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And this time they were holding hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, I will try to contain my excitement and not use so many exclamations.

Thank you to JP at Celebrity-Skewer for the heads up on this story.

Ok, remember how I told you a few weeks ago that Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling were spotted leaving The Green Door after his DJ gig. 

Everyone was saying how nice it was that they were still friends, but I just knew there was more to the story. 

According to Lainey Gossip, Rachel and Ryan had dinner last night at a restaurant called Grace on College Street in Toronto. 

And they walked into the restaurant HOLDING HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I just can’t contain my excitement.  I can barely type this because my fingers are shaking so much on the keyboard.

I have no pictures of this new sighting so I will just leave you with some old McGosling goodness.

It may be a little premature for this, but I’m saying it anyway: 

IT WASN’T OVER!!  IT STILL ISN’T OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I mentioned last week that I was thinking of changing Make a Difference Monday to a monthly feature.  A few of you commented that you would prefer this, and I agree.

So, go out and find a cause you feel passionate about, and then figure out a way that you can get involved.  It may be volunteering your time, donating to the charity or just writing about it on your blog.  It really doesn’t matter how you get involved as long as you do something.

I know how much you love giveaways so I thought I would bribe motivate you to come back and participate.  During the first week of September, I will announce the prize and how you can be a winner.

It is at this time that I would like to ask Ryan Gosling to donate two of his worn t-shirts as prizes.  Now, Ryan, I know you like to wear your t-shirts until they are just about falling off of your body in shreds.  While we all appreciate this act of charity on your part, I think it would be even better if you would donate the shirts to be a prize for Make a Difference Monday.  Don’t you think it would make an even bigger impact?  Why two shirts you may be asking yourself?  Well, you know I would have to keep one for myself.  So, have your people get in touch with my people (and when I say “your people” I really mean you and when I say “my people” I just mean email me).

Then on Monday, September 8th, I will put up the Mr. Linky and everyone will join hands and sing Kumbaya put up their posts sharing their important cause and what steps you have taken to make a difference. 

(And hopefully someone will win one of Ryan Gosling’s shirts.  A girl can dream, right?)

Ryan Gosling is so hot…he burns holes in his shirts.  See evidence below:

Did you hear the news?!!  It is big huge MONUMENTAL news!! 

For the first time in almost a year and a half, Rachel McAdams    and Ryan Gosling have been photographed together!!!!!!!!!!  They were trying to be all sneaky by going out the back door of the Green Door Lounge in LA last night when the pesky paparazzi caught them.

Let’s all jump up and down and rejoice together! 

I know this picture really doesn’t mean that they are back together.  Sure, Rachel could have just been there as a friend going to support her ex as he made his debut as a DJ (This is peculiar news alone, but I have no time to worry about minor plot details like this.  Ryan likes playing with music.  That’s nice, but we have bigger fish to fry here people.)  

Anyway, a normal person wouldn’t jump to conclusions.  A normal person wouldn’t think that there was a secret wedding being planned.  A normal person wouldn’t look at the way Rachel is holding her purse over her belly and think that maybe she is trying to conceal a baby bump.  No, normal people don’t have these thoughts.   

I am choosing not to be normal.  I’m choosing to believe in true love and happily ever after.  I’m choosing to believe that this is just the beginning of many more good things to come.  Who’s with me?!!

 Note:  This is not a recent picture, but just one of my old favorites of the two of them back when all was right with the world.

Photo Credits:  Ryan Gosling Online

There is an interesting twist in the Ryan Gosling and his mysterious new girlfriend story .   Are you ready for this?

SHE’S MARRIED!!!!

According to the (insert sarcastic tone here) very reputable Star Magazine, her name is  Angel Picard-Ami, and she was an extra on his upcoming drama, All Good Things.

When Star contacted the 23-year-old, she insisted the two were just friends. “He’s an amazing person, but he’s not my boyfriend. I’m married.”

Um, how many of you walk down the street holding hands with your guy friends?  Did she need help crossing the street?  Was he worried that he would get lost?  I don’t know about you, but I’m not buying it.

Well, at least there is one positive thing to come out of this very bizarre story.  I now know that Ryan will hold hands with a married woman. 

Now that’s what I call progress.  I will sleep better tonight knowing that I still have a chance with him.

