i like him even more...

wow. i knew i liked this kid!

American Idol recap

WAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





PS: Best Idol finale show ever! Great performances (minus that Norman guy and Tatianna- go away). Love you Rod!! Singing with Queen?!? Freakin' awesome. Kara's bod? Smokin'!!

Dear Adam Lambert,

Please go home tonite. You ruined my precious "Cryin'" last nite with your screaming. You are amazingly talented but I cannot look past that. It's been real. Have a good one.

Sincerely,

A Kris Allen Fan.

Ramblin'...

I had my follow up appointment from surgery on Friday. I'll do a post on that later, but I did get cleared for activity again. Headed to the gym tonite, and my ab muscles are on fire!!! I was hurting. Two weeks off does not an easy workout make. At all. But I was desperately missing my gym time.

How come while I was gone from the gym they lost the ability to turn on the air? It was a sauna today.

You should head on over to Mrs. Newlywed's blog for a sweet little giveaway. Check it out. I know I'm a huge fan of anything personalized and paper!!

What happened on DWTS last nite?! I mean, I'm a huge Ty fan, but the boy has tapped out. He's reached his peak and should have gone home!!! I don't think Lil Kim was going to win anyway though, so maybe it doesn't matter...

American Idol- I am not a fan right now. Really blows for Danny and Kris that they pulled a rock theme this close to the end. They're just not rockers!! I totally felt like last nite Idol pulled out all the stops to promote Adam and Allison. Not a fan. And oh Danny... what did you do to my beloved Aerosmith last nite?!?

I made my first ever J.Crew purchase the other day and got the goods today. I know, I know... so behind the times. I got two cute summer dresses that I can't wait to wear. So far.. first experience deserves an A+.

I started this a while ago but haven't posted yet, but I'm opening the floor for any questions you have for this girl. My creative juices are spent right now so... It's down to this. So ask away! Seriously. Because if you don't, my feelings will be hurt... =)

She's Just Being Miley?

Oh Miley, Miley, Miley...



While I thought you looked cute Miley (even almost a fan of that messy hair), I don't understand how you come out and throw your head around like your Steven Tyler. You're in an evening gown for crying out loud and your acting like you're joining a mosh pit...

Who's leading this baby?!?!? Somebody tell Billy Ray to quit giving his girl performance tips. It's killing me.

And why is she on Glamour's May cover?!? I'm missing that link there obviously....

But yay for saving Matt!!

April Showers

First of all.. Thank you guys so much for your comments on my last post!! It made my day! I am feeling much better today. Just needed a blah day but I'm back.. =)

It could be that I'm doing so much better because Megan is finally off of Idol... Yay!!

It could be because...



The Hills is back on Monday!!

Oh yea.. I'm super excited about this. I know, I know.. but I love it! I don't care if it's real, fake, anything. I love it.

The hubs likes it too. Or at least he watches it with me every week. I do love that man!

If it rains much longer, I am afraid our house might float away.

My dogs haven't been out for even an hour in the last 2 days. They are driving me crazy.

The bestest is in town from Charleston this weekend. Yay!! I haven't seen my girl in a month of Sundays. We are way overdue for a reunion!

I put on a pair of jeans that I haven't been able to wear for years tonite. They were loose!! Score!!

Yep.. I'm doing much better today.. =)

you need a what?!

Funniest thing a man said today.

A woman dropped off her cat this morning for treatment. We're talking a 16 year old, sick, cat. He's cranky, old, grouchy, ugly.. but clearly loved.

Or at least by the woman.

This afternoon she sends her husband to pick him up. This was after she called multiple times to check on "Stormy". He gets there, checks out, our receptionist brings him the cat and asks,

"Is there anything else I can get for you or Stormy today?"

Man looks right back at her and says,

"I'm good. But he could use a coffin."

I cracked up. I don't even know why that's so funny to me. Goes to show you what a man will do for his wife though!!

PS- The dresses in the below post can be found at Nordstroms. We of course don't have a store in 'ol Sav, but I have a mighty full shopping cart online....

Also- Thank you Dancing with the Stars for finally getting rid of the "Woz". While endearing he was just getting harder and harder to watch. Let's keep up with the good eliminations by getting rid of Megan tomorrow!!

Not impressed.

Seriously America?



Matt is in the bottom 3?!?



And this girl is still on the show?!?! Let alone, didn't make it to the bottom 3?!?!

You've got to be kidding me.

Not impressed with the inspirational shout outs from 'ol Stevie either. But I guess since he's shouting out to another "celebrity" it's all good.

I'm cranky because my DVR cut off the last 5 minutes of Idol. Cut off right as Simon was going to say whether or not they were saving Michael.

