Life is CRAZY...

I have not written in this thing in awhile...life has just been so CRAZY busy!! I graduate soon and my life has been pretty much just school and work and making sure I see my friends. But I have some new things to share...



I was reading my friend Kara's blog last week and saw that she had started using the Wal-mart reusable shopping bags now. I needed to pick up some things at the grocery store, so while I was there, I bought 5 of these bags to use...and I LOVE them!! They are really big and sturdy, so I could fill them up and not have to worry about the bag breaking and spilling my groceries all over the parking lot at my apartment. And I'm kind of OCD about how the groceries go into the bags, so I'm really careful with how I put them out on the checkout counter. Now I can just keep things separated in the bags while I'm shopping. Yes, I'm really this excited about grocery shopping bags...

Meg & I are still watching AI faithfully each week. We were heartbroken to lose Michael Johns a couple of weeks ago, and now Carly Smithson last week. Our favorites (Jason Castro and David Cook) are still in the competition, though. Last week was Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jason didn't do as well (mainly cuz it wasn't his style at all), but thankfully he has a good fan base (I personally spent about 45 minutes hitting redial on our phone to vote for him). Here is my current ranking of the finalists...

1. (tie) Jason Castro...like I said, not his best...but I still love him...

1. (tie) David Cook...I've always liked him, but after his performance of the Music of the Night last week, I was blown away! Who know a rocker could sing like this?!

3. Brooke White...She also had a rough night...having to start over is tough...

4. David Archuletta...He's very talented, especially for his age, but I just have other favorites

5. Syesha Mercado...She also did a really great job last week and didn't deserve to be in the bottom two with Carly, but I just have my favorites...

And here is Carly's performance from this past week...she should not have been eliminated...honestly Brooke and Jason did worse, but I didn't want either of them to go home yet either!!!!

Let's see...what else is going on with me....Oh! I told Jay to turn some music down after life group last week and he told me that I needed to get some rock music education. I asked him to burn me some music to "educate" myself. I was expecting a CD or two of songs...he gave me 5 mix CDs, along with all of his Led Zepplin. So this week, I've had my iPod on shuffle, and along with the Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss, Todd Agnew, AI singles and various musical soundtracks, I also hear Led Zepplin, Stone Temple Pilots, Cream, Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters, Queen, the Rolling Stones and others. And I've actually enjoyed most of what he suggested for me, so it's been fun! Any other suggestions anyone?

American Idol

I think I've only really watched season 2 of this show, and some of the season that Chris Daughtry was on it. This year, because I'm living with an AI FANATIC, I've been watching the show faithfully, and really getting into it! They actually have some really talented people on the show. Last night they did songs of Dolly Parton and Dolly coached them as they prepared. Tonight they will eliminate one person and be down to eight finalists...Meg and I have 5 that we just LOVE, one that we like, and 3 that we want to see go home...

My rankings of the 9 finalists are...
1. Jason Castro:


2. (tie)
Michael Johns:


David Cook:


4. Brooke White:



5. Carly Smithson:


6. David Archuleta:


7. Syesha Mercado:


8. Ramiele Malubay:


9. Kristy Lee Cook: