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Tonight is Andrew Lloyd Weber night. Is he a Sir? I think he is. So it is Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber night. That means songs from his musicals. I’m going to start out by saying that I’m not a huge fan of this genre. It could be because the closest thing I have actually seen to a Broadway musical were the plays from high school (and as good as they seemed back then, I’m sure that they weren’t really all that good).
Here is my take on tonight’s performances:
Syesha–One Rock and Roll Too Many–She looks really pretty, but I’m just not down with the bare feet. My husband said it was because she didn’t want to wipe out coming down from the platform. I think that would have added to the performance. Not that I’d want to see any blood or anything, but I’m just not a huge fan. The judges seemed to like it, but I wasn’t overly wowed.
Jason–Memories Have I mentioned that he’s my favorite? He picked probably the most well known song of all from the musical Cats. I love when he said that he didn’t know a cat sung the song. He cracks me up! It definitely wasn’t his strongest performance, but he just has a way of singing any song that makes my heart melt. Uh oh, the judges didn’t like him. Guess I better get voting so he stays another week.
Brooke-You Must Love Me–Yikes! She started the song, messed up and had to start over again. Not good. Didn’t she do that earlier in the season and the judges liked it? They better really rip into her this time. What??!! Only Paula gave her a little slap on the wrist and Simon/Randy defended her. You’ve got to be kidding me! Poor Paula. For once she tries to be mean and no one backs her up. I think Brooke will probably be in the bottom three tomorrow.
David A–Think of Me–Wow, that kid can sing!! I don’t know the song and I didn’t really love the song (I kind of agree with Simon that it was forgettable), but he really did well with it. I loved it!! I love him!
Carly-Jesus Christ Superstar–I actually forgot she was still in the competition. That’s a bad thing, right? Well, she started off with a different song, but Sir Andrew cut her off and told her to do her second choice-Jesus Christ Superstar. I don’t like the song. (Please note–I do like Jesus, just not the song) I really didn’t like this performance. It just sounded shrieky to me. The t-shirt at the end was cute and may actually get her some votes. I doubt she’ll go home tomorrow. Oh and I’m glad she wore sleeves. Sleeves are good.
David C.-The Music of the Night–This was probably my favorite performance of the night. It wasn’t his best performance to date, but it was quite good for what it was. It kind of shocked me that he did so well with this fluff, since he is a serious rocker and all. But he really pulled off. I think he is the one to beat in this competition.
I think that Brooke, Syesha and Carly will be in the bottom three. I am a little worried that it could be Jason, but I voted 10 times for him, so that should keep him safe. I think it will be Brooke that goes home. That will mean we’ll have to see a montage of her and that weird thing she does with her lips. It is really starting to pluck my nerves, so I hope that it is her that goes home.
Overall, the night was just eh. I’m still not a big fan of musical songs. Sorry (insert snotty English accent here for the full effect).
Head on over to Boomama’s to see what everyone else thought of tonight’s Idol.
Who Says You Can’t Buy Love
You are probably here because you want free stuff. If not, then what’s wrong with you? Everyone wants free stuff.This is my first time bribing people to comment on my blog having a Bloggy Giveaway so I’m keeping it real simple. I had thoughts of putting together a movie gift basket with popcorn and candy, but that just sounded like a lot of work and I don’t like work. It would also probably entail waiting in line at the post office and I don’t like lines.
So the slacker in me came up with a much easier option - $20 Amazon Gift Card.
The theme of my giveaway is romantic movies. I love them and although I feel like I’ve probably seen them all, I’m sure there may be one that I may have missed. Here are a few of my favorites:
- The Notebook
- Titanic
- Sleepless in Seattle
- Serendipity
- Pride and Predjudice (the Colin Firth/BBC version)
I’m sure there are plenty of others that you could add to this list. I can already hear you rattling them off now. Well, sloooowww down cowpoke. Let me tell you the rules of this contest first:
1. In the comment section, post your favorite romantic movie. It can be drama or comedy. Basically as long as the main plot is love, you’re good to go.
2. Recommendations of movies containing Hobbits or Wookiees are not permitted. Sorry, but I don’t particularly like these types of creatures and you will be disqualified if you enter anything remotely related to this genre.
3. Men and women can enter as I know there are a lot of guys out there who love chick flicks but just don’t want to admit it.
4. Winners may spend their $20 Amazon gift card on anything they want except diapers. Diapers are not a permitted choice of prize. (Actually you can spend it on anything you want because there is no way I can check this, but it would make me feel a lot better if I knew you were spending it on something fun for yourself and not the kids.)
