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THIS.. is American Idol
I’m in my big, blue, bloggy chair and I’m all set to watch my favorite show.
And THIS. Is American Idol.
I love those words!
After the snooze fest we witnessed last night, I am so hoping for some upbeat, toe-tapping, engaging performances.
In my humble opinion (and everybody has one, I suppose) Crystal Bowersox knocked the ball out of the park. The rest of the girls? They spent the evening wandering around the field looking for the ball. They were straight-up strugglin’. I’m expecting a little more out of the guys.
In the words of Simon Cowell, off we go.
Lee Dewyze- Lee’s voice reminds me of Danny Gokey. In a few spots, it sounded a bit pitchy. Other than that, I liked it! One of his better performances.
Alex Lambert – Oh. my. sweet. mercy. Dawg, I LOVE IT! Even though 93% of his performance was the word trouble, I LOVED IT! I love that we are watching him grow each week. And speaking of grow… the hair. THE HAIR. Trim the hair. Pretty please.
Randy, shut it.
Tim Urban – So, even though this song sounds like something you’d hear at a funeral, I think he is doing a really good job. I like his voice and I actually like the song.
Andrew Garcia – I think Andrew will be around for awhile because I think he is very talented. I was really hoping he’d do Straight Up again though because I really liked the version he did during Hollywood week. Not sure this song did much for me. It was just okay and the guitar bit was a little much.
Casey James – Again, I’m not real sure why there’s not some pep in the step tonight with these guys. Did I miss the announcement that it’s ballad night? It’s not that I don’t think he’s not doing a good job on the song, because it is okay. It’s just that I’m not overly impressed with the performance. Not sure I’ll remember it in the morning.
Aaron Kelly – I like this kid, but I’m not sure he has what it takes to get to the Top 12. I caught myself doing the squinty eye thing which usually means I hear something just shy of in tune. And that’s assuming I know what in-tune sounds like. Dang, I hate it when Kara gets off on a “you’re only 16 rant!” we get it already Kara.
Whoa. Simon just told Kara to step off.
You go, Simon! I love you and your t-shirted self!
Todrick Hall – Todrick is one of my favorite contestants. Best performance of the night so far. It has feeling and emotion and talent and I felt entertained. I love the whole gospel spin he put on the song. Love it! That boy can sang.
Big Mike Lynche – Okay, another slow song, but I can just say that I love it! I like that he’s not sitting on a stool, instead he is engaged in the song and with the audience. The ball just soared out of the park and I’ve got chills. I can totally see Big Mike and Crystal Bowersox battling it out in the finale.
They definitely saved the best for last!
And This.. is a wrap.
Three Little Words
Busy day today.
Worked consignment sale.
Bought great clothes.
For our boys.
Drive home uneventful.
Thankful for that.
McDaddy went skiing.
Took Stevie too!
Girlfriends came over.
For decorating party.
Basement looks better.
Pictures coming shortly.
Before and After.
Suggested I paint.
A curio cabinet.
Shelves and frames.
Pull it together.
Totally different look.
Thrilled with result.
It is late.
I am tired.
That is all.
Shaping Up
Things are shaping up around here this week. The carpet needed to finish our new playroom has been ordered and is sitting at Lowes. Unfortunately the crazy carpet guy in charge of the install hasn’t contacted us yet and Lowes won’t give out his number to a crazy stay-at-home-mom who is in a hot rush to get a new playroom finishedme. Instead, I must wait for him to contact me. Not real sure what he’s waiting on, but I do wish he’d get his rear in gear and give us a call. I’ve bought out half of Target to decorate the room and promptly returned half of that after deciding it wasn’t what I wanted or didn’t look as I had hoped. Then I hit Home Goods, Wal-Mart (I know, I know!), and Pier One.
*Big frustrating sigh*
I’m not real good at waiting.
While I waited for crazy carpet guy from Lowes to call, I decided to search out some shapes around our house.