I heard Mr. Perfect laughing the whole time I was running for Facebook to find someone to tell me the news. Glad he thought it was funny.

Oh Idol. You sure do put my emotions through the ringer....

Baltimore: Day 1

A few weekends back, Mr. Perfect and I ventured on up to see my parents in Maryland. My parents moved up there a few years back for their jobs and are still currently up there. They moved after I'd already left for college and most of my family is still down here in the South, so honestly, I don't make it up there too often to visit. Which makes me a very bad daughter but...

Plus, if you think this girl in a car for 10 hours is a good idea then you are insane.

I cannot sit still for 10 minutes. 10 hours?!? Like having my fingernails pulled off.

But Mr. Perfect and I both managed to somehow score 4 day weekends over St. Patty's Day so we figured we would head on up there.

I almost changed my mind when I checked the weather from my nice 70 degree hometown and saw a chance of snow in the DC area. I don't think I even own a coat!!

So after work on Friday the 13th (cue scary music), Mr. Perfect and I loaded up the kids, took them to the kennel (no tears were shed this time!), and then hit the road.
I managed to keep myself entertained for the first 3 hours of the trip with a couple of books. I read my fertility book cover to cover (which is a story in itself in that in 3 hours time I managed to convince myself that I had everything wrong possible with my reproductive system!) and then some Nicholas Sparks book. By that time we had reached Florence, SC, home of Mr. Perfects parents, and place of our first break.

Yes. Mr. Perfect hates to stop so he tries to "schedule" breaks for us. I usually break this idea about an hour into the trip. I always seem to need want something!

We had a quick little visit with the inlaws then got back on the road.

At this point, Mr. Perfect decides he's too tired to drive.

Huh?!

Apparently I talked in my sleep all nite the nite before and he got no sleep. Blah. So I figure I'll be nice and let him nap a bit.

7 hours, bunches of coffee, and way too many Full Throttles later, Mr. Perfect is still asleep and we're pulling up in St. Leonard, MD. Are you kidding me?!?

We go straight to bed with plans to sleep in in the morning. This girl is up at 8.30 am. Sure... Can't get up for work to save my life, but let me drive all nite and I'll be bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning! I loved it though because when I got up only my Dad was awake so far, so I got to spend some quality time with him. My Dad is the person most like me on the planet. Which is weird, because we're total opposites. But the important stuff; we're on the same page. I got to hang out with my Dad in the quiet, both drinking our black coffee (I swear I drink it this way just because he does!), reading (the news for him, y'alls blogs for me!), and occasionally making idle chit chat. My Dad is one of the only people in the world I feel truly comfortable with. He and I both understand our need for "me" time, we're both really bad at talking about our feelings, and we both have horrible tempers! I love my time with him!

About an hour later my Mom and the Hubs make their way downstairs. We piddle, talk, play with the dogs, consume another 5 cups of coffee... Wait. That was just me. We decided not to do DC this trip since we always visit there and we got on the road to Baltimore.

I We suggested we should eat first so we headed to some seafood restaurant right on Baltimore's inner harbor. Not bad food. I had the oyster poboy. Actually quite good, and the view was spectacular.

Mom and Dad at lunch:


Even though it was starting to rain and I felt like it was subarctic weather outside, we decided after lunch we should walk around the Harbor. So we did. We walked all the way to the shopping mall and then we stayed inside for awhile!

Mr. Perfect and I by the Harbor:


And no, that's not my coat. I wasn't lying when I told you I didn't have one! I had to borrow one from my Mom! Thankfully she's lived up North long enough that she seems to have a nice collection!!

My cutie little parents on the Harbor:



We didn't do too much else that day. We decided to head on back to St. Leonard and come back the next day and do some more things that we thought sounded interesting. When we got back home, I laced up for a quick little run and my Dad decided to go with me. My Dad is actually the runner in the family, but I managed to actually push him a bit this time! We did a 3 mile run with hills. Kudos to those of you who run hills. I almost died. Seriously, saw lights and everything. My version of a hill in Savannah is the slope of a ditch. Kid you not. My quads were on fire. But it was easier to breathe up there so I knocked out the 3 miles in less than 32 minutes. I thought that was pretty good. Oh yea.. it was in the rain too. Makes that 32 minutes a bit better, maybe?

We had another 2 days there, but I'll save that for another post. Don't want to bombard you with too much in one day!

