I'm done

I've had some different thoughts swirling around in my head lately, so I thought I better spill them all out now. With my baby turning one tomorrow, I will have plenty of fun things to blog about! First of all, speaking of my baby, lots of people have been mis-pronouncing her name lately. I know, looking at her name, its easy to get it wrong. And she'll probably be correcting people her whole life. But it bugs me when people who know her name say it wrong. So lets review. Its pronounced Kal-E-ON-a. Not K-lee-on-a and most definitely not Kal-E-ANNE-a. Not Anne but ON-a. I'm done.

Last weekend when my brother got married, we knew we would be really busy Friday and all day Saturday. And there would be lots of people in and out of my parent's house. Since we were staying the night there, we decided to leave the dogs with a neighbor. They have four young children and have offered to pet sit before, so we finally took them up on it. I'll admit, I was nervous. They have never stayed anywhere overnight before except at my parent's house. Saturday night when we picked them up, the family raved about what great dogs we have. I was so happy! The parents told us over and over again how impressed they were! They said they have never seen dogs that were so patient and amazing with kids before. Yeah, I felt pretty good! I know they can sometimes annoy people when they get hyper and like to bark. But they are really good dogs! And it was nice that they were good for someone else too! K, I'm done.

American Idol hasn't been very good this year. Has anyone else noticed that? The few seasons I have watched in the past, most of the contestants in the top 12 were really good. I enjoyed watching the show. And had very few people I couldn't wait to see gone. This year...completely different story. Most of the top 12 are just okay. None of them completely blow me away. And most of the shows, I'm honestly quite bored. Not to mention the judges are getting on my nerves. Its just not a very good year! I think Lee is fantastic! He is by far my favorite guy! But tonight, my favorite girl got kicked off. It totally sucks too because Didi and Lee were the only reasons I continued watching the show. This season is so frustrating! It has 100% become a popularity contest. The best looking and best personalities keep staying on, no matter how bad their performances are. While those who actually have good voices (Didi) are sent home. Take Tim for example. He is absolutely adorable, and he's got such a cute personality. But let's face it, his vocals just aren't up there with the rest. Yet he stays in the competition week after week because he's cute. Grant it, I'd rather keep watching Tim than have to sit through one more performance by Siobhan, Aaron, Andrew, or Katie. But as Simon said, we'll keep seeing him week after week because America likes him. Jill and I are both done with the show. It's just not fun to watch anymore. So good luck to Lee! I hope he and Crystal are both in the finals (since they are leagues above everyone else in skill) but knowing America, it will probably come down to Tim and Aaron. Anyway, I'm rambling now and I really need to go to bed. So I'm done.