I’d like to thank Jen for introducing me to the wonderful world of Polyvore.  This is a website where you can put together outfits complete with all the matching accessories. (My friend Kate will LOVE this!!)

When I first started playing around with it, I made up a few outfits and then got bored with that.  So, the logical next step was to begin to fantasize about what I might wear on a date with Ryan Gosling. 

Well, don’t even really bother looking at the outfit because I lost interest in that real quick (Clothes are not my thing at all.  Do you believe that skirt retails for almost $1800!!!  CRAZY!!).  So, I began adding other “elements” to my scene.

Here is how I see our date unfolding:

He picks me up and takes me back to his place in NYC.  Of course there are flowers waiting for me.  He cooks me dinner and it is the most delicious meal that I have ever eaten in my entire life.  Naturally, there is lots of wine and chocolate.   After dinner he reads some poetry to me and then we go up to his rooftop loft (remember it is NYC) where we dance the night away.  Yes, it starts raining.  So, of course there is lots of kissing. In the rain.  On the roof.  And that is where I will leave this fantasy. 

So, I’m tagging anyone else who would like to play along.  How would your dream date go?   What would you wear?  Where would you go?   What would you do?  Go over to Polyvore and make up a fantasy of your own.  Have fun, but don’t include Ryan because he’s mine all mine (trying hard to forget about his new girlfriend).  Don’t forget to come back here to let me know if you played along. 

It really isn’t a question of whether or not my kids will be in therapy when they are older. The question is more of how much therapy they will need.

Reason #589 That My Kids Will Need Therapy:

I forgot to put my boobs (no they aren’t chicken cutlets) away and my son came into my room and saw them sitting on my dresser.  

This is actually one of my strapless bras in the summer.  I like it because it doesn’t have a back so you can wear it with low-cut or backless dresses.  Plus it is great to wear under a regular bra for a little extra cleavage.  And it is almost like getting a boob job without the whole being sliced open and stuffed with implants part.

Now I don’t mind sharing my beauty (hehe) secrets with the entire internet world but I did not need my 8-year-old son seeing this.  I feel like I’ve scarred him for life.  And my daughter couldn’t stop touching it so I don’t know what that means.  I really need to learn to pick up after myself better.   

Reason #590 That My Kids will Need Therapy:

I was working on this extremely important project when my daughter came in the room. I tried to click out real quick but she saw it. (Like I was looking at porn or something.  As if!!  Well, unless you know of an uncut, unrated version of The Notebook…I’m just saying.)

BABYMAKER.MAURYSHOW.COM…because making babies is fun.

Now, I know Ryan Gosling and I wouldn’t make the prettiest baby (no baby should ever have facial hair!) but I’m now more convinced than ever that we would make a really cute couple!  Don’t you think?  Although I think I may have scared him away with the chicken cutlet bra, but whatever. 

Ryan, don’t pay any attention to the weird bra, freaky baby or the fact that I’m already married.  Just focus on how cute we look together.

I think the funny thing about this isn’t really the picture, but the little line at the bottom.  “Because making babies is fun…”  That just about sums up The Maury Show and why I don’t watch it.  Ever.

This now concludes this edition of Reasons My Kids Will Need Therapy. 

Not when he is looking like this, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, trying to educate America’s youth on ways to end genocide and crimes against humanity.  God, I love this man!

Here’s a shot of Ryan Gosling at the Campus Progress Conference in DC looking HOT as EVER!!  To see more of the pics visit Just Jared. 

PS Love the new haircut.

PSS  I should have went stalking.  What was I thinking?!!!  Ugh!

PSSS Update–He remarked at the conference that he is single and said to “Do what you want with that.”  Do what you want?  Ryan, you don’t even want to know what I want to do with you after a comment like that.    

PSSSS  So maybe he isn’t all that serious with the “mystery brunette” after all.  Hmmmm???

Well, it looks like the rumors are true.  The “mystery brunette” is Ryan’s new girlfriend.   

Boooooo!!!  Hissss!! 

Yes, I thought there was still a chance for a McGosling reunion.  Didn’t you?!!   Yes, I’m a delusional person at heart.

Please don’t leave me a comment telling me that I’m insane.  I already know that I am.  I also know that he has the right to move on.  I know it’s been over a year since he and Rachel McAdams were last photographed together.  But I still held out a little hope.  Now all my dreams are shattered.

