American Idol

I LOVED last nights show!!! Oh my gosh, all five of the contestants looked amazing and sounded wonderful!!! My top three favorites are Adam, Kris and Danny. Kris is so darn cute and so is Danny. Adam blows me away every week with his unique style and every week he out does himself.

Who will leave tonight???? They are all great, but I think it will be Matt.

Who do you think will leave tonight??

Why Does This Make Me Cry?

photo from telegraph.co.uk

Everyone probably already knows by now I love to watch American Idol. I'm also sure everyone has seen the Britain's Got Talent version on the news over the last few days of the contestant Susan Boyle. If you haven't you really should go to youtube.com and watch it. It is an amazing video and every time I watch, I cry.

Why does watching this video immediately bring tears to my eyes?


Did it bring tears to your eyes?

New Fairy Ornaments and American Idol

I posted one of the little fairy ornaments that I made the other day and I've finished up a couple more that I wanted to show off. I'm having fun making them!

This is my favorite one.

I embroideried with gold metalic thread around her wings and necklace and then stitched shoelaces on to her boots. I also added french knots to the bottom trim on her dress.

I LOVED Adam again on American Idol last night!!! He seemed to have so much fun and I think he may be the winner in the end. Adam, Danny and Kris are my favorite guys and Megan is my favorite out of the girls. I love that twangy thing going on in her voice. I'm never good at Idol though in guessing who will get kicked off. Dancing with the Stars is a little easier to guess. I think Gilles will win with Shawn, Lil Kim and Ty coming in for the final 4.

What do you think after this week?

Ezie Starts School and My American Idol Thoughts

Ezie started back to regular school today. He is so different than Mallory. Mallory was super excited and a little scared while Ezie was super scared, but excited too. The kids only had a 1/2 day today and Ezie can't wait to go back tomorrow for a full day. He made new friends and loves his new teacher and the school. He is really happy that he decided to go back to public schools. Yay! I'm so proud of both of them and Jace survived a morning without his best buddy Ezie around.

I have thought since American Idol started this season that Adam Lambert probably has one of the best voices out of the contestants. I am really not into Adam's hair at all. I don't mind the fingernail polish, but some of his clothes and his hair style are just not my cup of tea....... but to each his own. Last week his version of Rings of Fire was......well.....different....to say the least. I kinda liked it though, but I was surprised that he made it through and Alexis didn't with the version he sang. Then last night's performance was entirely different!!!! Not only did all of the judges love Adam's performance (even Simon), but can you image having Smokey Robinson give you a standing ovation?!?!? Wow, Adam must have been in heaven with that one! What an honor!! Great job Adam and the hair brushed the opposite direction is kind of a nice look!

What's Up With the Dance Off??

I missed last weeks elimination round of Dancing with the Stars so when I watched the "Dance Off" last night I assumed that who ever the judges picked would be the winner. I guess I was wrong! I'm still confused about why there is even a "dance off" when it is only making a 2-3 point difference......the audience vote didn't change......did it???

Oh well, my favorite since the first night is Gille Marini. Call me a sucker for that foreign accent, but I do think Gille dances quite well too. I also like Shawn, Melissa and Lil Kim and Jewel's husband.


I usually fast forward through the guest performances, but last night I was actually watching the while it was on so and I really enjoyed Daryl Hall & John Oates and I'd never heard Adele before but I think I am a fan of hers now. I love her voice! Karina and Edyta's dancing was amazing too! The guys were great, but I was paying more attention to the girls. Man, I wish I could dance!!!

Now for American Idol tonight. I like all of the contestants on the show but I like the little twangy thing in Megan's voice and I like Danny a lot too. We'll see........my first favorite didn't go to far.

Here's What I've Been Working On Lately

I feel so boring lately. I haven't really had anything to blog about. I hated that Alexis Grace got kicked off of Idol last week. She was my favorite. I hope good things happen for her! My favorite shows are on all at the same time now, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Mentalist and thank goodness they are changing Samantha Who to a new night because I can only record 2 shows at a time.

So during all of this t.v. time I've been crocheting an afghan. I've got 75 out of 125 squares done. I think it is going to turn out nice! I love the colors and the classic granny squares are my favorite. I should be done in a few weeks, hopefully.


I've also been working on a scrapbook and this is just a generic page in it. I have been having fun though adding paper and stitching together. I make such a big mess with glue so I'm trying to limit the amount I use. I am like a little kid with it........all over my fingers and clothes and whatever else is within it's reach. I did glue on all the buttons though.

I've also been finishing up a couple of swaps that I'll show pictures of here in the next few days. Busy, but boring. That's how I feel lately.

It's cold here again. Like in the low teens at night and 30's during the day. I think the 40-50 degree weather was just a tease. Hopefully this cold blast doesn't last to long because spring is suppose to be here!!!!

Anthony did get over his croup last week. He was in ER all Monday night and then Wednesday when he went to the Dr.'s office they called the ambulance to have him taken 4 blocks to the ER because he needed oxygen right away. It was scary for my daughter, but the croup seemed to go away as fast as it came on. Hopefully he's done with that for a long time!! It's nice to have Anthony back over today to babysit. I missed the little guy!

Have a great day!!

American Idol and American Girl

Yesterday I sat around a lot with my grandson Anthony. He had a fever and wasn't feeling to good so we cuddled and I crocheted and caught up with the last 5 episode's of American Idol. Now that's really a sad thing to admit that I watched like 7 hours of American Idol in one sitting, but I did fast forward through all the commercials and some of the repeat things on the show so that cut out a couple of hours. Right??

I really like Alexis Grace who was one of the 3 chosen on Wednesday night to be in the final 12. She seems very sweet and has an amazing voice and stage presence.

I crocheted Mallory and Addy matching hats. I put a little hole in the back of Addy's for her ponytail. Addy has unbelievably thick hair!

I definitely am going to have to make Addy a modern outfit to go with her hat. The 1860's style dress doesn't exactly match the hat, but Mallory was loving it!


Have a great day! I'm going to get off my tushy and do some organizing in the house today. I can't even get into my craft room because there is so much fabric, yarn, paper, and not junk, but important craft supplies.