Idol Finalists.

I was right, I was Riii-iiight.

Idol Recap. I'm now in LOVE with Kris.

SO... what did YOU think of last night? Let's start with the judge's choices.

I'm with Simon on Kris' Apologize - I thought he did a great job, why fault him for arrangement? Although - didn't Archuleta perform this WITH One Republic last year? Am I mistaken? Because in my foggy memory, THAT was way better than this one.

Danny - UGH, hated Paula's song choice. Seemed like he sang ONE NOTE the whole time. Totally dated.

Adam - Oh, I wanted this to be good, so much... but maybe I just am too in love with the original "ONE" to hear it altered like that. Left a bad taste in my mouth. I think U2 is one of those untouchable bands.

Danny's "You are so beautiful" was okay, but a little boring for me.

Adam's "Crying" by Aerosmith I thought was a BRILLIANT choice, but did the backup singer on the chorus drive anyone else crazy?? Sheesh.

KRIS - HEARTLESS??? You kidding me? LOVED every second of it. I will for sure be putting that on my blog playlist. Yeehaw!

With that said, my prediction is that... Adam and Kris will duke it out in the finals, and that DANNY will be going home tonight. Or should I say, Danny's the one that SHOULD be going home. We shall see...

Ready, Aim...

Of all the photos I've ever shot, this one's my FAVORITE.

Update.

So my life has been ultra dulls-ville lately, and I don't feel like I've got anything to blog about... but I'm tired of looking at that silly Christmas layout up on this here blog that I've still got six kits for... I thought it would be a hit - I guess not! Sigh... here we go with a new post!

Things I'm thinking about:

Needing a trip to Costco, and wondering if anyone's going this week...
The fact that I didn't do a darn thing for our moms for Mother's Day. I'm such a slacker...
Scrapbook night on Thursday, and wondering who's coming.
How J will do at Father's and Son's this weekend.
Heading to Safford this weekend.
What I'm going to order to eat at Casa while I'm there.
Our crop, coming up on the 22nd, and needing to plan the details!
Taking our house off the market - shocker!
Buying land for a cabin in Forest Lakes, hopefully.
The fact that I can't afford a trip to Maryland, yet I'm considering buying a lot for a cabin.
How many calories are in everything I eat...
The P90X workout, wondering if I could do it. Those jumping pushup-things look impossible...
The fact that J STILL doesn't talk. He'll be two in three weeks.
Not buying whole milk, ever again, starting in three weeks. Woohoo!
How to potty-train someone who's stubborn and doesn't talk.
How to handle M's temper. It's so violent it's scary sometimes.
How to help A learn to make decisions. She's having the hardest time lately...
What the heck to do for J's birthday, and when.
The volume of half-finished scrapbook layouts in my craft room - downright staggering.
The fact that my girls need summer clothes, in a bad way.
Getting a pedi before Friday.
Wanting a novel to read this weekend. Any suggestions?

Christmas in May

or rather, Christmas LAYOUT in May. Make a comment and let me know ASAP if you want to put together this 2-page 12x12 layout this month. Kits are $6 - and there are EIGHT, count them, EIGHT of them still available. Everything will be cut and sorted for you - all you need is your basic adhesive and tools to put it together. Scrapbook night is Thursday, May 14th at 6:30pm, at my house. See you here!

How to host the perfect kid birthday party:

#1 - Have it at someone else's house. Preferably, with plenty of space for lots of kids to run around.
#2 - Have the weather cooperate beautifully.
#3 - Two words. Bounce. House.
#4 - Have pizza, mini-size water bottles, and ring pops for each kid.
#5 - Have a cool theme so your guests can come dressed up. Okay, so the theme wasn't "New York Pirates" - it was just "pirates" - but you get the drift.
#6 - Have non-messy pirate booty and balloons for guests to take home.
#7 - Did I mention the ring pops?
#8 - Have Robyn, Scottsdale's own "Ace of Cakes" create one of these beauties for you. It was complete with canons, a plank to walk, canon balls, and a mini pirate ahouting "aaaargh!" Okay, so he didn't shout, but he seemed the type that would. Thanks Robyn, my kids had a GREAT time. And Happy Birthday to Jacob. Thanks for making it to four years, buddy.

More Museum Daze...

Ahh, I love the children's museum. There's a place in almost every room for me to sit down and zone out, I mean, watch my children attentively while they get filthy, I mean play. Josh decided he needed some protection this time. But then he realized, hey, I already HAVE a bump and bruise on my head, what's this thing going to help? So he took it off.It's even better when we can take friends or meet cousins there...
Manda and Jasper pretended they were getting married here... question is, how do they know about walking through the veil, and who's leading who here, anyway??