Oh yea. I put this out on Twitter, but I spoke with my doctor about our next step in our journey to our family. As most of you know, we've had quite a time in the past with multiple miscarriages and we're doing some different therapy before we try to conceive again. At our last appointment, about 2 months ago, I was told to begin charting my temperatures. Basically he was looking to see if my uterus was healthy enough after the D&C on New Years to sustain another surgery. Apparently it is. So right after my next cycle (around the middle of April ), I will be having surgery to remove the septum in my uterus. It's supposed to be a day surgery and should be pretty "simple", but there's all kinds of thing that can complicate this surgery so.. Of course I'm a little freaked out. So just keep us in your prayers if you don't mind in this next month. Hopefully this will get the outcome he wants and maybe (hopefully!!) will make it possible to sustain a pregnancy. We shall see.

I can almost breathe again. Thank you ridiculously high pollen count for taking away my enjoyment of spring.

I can't watch Idol til the hubs gets home. He better hurry. I'm dying!!

Not Quite A Recap

American Idol just rocked my socks off.

I knew Matt would do good because this was right up his alley. I was so right.

Amazingly I really liked Adam tonite. A-M-A-Zing. Seriously. Did you see what he did?!?!

Liked Kris, but not as much as last week. However, I still think he is just adorable and I want to put him in my pocket so he can strum his guitar for me all day...

Ahem.. I digress.

Danny's always good. Little cheesy tonite, but always good.

I'm over the girls. They need to go. And if I have to watch Megan do her little "robot dance" one more time, I might throw away my tv.

But that would be stupid. So let's just vote her off for the sake of my flat screen. =)

Mr. Perfect had the day off today. I came home to completely painted furniture and a clean house. Oh! And dinner! I do love that man.

I have some bad allergy problems kicking my butt right now. I still managed to play soccer Sunday and today, and run on Monday and Tuesday. Not going to lie though.. Had 3.6 miles down for Monday. Did 3.1. If I'd had my cell on me I would have stopped and had Mr. Perfect come get me. I. Was. Exhausted. And sore. My soccer game on Sunday almost killed me. I'm still sore!

Oh age 26.. you are not being kind to me.

The new girl at work had almost the same scrubs on today as me. Not cool. We're going to have to talk about that.

I'm kidding. .::kinda::.

More American Idol tomorrow..... yay!

Random Man...

I am still watching my DVR'd Idol so I can't recap yet, but... I am in love with Kris Allen!!! How awesome was his perfomance on Tuesday nite?!?

I loved Brad Paisley's song he just sang.

I ran 3.2 miles today. After I ate half a tub of cookie dough. Counterproductive much?!? Of course my stomach was killing me but.. I do love my cookie dough! I did it in 39:30. Yay! I'm steady getting that time down. My dream is to do the race at the end of the month in under 35 minutes. I'm not trying to win, just make a good time.

My babies are home! Our house is complete again!! And Cash got his summer cut. =) He loves it!

If my house doesn't get back in order soon, I might freak out. Or start throwing things. Sharp pointy things.

We had a puppy at the clinic that whined all day. From 8 am til 5 pm. No joke. I can still hear him. It's ringing in my head.

We are taking our church directory pictures tomorrow. Not going to lie. The only reason I'm doing it is because if you do, you get a free directory. Shut up! I have a secret love for church directories. I browse them like I do US magazine! When I was growing up I used to compare the new one to all the past ones I could fine to see how people changed. I'm a secret nerd.

I am almost crying watching Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis sing. And is it just me or is he an incredibly humble gentleman? And I love her. She's such a class act.

I have got to get to my computer so I can download some pictures. I'm suffering withdrawals.

I'm going to lay down now and curl up with my Lacy.. She sure did miss her Mama..

Recap. Duh.

The hubs and I had our first American Idol induced "tiff" last nite.

I told you it was bad.

I am truly happy with the 3 from this group. I swore to Mr. Perfect that I would boycott if Megan made it through. I was convinced that since the previous week had 2 boys and a girl, that producers would make it 2 girls and a boy this week. And that simply would not have been right!!

I loved this guy.


I will admit. I tend to be a music snob. There are just some groups and some singers that you DO NOT TOUCH. You just can't. It's wrong. And I usually put Michael Jackson in that group. However, I liked that Kris picked something that needed him to be confident to perform and I thought he rocked it.

Mr. Perfect did not agree.

He thought Megan should go on.



I'm sorry Mr. Perfect, but did you watch the show?! I thought the beginning of her performance was ok, the end was pitchy, and she looked mildly like a robot standing on stage. I happen to really like Corrine Bailey Rae and I just don't think the girl did her justice.

He just thinks she's cute.

Also so disappointed in Matt.

His impression of Justin Timberlake impersonating Chris Martin about killed me. It was painful.

I do have high hopes that he will come back as a wild card. That would be okay with me.

And Simon almost sent me into a coma this week. Too much laughter ends up with a shortage of oxygen to the brain. Thankfully I recovered and will be around to see Simon another week!!