the way home.. and picking something up.  IT’S KIDS.. THEY’LL NEVER KNOW OR CARE! 

Anyway, I hope all of you have a great Thanksgiving.   If you’re cooking, good luck.  If you’re hanging out with family, enjoy.  And if you’re going out celebrating, be safe!  Don’t become part of the news

OH!  I’ll be on Fountain Square on Friday night hosting the Tree Lighting.  The fun starts at 6:30.  Come say hello!

WHAT’S WITH THE BOOTS?

Forget Politics and crime!

Tonight… I’m talkin’ fashion.   

What’s with the boot fetish?

Ladies have you noticed?  And guys.. WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?

It’s the first week of cool weather and so I pulled out my boots.  I’m telling you.. you’d think I was sportin’ a bathing suit in the newsroom.    Even one of our editors who never says a peep to me, except for maybe HI, was like.. “Nice Boots.”

I had my producer take a picture with his phone.. just to show you what I’m talking about…

SPORTIN' THE BOOTS

See.. they’re nothing exciting… just black boots. 

And I should mention, it’s not like I have long legs.  I never used to wear boots because I thought they made me look short (scratch that.. short-ER)  LOL.

But my fashion tip of the week ladies…  if you have boots, wear them..

if you don’t have them.. ask Santa for a pair.

What do you think guys??  Enlighten me!

WEEKEND UPDATE

I had a great weekend… until about 7pm last night!

WHAT HAPPENED BENGALS?!

Wow!  That was a heart breaker!   Can we beat Cleveland??  Boy I HOPE SO!  Either way, I’ll  be in the stands this Sunday rooting the Bengals on.

Meantime, I’m just thrilled that I’m NOT COOKING for Thanksgiving this year.  I pulled it off last year but that was too much pressure!  Instead I’ll be heading to my dads with my three boys for a stress free meal.

Okay… tomorrow… lets talk boots!  I’ll explain tomorrow.    

 

YOU KNOW YOU’RE OLD WHEN…

I remember the days when I would go out 3, 4, 5 times a week. 

It wasn’t like I didn’t have anything going on.  I had school, work and some times even a second job!  But after work or school, we went out.  A LOT! 

OH TO BE YOUNG AGAIN!

Last night I went out after work.  It was a “school night” but I felt like being a rebel and going out and hanging out with some friends.  

OMG!  I barely made it to the 6pm news let alone the 11pm.  Thank goodness we had a short show tonight (thanks to the extended sports show on Friday nights) and I get to go home and go to bed early. 

GOOD GRIEF!  How pathetic is that.  ONE NIGHT of going out and staying up late.. and on a Friday night I’m racing home to put on my pajamas and crawl (and I do mean crawl) into bed.

Boy how things have changed!

I’ll try to recoup this weekend and see you on Monday. 

POLITICS ASIDE….

WHERE HAS THE WEEK GONE!

I swear.. It was noon today before I realized it was Wednesday.  All morning long I was thinking it was Tuesday.  Thank goodness I figured it out!  I had to host an event tonight.  That would have been really bad.

Maybe it was the fact that after getting less than 5-hours of sleep, my two-year old wakes me up to a complete tantrum.  All I did was go in and get him when he woke up.  But apparently he wanted my husband to get him.. and he was having a full meltdown!  When will this end!?  I’m thinking buddy, it’s 6:45 am.. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE THIS BAD?! 

Anyway.. back to tonight’s event.

I was the moderator at the Alumni Lecture Series at NKU.  Governor Mike Huckabee and Congressman Harold Ford Junior were debating.

Here’s the behind the scenes scoop.  I know we see these politicians on TV preaching their views.. and we love or hate them.

But in person.. they’re usually very friendly, smart and personable.  The best part.. yes the debate may get spirited  but it’s a good discussion with valid points.

I’ve hosted this even for the last three years.. last year was Dee Dee Myers and Carl Rove..

The year before that.. Al Franken and Tucker Carlson.  Aside from thinking Tucker needed to lose the tie, they all were typically very funny and candid and I could agree with many viewpoints despite their political side.

So, another great night tonight.. and I’m calling it right now.. both of them will be back in the Presidential race… in the next 10-years.

PS… Both think Sarah Palin still has a very big political future despite stepping down as governor. 

See you at 11

 

 

 

HEALTHY EATING..

So this morning, I had one of our photographers stop by my house to shoot a promotion for a story we’re doing on Tuesday night.

I you have a child who struggles with their weight… you’ll want to see this story.  There’s a great program at Children’s that’s really making a difference with overweight kids.