This is a hand towel in our bathroom that is clearly out of focus.
This is my favorite perfume. It is also a great object to shoot for shape week. (Romance by Ralph Lauren).
[Note to self: Hey, ding-dong, the next time you shoot a glass perfume bottle, perhaps you should shine it up, first]
This shot turned out great. Arbonne FYI Sugar Slush Body Scrub.
I shot this one because of the round holes displaying the light, however, the reflection of the light on the countertop is pretty cool too.
And just for fun, I turned the lights on.
From the standpoint of a Princess, Vera definitely wins the classy perfume bottle award, complete with a crown lid.
This is my wedding bouquet. I couldn’t resist sharing its heart shape with you.
Fun, fun, fun!
Don’t be square. Head over to Beth’s place to check out lots of other shapes.
Quiet, Refined and Reserved.
I don’t know about you, but in my humble opinion, the Olympics are addictive. It is so easy to get caught up in Apolo Ohno’s latest short track event or the wild and crazy fearless few that compete in the skeleton.
Seriously, competing in that sport would take some ginormous nerve. At what point in one’s life does one say, “Why yes, I think I might run real fast beside this sled and then jump on it and see how fast I can go!…. Head first!”
It most definitely wasn’t me who has stayed up way too late partying with Bob Costas every single night of the Olympics the past week because I couldn’t care less about Apolo Ohno and his beloved headband. Or Bode Miller. Or Shaun White. I couldn’t stay up way late because its not as if I have absolutely no responsibility and am not required to get up at O Dark Thirty to get a child to school in the mornings.
Likewise, in an attempt to settle my nerves while watching Lindey Vonn and Julia Mancuso, it wasn’t me who had the hair-brained idea to eat a Snickers Ice Cream Bar well after midnight.
Folks, believe me when I say I knew better.
I did not sit in my big, blue, bloggy chair, chowing down on the awesomeness that is the chocolate, the peanuts, the ice cream and the caramel while whoopin’ and hollerin’ for each and every American Athlete no matter what the event.
An hour or so later, it wasn’t me who found herself wollering around in the bed like a brown bear trying to root out a spot get comfortable and get to sleep.
Nope, not me. No way!
I did not lay there compiling this post in my head trying to keep myself still so that I wouldn’t wake Papa Bear McDaddy knowing full well that I should have pulled myself right up out of bed to get the mess out of my head because of the very real possibility that I wouldn’t remember it three days later.
It also wasn’t me who beamed with pride as Stevie made his way to the front of a crowded room to accept a 2nd Place trophy for the Father/Son Cub-Scout Bake-off on Saturday.
Oh, and there’s no way I let out a big squeal seconds after the announcement because for one, I am much too refined for that, and for two, well, because I am typically quiet and reserved.
Not necessarily in that order.
AHEM!
Way to go fellas! I AM very proud of both of you! Your beach cake was yummy!!!!
For more things that people did not do, (probably because they too are quiet, refined and reserved) head over to MckMama’s place.
My Flag Page
McDaddy and I spent the weekend enriching our marriage.
Among other things.
It was a military sponsored marriage conference and it. was. perfect. Even though McDaddy and I have a wonderful marriage, I feel like we were definitely enriched. I feel like I know him a bit better than I did when we left home on Friday. One of the best parts of the marriage seminar was the DVD portion entitled Laugh Your Way To A Better Marriage.
Before arriving for the weekend, we were asked to complete a flag page.
The Laugh Your Way website says this about the flag page;
The Flag Page is an effective way to get your spouse to tell you how they feel – all without them saying a word! And because the program is so easy, positive and non-threatening, you can get them actually talking about how they feel as they discuss their Flag Page printout.
