A Pajama Mama

American Idol Top Ten!! Woohoooo!!! It's Tuesday night, once again. We have a guest reviewer tonight. Actually, he isn't a guest to us...He's Jelly..our officially unofficial official family member, officially. Actually, Jelly and the dh made a quick grocery store run. A race against time. See, the dishwasher is full and we have no detergent...and we don't want a repeat of last night's episode of suds all over the kitchen floor bc somebody decided it was a good idea to use regular dish soap in the dishwasher. And...we are out of grits. It's unfathomable to even think of beginning my day without my beloved bowl of grits. So, a quick run to Winn-Dixie was unavoidable. Hello, Judges! Paula, Doodle said you look pretty tonight! Jelly wants to know if you're going to a prom afterwards? Hello Top 10! It's the first week of spring and we're all wearing drab neutral colors! Why? Why look so sad and gloomy? Here we go................ Ramiele - " Hearts ...

"He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for his children, it will be a refuge." Prov 14:26

Since American Idol is the only show our family watches together weekly, I thought it'd be fun to post our family's reviews....for what it's worth. We're down to the Top 11. It appears we are doing Beatles' songs...for the second week in a row??? What's up with that? Amanda Overmeyer- " Back In The USSR" Mama - I totally didn't know that song. I thought she did ok. She looked like she had a blast,that's for sure! Beautiful smile...I loved how she worked the audience at the end of her song. Boring she is NOT. Daddy - I agree with Simon. RayRay (age 12) - I think that she could have chosen a better song. It was pitchy. Appledoodle (age 4 )- I think I liked it. Butter (age 8) - I liked her...(from the ktichen, playing with kitties new birthday toys.) Kristy Lee Cook - "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" Mama - The low notes got her. She was off key on most of the song. It was definitely better than last week's mess. Rusty - She ...

Happy Birthday to Our Kitties! Today is Chunji's first official birthday. You can't tell by the picture that he's cross-eyed. You can tell he's a chub. He's our serious, proper, mannerly kitty. I think he thinks he's a full-bred Siamese. We won't tell him any different. You wouldn't believe how he tolerates Appledoodle. She hauls him around like a baby, pushes him around in the doll stroller, puts him in the babydoll bed and covers him with a blanket, hugs and kisses all over him, and he never fights her, never scratches, always gentle. Althouth he looks terribly annoyed, he puts up with it. Sweet, sweet, kitty. Happy Birthday to Punkin, too. We don't know his actual date of birth, so he's sharing with Chunji. He's our dingbat cat. He knows he's not full-bred and likes to prove his alley-catness to Chunji by chasing and pouncing.......at 11:00 p.m....when I'm just dozing off. He's scared of everything, especially loud nois...

Who opened my front door and let the germs in my house? Three weeks. It's been three weeks of coughing, sore throats, high and low fevers, and snotty noses. We are on our second round of germs. My fruity little stiff drink of choice for three weeks has been Airborne and/or its generic equal. I prefer orange flavored over lemon and not a lot of water....and a pink umbrella. (heehee) There's a huge lawsuit and the Airborne people are going to have to pay out millions of dollars to consumers who were supposedly scammed into believing that Airborne would cure their cold. Well, we never thought it would CURE our colds. Everyone knows there is NO earthly cure for a cold virus. But, Airborne works for the dh and me by boosting our immune system. I wish they had asked me to testify on behalf of Airborne! I start taking it as soon as a Little starts with a runny nose and I either don't get the cold at all, or I get an abbreviated version. Last week, however, I was beginning to wo...

The big day finally arrived..... The highly anticipated Daddy/Daughter Date to the Carrie Underwood Concert in Tallahassee! Daddy took the afternoon off to make sure they arrived in plenty of time and so they could eat pizza at The Loop. Daughter's favorite moment of the concert was Carrie's opening. It was very dramatic, complete with a countdown and video. Then the place went dark, and Carrie rose up from the stage floor. Daughter said she was trying to video the opening, but was shaking so much from sheer excitement. Daddy's favorite moment of the concert was when Carrie sang "Jesus Take the Wheel" and "So Small" and the entire civic center full of people was singing with her. Carrie paused and said, "I love that...." Carrie Daddy and Daughter on their way