5. You may only enter one time. Please make sure to leave a valid email address so that I can get in touch with you. I will choose a winner (via random draw) on Friday evening at 11pm EST. Contest limited to residents of the US only.
Good luck! Thanks to Bloggy Giveaways for hosting the Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival!
Should I Believe Perez?
As if Monday mornings couldn’t suck any more than they already do…I just read this:
The rumors are definitely true!
A post-rehab Kirsten Dunst is dating Ryan Gosling.
Spywitnesses reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that the recovering addict and the hottie actor were seen pAArtying it up at The Box club in NYC on Saturday.
“They were making out publicly,” says one source. “They didn’t try to hide it.”
So wrong!
Why God?!!! Why??!! I seriously just threw up in my mouth a little after reading that. I can already see the writing on the wall that today is so not going to be a good day. I just know it.
Monday Mish Mash
Too many carnivals, too little time. So I thought I’d be real annoying efficient and put all 3 in one post. So if you are here from “Make Me Laugh Monday” or ”Countdown to Earth Day” scroll down past the boring menu for a little Monday morning humor.
I’ll start with my menu for the week (cause you know if I didn’t post that on here my family would go hungry for the week).
Monday–Salisbury Steak, Mashed Potatoes, corn
Tuesday–Honey-Sesame Chicken Skewers, cous cous, peas
Wednesday–Hot Dogs and Beans (I know, yuck, but it has to be super easy because we have baseball practice and a school concert tonight; still not sure how we’re going to manage to be in two places at one time, but I’m sure we’ll figure it out)
Thursday–Shrimp Creole, Rice, Beans
Friday—-Cuban Sandwich, Soup (some canned variety)
Saturday–Angel Chicken Pasta, Broccoli, Salad (This was on the menu last week but we never got to it, so here it is again.)
Sunday–Mom’s House
Ok, now that we got that over with, on to the good stuff…
I consider myself to be mildly “green”. I do a lot of the typical stuff–recycle, switched all bulbs to cfls, unplug my phone chargers when not in use, conserve gas by carpooling, yada, yada, yada. I know that I could do better, but its a start. My two main goals to do more are to purchase more produce from the farmer’s markets this summer and start using canvas grocery bags. I really do feel like every little bit counts and if we all make small changes, we can start to reverse the damage we’ve caused on the earth.
While we are on the subject of Earth Day, I thought this video was a funny parody on Al Gore’s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth (which btw I didn’t love. I thought I would but I didn’t. So there, I admit it. Maybe I’ll enjoy watching The 11th Hour a little more because its narrator is a little easier on the eyes and cuteness is so very important when trying to get my attention.)
So anyway, I present to you: An Inconvenient Youth
Here’s where I give credit where credit is due:
For more menus visit: Organizing Junkie
For more laughs visit: Absolutely Bananas
For more earth day musings visit: Seattle Moms Blog
Life Lessons Learned From My Grandmother’s Funeral
For the most part, this blog will not contain any really deep thoughts. I don’t have the energy or intellect for that that type of grueling work. However, every once in awhile I’ll get a thought that doesn’t involve chocolate, and I feel like maybe I should write it down so I can remember it. So today, since it is Sunday and it’s God day and all, I’ll take a break from the inane.
My Nan died of cancer, and as tragic as the loss was to my family, enough time has passed that I really want to try to find something positive to take away from it.
Let me start out by saying that this woman was no saint. She was pretty quick-tempered and as stubborn as they come, but the thing is, no one seemed to dwell on these shortcomings after she passed. While people did acknowledge her fiery personality, they mostly praised her for the multitude of positive qualities that she possessed, most notably her cooking skills and hospitable personality.
You were always welcome over Nan’s and once you got there she always had a warm plate of food ready for you to eat. And eat. And eat. The food was not only plentiful, but it was so unbelievably delicious. I think her secret ingredient was the love that she put into each and every morsel.
Her house always seemed so inviting and it surely didn’t matter that her furniture and carpet were outdated. Basically it was always clean and uncluttered, but never a showplace.
So, what lessons can take from her life and pass along to others? I need to be better about opening my door and letting friends, family, and neighbors in. I should stop stressing so much about the state of my house. Has my sofa seen better days? Of course, but that isn’t the point. The people that matter won’t care about that or even the pile of papers on top the microwave that haven’t been filed for weeks. They’ll only remember the important things- food, love and good conversation. That was all that anyone remembered about Nan.