Unlike many on-line assessment programs that can ask hundreds of questions, the Flag Page is completed in 3 simple steps and can be done in as little as 5 minutes. The Flag Page is not a personality test, nor is it an assessment of your strengths and weaknesses. The Flag Page measures one thing: passion – what you truly love the most about life. And it is these fundamental feelings that motivate everyone to live out their daily lives. When you learn what truly makes your spouse tick, you will discover the key to successfully living with him/her.
The flag page is not intended to change you. It is simply a fun way to determine what motivates you. Basically, you are looking at the 56 traits that are listed and choosing whether or not you relate to those traits while noting how important they are to you. The flag page then takes the top five traits that motivate you and “scores” assessments revealing where you are most comfortable and what your talents are.
This is my flag page.
My flag page reveals that I am more interested in working than I am in relating to people. In essence, that means I would just as soon do the work myself instead of depending on someone else to do it. The talent family that influences me most are Task Talents – Julie’s large green segment indicates that she enjoys getting involved in projects and improving the task at hand. *coughPTAcough* Since she excels in the area of Tasks, she has the ability to be good at any technical work where “hands on” control of the job makes it turn out better. Julie is a natural leader as indicated by her significant orange segment. She is decisive and has no problem taking charge of running the show. Julie knows how to make things happen.
Um, do you happen to remember my post about Making Things Happen?
Based on your results, the flag page assigns you to a home country – Control Country, Peace Country, Perfect Country, or Fun Country – as well as an adopted country.
It was not a big surprise to find out that my home country is Perfect Country and my Adopted Country is Fun Country.
In other words, I will be having myself a good time once things are done perfectly to my liking.
That does not mean that I am perfect, it means that I am at my best when I am paying attention to detail and getting it done the right way. Basically, people from Perfect/Fun Country are the most creative people.
I chuckled when I read the following on my flag page… Julie is the kind of person who will always find a way to get what she wants.
And that line, my friends, sold me on The Flag Page and its contents because if you know anything at all about me, you know that I am nothing if not persistent.
The Flag Page worked for me (and McDaddy!)
For more things that might work for you, visit THAT Family.
Ohno! Not Another List!
A random list of things I did not do since the last time we met up for Not Me! Monday.
1. When packing for our marriage enrichment seminar this past weekend, I did not forget to pack my pajamas because I made a list and I checked it twice daggonit.
2. I also did not sleep in a sweater because of the forgotten pajamas.
3. I did not discover that I had packed two bottles of deodorant for our weekend.
If you must go naked at night, then you should make sure you smell good. Right?
4. While playing the Newlywed Game at the marriage enrichment seminar, there is no way I blurted out an answer before McDaddy had a chance to give his answer because I always think before I speak and I never get ahead of myself. Ahem!
5. I did not send an e-mail to the jokers at Kelloggs Poptarts inquiring about why in the name of pete they would do away with their frosted chocolate vanilla cream poptarts because I never whine or complain about anything. Especially something as silly as poptarts.
6. Ohno! I do not have a new boyfriend.
Shh. Don’t tell McDaddy!
7. I do not watch Olympic Figure Skating and dream about being graceful and beautiful on the ice because I am a klutz by nature and me + shoes = disaster. I can only imagine that me + ice skates would = traction. For that reason, I never slide around on our kitchen floor in my sock feet pretending to be a skater because I am a grown woman and that would be goofy.
8. My sweet four-year-old did not ask me what a “baby daddy” is because that is not a term we throw around here at the McResidence. But for the record, McDaddy is a wonderful Baby Daddy.
9. I never stay up way too late most nights searching for frivolous things on the internet because I am way more responsible than that. Nor do I ever contemplate purchasing a personalized novel the frivolous things for myself.
10. I did not just change my user name on Twitter from Inmates to JulieatInmates because I’ve had several people mistakenly assume that I am an ex-inmate, met an inmate and married him, or just really liked inmates.
For more Not Me! posts, click on over to MckMama’s place.
The One Where I Review A Sippee Cup
If you are in the market for a really cool sippee cup, head over to my review page to check out the newest sippee cup to hit the US.
