AI UPDATE

Filed under: television — admin at 4:41 pm on Thursday, March 26, 2009

Last night – I loved these guys – LOVED THEM.

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Although I cannot stand Adam – I was impressed with his performance.

Tonight – it is still Scott’s turn to go …

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My wild card pick is Michael …

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DAVID COOK

Filed under: concert,television — admin at 10:13 pm on Saturday, March 21, 2009

Thursday night we went to a David Cook concert at MU – I should have bought his music beforehand – but other than not knowing his songs – he was good!

I didn’t bring my camera with me b/c with my “luck” lately – it would have broken – and my second camera is still out for repairs – expect a blog soon about that whole incident!

Jared brought his point and shoot – and I had to borrow it for a few shots – some of the following pictures are mine – but some of them belong to Jared too!

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I didn’t get the perfect pictures I was wishing for – but I think they turned out pretty good for the point and shoot!

April 2nd we are going to see Josh Gracin at MU!

AI

Filed under: television — admin at 9:10 pm on Tuesday, March 17, 2009

COUNTRY WEEK – I usually look forward to this week on AI – but I am not sure if it lived up to what I was thinking it should this year …

My overall favorite is still …

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My vote for leaving this week is …

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with a wild card pick – for those of you that think – WHAT IS THAT – if Scott doesn’t go home – I pick another person that I think would have a shot of going home – that way we get two chances to guess!

I am going to go out on a limb and pick who I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OFF THE SHOW –

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We will see what happens!

AI – WHO GOES HOME

Filed under: television — admin at 5:04 pm on Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Last year when I started this blog – I wrote about American Idol – I almost forgot to blog about who is going home tonight!

My two picks to go home are –

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with my wild card choice of –

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Don’t let me down boys …

My TWO favorites this season are –

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Skywalker.

Filed under: family,television — admin at 8:00 pm on Sunday, March 16, 2008

When I was sixteen, my cousin Vanessa was born. Two days shy of a year later, her brother Zachary was born, the summer I turned seventeen. My sister and I babysat them quite frequently and were around for a large portion of their “tot” lives. When Zach was two, I went away to college. Samm, my sister, graduated two years after me and spent more time with them. While I was in Mansfield going to college, I missed out on a lot of their lives. Four years ago this June, Vanessa and Zach were in my wedding. This is the Zach that I remember…

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It was emotional for me knowing that I would now be living in Mansfield all the time and not getting to see them over the summer when I wanted to or on frequent weekend trips “home”.

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To my surprise, about a month ago, my aunt called me and said Zach would like to come and stay with us some weekend and watch Star Wars with you guys. On Friday night, Jared and I met them in Troy and brought Zach back with us. The agenda called for all six Star Wars movies.

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I didn’t know what to expect from this kid, who is now 10, but in my mind stays at about 5 permanently. There are times when I am talking to Vanessa or Zach and I catch myself treating them like the little babies I remember leaving so long ago. We had so much fun this weekend. Jared is still trying to recuperate from the flu, so we laid low. Friday night we watched the first two of the middle trilogy, made popcorn, and played video games.

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Zach showed me some of his artwork, freehand I might add …

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Saturday brought the other 4 movies, a “hike”, and cookies.

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We took him back to Troy this morning to meet his parents. He wanted to stay longer and I was so touched that I get to have a relationship back with this “baby” that I once held so near and dear to my heart. I was painfully aware of the years that have passed since I last took real time to sit down and talk with Zach or make time in my “busy” life to stop and see him and Vanessa. Hopefully this weekend will pave the way for many more to come.

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