Way to go America

After a long season of continually getting things wrong, You came through for me and got it right. Last night, you elected David Cook the next American Idol. I went into the show fully expecting to be let down, and the baby-faced Archuletta winning the crown of Best Karaoke Singer 2008. (Similar to Romans 3:21 the glorious "But") But, you got it right.

Let's look at why I didn't have faith in you:
Amanda "Skunk" Overmeyer


I'll admit, she could probably beat me up. She's a biker. But I just don't know how she made it as far as she did. Call me crazy, but my ears shouldn't bleed after an Idol performance.

Jason "Someone take me to Supercuts" Castro


Clearly, the Sanjaya of this season. Not a lot of talent (he forgot lyrics, and said on more than one occasion "I've never heard this song before.") Has a future on the freecreditreport.com commercials.

Kristy Lee Cook


I actually liked her. I thought she was better than some of the people voted off after her. But she went as fas as making a sign for her chair in the bottom 3. At that point, she needs to go.

I'll say, I'm not a huge fan of the show. I know, with all these pearls of wisdom, I'm not sounding like it. Katie liked it more than me, but she would start it on the DVR, and I would watch. Kinda like how I have come to know more than most about the cast of General Hospital. But that is an entirely different post.

Paula DRIVES ME CRAZY, she has lost her mind or gets drunk or high before the show. Maybe both, or all three, or any combination of the three. Someone make her an appointment with House now that the season is over.

Randy is not constructive with his feedback (e.g. "a little pitchy", "Just all-right for me", "the bomb", and all the unnecessary "dogg's") Great bass playing on Paula's new single though! The single would have been crap without you, Dogg.

Simon is actually the only judge I like. He's honest, and sometimes a little mean. But sometimes that's what these people need.

OK, I'm rambling. In closing, if you're a member of Obermeyer's biker gang, please don't beat me up. If I'm ever in Camben, Indiana and need respiratory care, I hope we can put this past us.

Happy Monday

Maybel likes to pick-up things on our walks. Rocks, balls, sticks (she brought home one that was, no joke, 5 feet long) and things like that. Saturday, she out did herself. 8 months is roughly 4.5 dog years...is there an age limit for alcohol consumption? I need to talk to my brother, the vet.





Movie quote: (sorry for the lack of quotes, I missed them too)
"Yeah, I can fly."

One year ago today...

Justin and I are celebrating our first wedding anniversary today! (along with Cinco de Mayo) It is crazy to think that a year has already gone by. I've been thinking about our wedding day a lot lately - thinking about the things that were going on this time last year and how much calmer things are now. It was so much fun though. If I could go back and do just our wedding day over again I would in a heartbeat!



***These are just a few pictures I have on file, most are hardcopies, but this gives you an idea of what a fun day it was. If any of you want to see more, I have plenty and love to show them :)***


I'm sure everyone feels this way to an extent, but our wedding day/weekend was perfect! God gave us beautiful weather, including rain, but still beautiful and the sun shined just in time for pictures and for us to walk down the aisle and give us a perfect evening. The entire day was full of fun - we were surrounded by our best friends and family and it really could not have been more perfect. All of this plus, I got to marry the most wonderful man. I'm not gonna lie, this year has not been the easiest, but there is no one else in the world that I would want to argue with or be frustrated at more than Justin. I'm sure I haven't made things easy on him either, but he hangs in there like a champ and loves me still. I am one lucky woman. I love you babe, Happy Anniversary!

Stay tuned for more to come from this happy couple as we head on down this road called marriage...

My how you've grown!

It's been a while, sorry for the lack of posts. Katie and I have been training for the Nashville Marathon. Ok, not really. BUT we have been to the gym lately, so I guess we're training for next year. Here's a few things that have been going on:

Katie's birthday was on the 13th, so she is now 26. You still look 25 to me baby! We went to Monell's for lunch that day, and we were in country fried heaven.



Katie also had TCAP's at Scales. She was worried about "running the show" so to speak, but everything went very smoothly. On the same subject, we also just found out that she will be at one school next year. So instead of two part-time places, she'll be at Scales full-time.

Our one year anniversary is right around the corner as well. I have joked that we are going to eat at Taco Bell since its Cinco de Mayo and all. Katie doesn't seem to find that joke as funny as I do though. I guess there's always next year...



So that is about it, we haven't had that much going on other than that. Maybel is getting big, she's about 65 pounds and almost 8 months old. We'll be leaving her for the first time next weekend, but she will be with her boyfriend all weekend long. Is 8 months too early to let your kids date? Good thing they're both spayed or neutered. (You're welcome Bob Barker)

I'll leave you with this - I saw a bumper sticker yesterday that read "Get a taste of Religion: Lick a Witch"

A Fun Filled Weekend

We had a non-stop weekend this past weekend and we spent almost all of it with the Farmers and one Jones (sorry you missed it Blake, you were missed). We started it off Friday night with a concert - Tin Pan South is putting on shows to showcase songwriters and we went to hear one of my (KT) favorites, Matt Wertz. It was great, not like a real concert, but still good and we had a good view of the singers. Check him out on iTunes if you are looking for something new, he has some great stuff.
We called it an early night because we were getting up early on Saturday to head to Columbia for Mule Day, 2008! It was the first Mule Day experience for the Farmers and Julie and I think they actually had a good time. It wasn't the best weather, but we saw some mules and got the experience. Maybel and Maverick were along for the trip as well and had a blast! They went non-stop until we were on the way home and then crashed in the back of the car. It was so sweet to see how much they really like being together - so much so that they could have slept separately, but they would rather stay close to each other. Awwww...so sweet. We also made a stop at Super Target on our way home :) That was a special request of mine.
We were all pretty pooped, but of course we couldn't stop there...we had tickets for Lipscomb's Sing-a-rama 2008. It was actually at Otter Creek this year and were able to sneak in a little early, thanks to Mo's working there, and we got great seats. It was tons of fun to watch and it's always a nice walk down memory lane for me, remembering all the fun times in preparing and performing in the show. Needless to say, Sunday was spent recuperating for all three of us. It was a great weekend.