5 Reasons Procrastinators Don’t Like Spring
All around the blogosphere and the real world outside of my computer, I keep hearing people shouting out the praises of spring. How beautiful it is and all that jazz. Well, I’m here to rain on everyone’s parade. Sure, I love spring as much as the next person, but I do have a few things to gripe about. I realize that my issue isn’t with spring itself and all its beautiful splendor, but combine it with my own terrible habit of procrastination and we’ve got a serious problem. So I present to you a list (because if you haven’t already figured it out, I love lists) of The 5 Reasons Why Procrastinators (Like Me) Don’t Like Spring:
1. Seeing our arms in short sleeves is scary. Very scary. You know that resolution you made on New Year’s Day? Yeah, that pesky little thing called diet and exercise. Well, if you are a procrastinator like me, you probably never got around to it. Oh and when you combine the flab with the paleness it just becomes a total nightmare. Being pale like Nicole Kidman only works on Nicole Kidman because she is thin and it almost doesn’t work for her.
2. Going every other day without shaving is over. Heck, who are we kidding, we went weeks between shaving our legs everyday and now that capris and skirts have been pulled out of storage, this must all come to an end. We sure don’t want our kids’ friends asking them why their mom is part bear. On a more serious note, I’m sure this will make my husband a happier guy. Oh I guess this is also where we complain about having to do weekly pedicures as that hasn’t happened since September either.
3. Gardening is a new task that must be added to the to do list that we ignore daily. When everyone else’s pretty tulips started blooming it reminded us that we also ignored “Plant bulbs” on the to do list last fall.
4. Waiting until the last minute to go shopping for new spring clothes for the kids is not a good thing. Due to putting that off, it seems that my son’s shorts are now fitting like those good old OP corduroy classic shorts for way back in the day. For those not familiar, see exhibit A:
Thank the Lord these have gone away. Note to fashion world: Please don’t anyone think of bringing them back. Men’s shorts should never, EVER, be that short.
5. Spring cleaning. These two words are like nails on the chalkboard to procrastinators. The pressure to finally get the house into some state of order and cleanliness is in full force this time of year.
Now I leave you with a cute picture I found that I’d love to hang in my office one day:
Confessions of a Hopeless Homemaker
I was sitting in my pajamas a few days ago reading through all my favorite blogs. Now this wouldn’t sound like such a bad thing except that it was almost one o’clock in the afternoon. The house was in complete shambles. I’m sure you can picture it–dishes piled up in the sink, laundry waiting to be folded on the couch, and a multitude of other items strewn about the floor. (Note: If you can’t picture it that means you are some kind of complete neat freak who never has one of those days and has no business reading this blog. Leave now before you I corrupt you.)
Basically, I was having a slacker day. I don’t do it all the time, but this was just one of those days that I really couldn’t get moving. So I indulged myself in a little laziness.
So I’m just sitting there, eating me some good cookies, reading me some good blogs, and feeling generally content with the world when I hear a key in the front door. There were only two people it could be-my mom or my husband- and either one would mean complete mortification. Yet there was nothing I could do. There was no way I had enough time to do a quick pick up, get dressed, and make myself look a little less like this:
There might be some of you asking yourself, “What’s the big deal?” Well, the thing is, my husband has been trying to nudge me to go back to work now that the kids are both in school all day. I told him that it would be much better for me the family if I am home because I can get things done during the day and we’ll have better quality time on the nights and weekends. Well if he wasn’t buying it before, he sure isn’t buying it now.
So when he walked through the door I probably had the same look on my face as I would have if he had caught me with the milk man (Can I just ask a question-why aren’t there milk men anymore? I’m constantly running out for it and I’d love to have a cute guy in a white uniform bring me some, but that is a whole other post). Anyway, I asked him why he was home in the middle of the day (hoping he didn’t just quit or get fired from his job and then I really would have to go back to work–the horrors). He said he forgot some folder, blah, blah, blah. Next it was his turn to ask why I was still not dressed and the house was such a mess.
The way I saw it, I had 3 choices:
1. I could tell the truth and admit that he is right. I’m really only productive about an hour before he gets home and I should probably get a job to make up for the other 7 hours in the day. (Of course that isn’t going to happen.)
2. I could lie and make up some mystery illness. The only problem with that is that I don’t lie to him. About anything. I’m a terrible liar, so I knew I’d start laughing in the middle of faking my malady and I’d be stuck resorting to option #1. (Of course that could never happen.)