Anyway, they needed me to stage something with my boys.

The only problem was, I had about 10-minutes to pull it together.  I just picked Connor up from Kindergarten and had to race home and meet this photographer.

I was fine… but my boys were like, “WHAT’S THIS?!  We want to play!” 

So, I say, “Look.  If you guys are on your best behavior, I’ll take you to the McDonald’s play land.”

WHAT A HYPOCRITE!?  Here I am doing a story on Childhood Obesity.. and I bribe my kids with fattening, greasy food. 

I felt bad for about a second.. but hey… IT WORKED.  Mission accomplished!

Have a great weekend. 

Jack and I are hosting a charity event for the Ronald McDonald House down at the Hyatt on Saturday night.  It should be a lot of fun for a great cause.

See you on Monday!

CONTROL FREAK!

At what point does your kids homework become your homework?

My Kindergartener had to make a family tree for a school project.  But his school project became MY PROJECT!

I found the pictures, bought the supplies, I even designed the darn thing!

And then, I’m such a control freak, I was trying to let him add the pictures… but they were all CROOKED!  I couldn’t help myself.  I found myself yanking them off and redoing it.   

IT’S KINDERGARTEN!  What will I be doing by Junior High?

 

 

PICTURE PERFECT… KINDA

We had the big photo shoot for the Go Red For Women campaign yesterday. 

It was me, Trisha Macke (19), Carol Williams (9)  and Cammy Dierking (12).  It was for a great cause, to raise awareness about heart disease in women.  It’ll be in the February issue of Cincy Magazine.

Everyone looked so pretty.  We were wearing red formal gowns and cocktail dresses.  Tiffany’s brought in jewelry for us to wear.  Imagine prom, only minus the teenage boy and the silly corsage.

Anyway, I haven’t seen the picture.. and I’m not sure I want to.    Trisha and Cammy were standing in the back, WITHOUT THEIR SHOES ON.  Both are close to 6-feet tall or more (what I wouldn’t do to be that tall

And Carol and I were in the front.  (She’s petite but tall in my eyes… about 5′3″-5′4″)  They took about 20  pictures and then all of the sudden the photographer stops, whispers to one of the editors and I think to myself, here it comes.  Sure enough she looks at me and says, “Um Sheree, were gonna need to put you on a box.”  

SO EMBARRASSING!! 

Now I know what Tom Cruise must have felt like for all those years. 

 

 

 

SAY CHEESE!

I’m trying to psych myself up.. for a  photo shoot tomorrow.

It’s for a great cause… The American Heart Associations.. Go Red For Women Campaign.  We’re raising awareness about Heart Disease… the number one killer for American Women.

BUT… I’m doing a Cover Shoot with all of the other Main Female Anchors in town.

They’re all very nice… but two of them are about twice as tall as I am!  I think if you put me on Carol Williams shoulders.. we MIGHT be as tall as Trisha or Kit!  I’m not kidding!

I pray that they have them sitting and me standing.  Maybe then.. I’ll be the same size. 

So I’m sitting here prepping for the show, wearing Crest White strips on my teeth.  NO LIE!

Have you seen the animated movie Ice Age?  I sound like Sid the Sloth!!!  Or should I say, I thound like Thid The Thloth!

Andrew Setters was just talking to me and he looked and me like, “What’s wrong with you?! 

I figure if I can’t be taller.. I might as well have white teeth.  LOL! 

Wish me luck.   I’ll let you know how it goes.

 

TAKE OUR QUIZ

I wanted to share a quick Halloween picture with you.

Here was my Scary Crew…

BOO!

 

Megatron (that’s a Transformer) is my 5-year old Connor.

The Green Dinosaur (who doesn’t seem to know what in the world is going on) is my 2-year old Cameron.

Brutus the Buckeye is my Die Hard OSU Fan and husband Kyle.

Dorothy is my Niece and the adorable Pirate is my Nephew.

If you’re looking for something fun to do.. go to our website, WLWT.COM.  On the FRONT PAGE, in honor of Sesame Streets 41st Anniversary, we have a quiz you can take.  It’s on the left hand side of the screen.  You can’t miss it.

I LOVE IT!  It’s 15 fun questions and you can find out what character you would be.

I took it and if I were a furry puppet, I’d be… ELMO!  How funny is that? 

After Election Night (and some broadcasts) I probably more like Oscar!

My co-anchor Jack was Burt.  So was my husband!

Valerie was Big Bird.

Take it!   It’ll have your office or family talking!