So, while we are on the subject of my delusions, it won’t shock you that I’ve already cast this mystery brunette as the role of Martha.  Don’t you remember Martha?   She was the girl from The Notebook that that brought Noah meals and that he sleeps with just to pass the time until Allie/Rachel comes back to him. 

 So, now all we need is Rachel to find her James Marsden/Lon Hammond guy and we are well on our way to hearing those seven beautiful words:  “It wasn’t over! It still isn’t over!” 

 Until then, I will mourn.  I do not want to see anymore hand-holding pictures.  And please, I beg of you, for the love of all that is right with the world, please do not EVER show them kissing.  My broken heart just can’t bear to see it.

I was planning to clean out my pantry tonight, but I’m too depressed to tackle it.  Instead, I’ll hit the ice cream and watch The Notebook and remember better times.  :(  

Scratch that…I’m going to watch “Starter for 10″ again  (just watched it last night and I really liked it, but will wait until the August Movie Madness to post the full review).

I’ve just decided that James McAvoy has taken the number one spot on my laminated list. 

Gosling out, McAvoy in.

We spent the weekend with friends at Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland. 

Other than one day of really crappy weather, we had a great time! 

It was the first time my kids went boat-tubing and they LOVED it!! 

(Note: I know that I said I wasn’t going to post pics of my kids on this blog, but I’ll break my rule since they are pretty hard to see here.  Also, unless some weird pervert has a “kids in innnertubes fetish”, I think I’m pretty safe posting these:

You can probably tell who the daredevil of the family is from looking at these.  That was the signal for “raise the roof”, otherwise known as “get this boat moving faster”. 

Her first ride of the day was not as happy though.  As soon as the boat started moving, she quickly discovered that she was not alone on the tube.  She was sharing it with an eight-legged friend.  You should have seen the look of sheer terror on her face.  I could tell she was about to jump right off the tube and into the lake, but I think the fear of drowning won out over her fear of spiders, even with the lifejacket.  I couldn’t pull the rope in fast enough so that the tube could be de-spidered. 

Later that night we roasted marshmallows for ’smores and watched the fireworks.  While the fireworks were going off, we asked the kids if they knew why we were celebrating the 4th of July (actually it was the 5th because it rained on the 4th) and my son chimed in, “Ooh, I know this one.  It’s because of Jesus.”  

Is this a good or bad thing that he thinks every holiday is because of Jesus?  Either way it cracked us all up.

I also decided this weekend that I would like to be a lesbian in my next life.  After dinner one night, I was cleaning up the dishes with one of my girlfriends and I couldn’t help but envy the lesbians. 

I mean I know there are plenty of guys out there that do a good job cleaning up but I’m not married to one.  Every night I cook dinner and every night I clean up all the mess.   By myself. 

 I don’t really mind doing it that much, but working alongside my friend made me see the benefit of having a second person there to help.  It sure made the job go by much faster and I enjoyed having someone to chat with while we worked.  

Do lesbians fight over domestic chores or do two women in a relationship cancel this sort of thing out?  Am I making sexist generalizations?  Probably.  Either way I’m still a little sad that I’m not a lesbian.  It sure seems like a good gig to me.     

Maybe I should look into the whole polygamy thing.  I think they may just have the right idea having all those women sharing the workload.   I’m pretty much willing to accept the idea of sharing my husband to get a little help around the house.   Sad, but true.

If I can’t be a polygamist or a lesbian, I’ll settle for being this girl:

It appears that this is Ryan Gosling’s new girlfriend.  

                                                                                                  Photo from Just Jared

Isn’t it odd that the photo isn’t of them together?  I mean if everyone keeps seeing them all over town ”holding hands”, why are there no pictures to prove it?  And I just have to say that he doesn’t look like he’s very happy about his new relationship in the above photo.  Actually, he looks like he wants to kill someone.  (Still cute, though.)

See, this photo.  This is Ryan when he is happy.  Not looking like he wants to kill someone.

Aaahhh, good times.  Why can’t he just get back together with Rachel McAdams? 

Didn’t they make the cutest couple ever? 

And by the way, if I were to be a lesbian or polygamist, she would be at the TOP of my list of dish-washing, co-wife candidates.