3. Deflect him with sex, sports or food. Husbands are pretty easy to trick. Since there was no food to speak of and I had no new sports trivia to offer, I was left with only one option. (And that is as far as the story will go because this is a pg rated blog with only mild references to sexual content. You’ll have to use your imagination. Or please don’t because that would just be too creepy.)
So, there you have it. In two minutes one hour, I have managed to pretty much reverse the progress of the women’s rights movement. You can thank me later.
Like Finding A Twenty Dollar Bill Left In Your Pocket
You know the feeling. After a long summer, you put your jacket on for the first time and reach into your pocket. Jackpot!! You pull out the folded up bill and your heart begins to flutter with excitement. Or when the alarm clock goes off on the weekend and you realize you don’t have to get up for anything. Well, this morning as I was driving home from running some errands I had a similar experience. Not just once, but two times!!
I was driving along and felt my stomach start to growl and I looked at the clock. It was 10:13am–darn it, 2 more hours until lunchtime. (Yes, I do count down the minutes until my next meal because I’m pathetic like that.) Then it hit me that I had forgotten to eat breakfast this morning. Jackpot!! I felt like I just hit the lottery. I began dreaming of all the ways I would spend my winnings–should I have oatmeal, cereal, bagel, waffles–oh the possibilities are endless. For the record, I love food that much.
My thoughts then turned to what was on my agenda for the day and I realized it was Thursday. Jackpot! New episodes of The Office and 30 Rock!! Oh yes, I am that addicted to tv and now its out there for all the world to see. Well, I’d like to think that at least I’ll make someone else feel better today because after reading this they’ll realize that someone else’s life is indeed more boring then theirs. I’ve done my good deed for the day.
By this time I’m loving life and feeling totally upbeat. This was really starting out to be a great day. I think I may even exercise today. Now that would be something different. That’s how good I was feeling. Then, without warning, the low fuel gage started beeping and I realized I would have to dump nearly $60 to just get home. I think I’ll exercise tomorrow.
The Silliness of Men
This story just cracks me up (until I think that men still pretty much rule the world and this clearly exhibits why this isn’t necessarily a good thing.
A construction worker’s bid to curse the New York Yankees by planting a Boston Red Sox jersey in their new stadium was foiled when the home team removed the offending shirt from its burial spot.
After locating the shirt in a service corridor behind what will be a restaurant in the new Yankee Stadium, construction workers jackhammered through the concrete Sunday and pulled it out.
Source: ESPN News
So, who is more ridiculous? The construction worker who went through the trouble to actually come up with the plan to bury the jersey to ”curse” the Yankees or the masterminds who got together and decided that it was a good idea to break up the completed concrete to find said jersey and pull it out because there would be a “curse” against the Yankees? Since when is it just standard protocol in America to believe in curses? Am I missing something?
Presenting GosWatch
As I mentioned before here, I have a major celebrity crush on Ryan Gosling. It all started when I watched the Notebook, but it turned into a full blown, unhealthy obsession after I saw this:
Sadly, he and Rachel McAdams are no longer together (I still hold out for the day that she sees his picture in the paper and realizes that he built a house for her and knows that she must marry him and not the rich guy. And he can say ”It wasn’t over…It still isn’t over.” )
Since this is my blog and I can be as ridiculous as I want to be, I thought I’d start a new tradition called “GosWatch”. If there are any new pics, gossip, movie rumors, love interest rumors (of course they’d all be untrue unless they involved me or Rachel) I’ll post them here. So, without further ado, I give you your daily dose of Gos.
A couple of quick comments about the above pic: First it was taken in NYC where he is filming his new movie “All Good Things” with Kirsten Dunst. I have also been reading that they are now an item. This was after someone saw them canoodling (I really hate that word) at a restaurant. I refuse to accept this, so we will move on.
Now, as for the picture above, it was supposedly snapped recently. Ummm, isn’t it spring? What’s with the tweed? I’m not really up on all the rules of fashion, but I do think that it is more of a fall fabric. Does he have a problem regulating his body temperature? I would be more than willing to help out. I just love how he always looks like he gets his outfits at the Good Will. Check out the shoes–so very un-Hollywood. I know I sound like I’m picking on him but I can assure you that this isn’t the case. His quirky sense of style just makes me swoon over him even more.
Well that wraps up this addition of GosWatch. Stay tuned…
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