i did it

ok, i did it. i auditioned in front of jenny phillips. wow! i didn't do as well as i would have liked, but at least i did it. cross that one off my bucket list. i think it should replace the "audition for a play at hale center theatre" in my what-i-want-to-do-in-2009 list. now i can sleep. i'm not concerned whether i "make-it," i'm just proud of myself for not backing out. i tend to self-sabotage. i went into this originally thinking all the other individuals auditioning were professionals, when in reality they are just like me. some sang much better, believe it or not some sang worse. but we all gave it a go, and did it!

i have to say that jenny is the nicest woman. she is very sweet, and understanding, and she even took extra time with a few people to give them the opportunity to do their best. we even received a complimentary copy of her "remember the journey" cd. it's beautiful, i think you should all go out and buy one :)

!!!!!

i have an audition with jenny phillips next saturday!!! that's 5 days away and i have to have 3 songs memorized by then, two of which are acapella. i was looking for a challenge, i guess here it is!

yahoo!!

FINALLY!!

photo courtesy of americanidol.com

we got it right! my four hours of voting were SO worth it! i'm so happy for kris, and weren't he and his wife so sweet there at the end?? it was an amazing show, i completely enjoyed the whole thing (especially the end :) the look on simon's face there at the end was priceless. FINALLY someone unseated adam (who is an amazing performer, but this was a singing/musical competition, not a theatre audition.) kris can do it all...keyboards, guitar, and vocals.

i'm already in line for kris' album...YEAH!

i did it!

i actually dialed both phones for four hours straight! (put THAT on a resume!) i had better luck with my land line than my cell. when the west coast started voting i was able to get through more often. hopefully enough east coast & mid westerners got their votes in. i did my part, good luck kris! we love your style!

finale

did i just hear ryan say 4 hours to vote?? my poor redial fingers barely made it 2 hours last week! ya know, david a would have won if they had kept the voting lines open for 4 hours last season...i think this is yet another simon ploy for adam. just kiddin' :)

commercial's are over...back with more later!

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kris' first song was of course amazing. i liked adam's more this time than the first time he sang it. he actually sang and i could understand the words! he has now sung his second song, and if i wasn't already voting for kris, i definitely would be now. groovy interpretation, but i can't do the scream, sorry. anxious to see what was chosen for kris to sing. back at the next commercial!

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simon so needs a hearing aid. kris totally changed up that song! it was hip, it was cool, and he didn't scream once. :) i like that, he was kris. i'm not sure how we are honestly supposed to compare these two guys, they are so completely different. i believe it will all come down to whose style is liked more. i am kris all the way. 'spose he would teach me guitar??

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i don't think "inspirational" songs are adam's forte. and what's up with simon "not judging the song?" he's been judging everyone else's songs all season. i do like that kris and adam are singing the same song. kris does inspirational, it's his middle name. can't wait to see what he does with it!

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that song was much more believable when kris sang it. he is the real thing. a great singer, wonderful artist, future american idol, and cute to boot. i'm dialing, but i've only gotten through a few times! that's GREAT! keep dialing! 4 hours??

create!

this was our last weekend's little fun project...pavers for the yard. we bought plain concrete pavers, and then cemented colored rocks to the top for a "mosaic" effect. i'm considering "mosaic-ing" the front step as well. i want to get some ceramic dishes from deseret industries and break them up. then i would cement the pieces to the front step in a pretty-fying design. the front step is cracked, and i'm hoping i can buy a couple of years before we have to replace it. we'll see how it goes, or even IF it goes.

the girls and i each made one. this one is mine. we originally wanted to make them and give them away for mother's day...i might just want to keep them instead.

YES!!

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!

i am SO happy with where kris is right now. he doesn't even need to "win," he already has. if i recall correctly (and i do :) this is where we were last year with david a. perfect. i'm so excited for him, he SO deserves to be in the finale. i just love him. :)

(photo courtesy of newsroom.mtv.com)

and yes, my throat hurts :)

dial!!

no time to really blog...I'M DIALING!!!
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ok, so an update...i dialed my phones (yes, plural) for two solid hours last night. kris was amazing! heartless was his best to date. i LOVE that he stood on stage, just kris and his guitar. no band. no orchestra. no backup singers. just kris. he is SO the next american idol even if he doesn't "win" because he has already won. kris is still kris. modest, sweet, cute smile :) i'm hoping all the adam fans forgot to vote...wouldn't it be great to have a kris/danny finale???

best of the night!!

a first

today at school, i experienced "a first"

a pair of white underpanties were left on the floor by my desk...a kindergarten class was present when the "gift" was found, and after discrete questioning by the wonderful kindergarten teacher, no one came forward to claim them. not even the two cute little girls in skirts. They (the panties) were secreted away, still unclaimed. if anyone would like to lay claim to these panties, speak now, or forever HOLD your "peace" (get it? :)

mom's day

as usual i was treated like a queen today! breakfast, courtesy of austyn, flowers, gift certificates (pedicure here i come), cd's, coupon books, a new willowtree statue, darling necklace. the gifts are fun, but the best part is just being home with the family. i got to spend some much needed time on the back patio reading, and tonight enjoyed having ashlee, brady, britanee, brian and rian over for dessert. i've enjoyed watching ashlee and britanee with their children, and i'm grateful for my own mother - for her wonderful example. mother's day is not about revering mother's or for making mother's feel guilty about what they don't do...it's for appreciating what they DO do. who they are and what they've taught us, good and bad. i love my mother. i love being a mother. i love having daughters that are mothers. it's a beautiful thing!

kris

YES!!

i think i tore a ligiment in my throat when i screamed. it hurts. but it's a good hurt :) i was shocked when ryan said allison was going home, i honestly thought it would be danny. battle of the boys next week....i can't wait!!

kris

"kris - kris - kris - kris - kris"

we need some real singing, not what we've heard from adam over the last few weeks. really, enough already! kris has my vote...all 47 million of them :)

and chris d tomorrow!! i can't wait!

introspection

i tend to hold on to hurt the way some people hold grudges. i don't care about the small uncaring acts towards me, but the big ones? i hang on to. i've been hanging on to one in particular for a few years now, and try as i might, i haven't been able to let go.

recently, with lots of work on my part and with the help of a couple of songs (there's that music thing again...you will hear them here if you stick around long enough :) i believe i've been able to unload most of the hurt, and move on. i physically moved on a long time ago, but mentally and emotionally moving on has been much more difficult. however, i have to say i'm better now, than i've been in a very long time. i'm happy where i am in my life, still have lots i would like to do, but i'm also realizing i can't do it all in one day or even one year :) i have one of the best jobs, in one of the best schools around. it's unique, and wonderful!

un-burdening myself has been a most wonderful thing. i still have a ways to go, but wow, i finally think i'm headed in the right direction. forward, and up :)

blessing

today colby received his patriarchal blessing! he is such an amazing young man, he impresses me every day. he has some wonderful blessings coming his way if he will stay faithful, and i know that he will. i just love him so much, he is such a great guy, and will make someone an amazing husband. i know he's not thinking "wife" yet, not really even "date" yet, but someday... (we hope :)

we love him, tons!