Archives for May 2006

I think I just watched a bird poop in mid air–anyway–sorry, that’s not really what I got here to talk about…

I just read some stuff about Grey’s from the writers….and supposedly Katharine Heigl was only signed on to the show for a year cause she’s wants to do movies. So, when the writers say they HAD to kill Denny it makes a little more sense. Even if she changes her mind and comes back I suppose the writers thought Katharine was not going to be on the show next season and they had to take care of the situation. Denny could have stayed around but what is Denny without Izzie?

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Ya’ll, I’m so unattached to AI right now. I watched last night. I don’t even have the umph to do a song by song review. Let’s just say I thought You Are So Beautiful was awesome and Kat did well with Over the Rainbow and Elliott is going home. Taylor is winning this thing, hands down.

Very sad news from this morning, J&W found out their second pregnancy is ending today. The baby is not growing. Poor thing. I feel so bad for her.

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So I never made it to bible study last night. Instead, I found myself at the Urgent Care center with Emma. She came running into our living room with her sleeping bag, tripped on it and landed very hard on our metal coffee table and hit her nose, on her right nostril, right at the crease with her cheek. It was bleeding pretty bad and of course she was really crying. We got her calmed down but it wouldn’t stop a steady leak of blood. We had tried to go to Scott’s aunt’s house who is a nurse but she never showed up from work. So I took her up to the urgent care center. He said no stitches but they did put Dermabond on it (super-glue for skin) which will stay on for 5 days and gave her some meds to keep her nostrils open seeing that it was swollen. I totally thank God for not letting that be worse. Cause it could have been really bad.

So the rest of the evening was spent exclusively with Grey’s Anatomy! I even watched my TIVO’d version while the President talked. What a finale!!! OMG, I’m still freakin out. Where to begin??? One of the biggest storylines was Denny and Izzie of course. I didn’t think Bailey reacted quite like I thought she would. She actually ended up sticking up for them (ok, sort of, she was protecting herself and the hospital, but she could have ratted Izzie out when the Chief demanded it). I LOVED when the chief came looking for Yang and she says, I can’t, I’m in time-out. She was such a wuss last night. I get the whole fight or flight syndrome but couldn’t she have fought for Burke. And the whole ending scene did not redeem herself.
Weird twist with George apologizing to Meredith. But the good news is it seems like they can get along from now on. And I really didn’t like Callie this episode and not really cool they made out in the hall. But I did like what George said to give him time to mean it.
I almost want to save Denny for last in this just because it was so huge, but I have to wait to talk about Mer/Der in a sec. Denny proposed!!! OMG! Izzie was insano in this episode. The end was so sweet where she laid down with him and then Alex. Oh my. Alex. He really loves her. I will be rooting for them when she is all done grieving. But wait, will we actually get to see her again? Seeing that she QUIT!? I thought it was awesome how they all stepped up and blamed themselves for cutting the LVAD cord. I was wondering how they would get out of pinpointing Izzie for it. Of course, it was quite obvious who had done it, but at least they made it sort of work. So Denny’s really gone 🙁 I cried. I admit it. I’m gonna miss Denny.
So the Mer/Der of it all. They didn’t show them much. But, boy, what a scene when they did! He wanted so bad to not want her but he couldn’t help himself. Ahhh!!! And then, she has to choose. Finn or Derek. Does that mean Derek is willing to give up Addison. If she chooses Finn (which I think she does because he’s booked for 6 episodes in next season) does that mean Derek gives up Meredith forever and makes it work with Addison? Does Callie tell on them? Will Finn forgive her if he knows she slept with Derek on the night she was supposed to sleep with Finn for the first time? If she chooses Derek, does Derek give up Addison on the out and out or is it a secret affair again? Where does that leave Finn? To date Addison? Cause they looked comfy together at the prom.
Surprisingly, I feel a little closure at the end of this season. Like they cut it off at the right time. I don’t think I could have survived a cliffhanger with Denny and Izzie. I’m glad they gave us the news. Even though my poor heart could hardly handle Izzie losing her Denny.

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Does anyone else feel a little like AI is already over and Taylor has won? A lot of people DID expect a Taylor and Chris finale and now it seems like that was the finale of the show and Taylor won and the rest is just aftershocks of the show. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me.

Yikes, bible study is tonight and I haven’t done my lessons. Gotta go do that!

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This weekend was so nice. I actually enjoyed myself and found a smile on my face lots yesterday. Friday night Mom watched the kids and we went out to eat with C&D. Emma stayed with MIL. Friday night I went to Heather’s and stayed until 12:30 working on a scrapbooking project for MIL’s present. That was fun. Heather has like a small scrapbook store at her house. Saturday we got up and I didn’t clean (very much anyway). Amazing. And it felt good–at least for the day. Not so much this morning when I want to finish cleaning. Anyway, we got out and got some more presents for Mother’s Day. Emma came home for a little while Saturday afternoon and then they watched the girls while Scott and I ran up to SouthPark to exchange some more clothes. Sunday we went to church, ate at MIL’s, came home for Lexi to nap and then spent a few hours at my Mom’s last evening. We had so much fun over there. We ate outside on a new patio set and the girls played on the new swing set and we jumped on the neighbor’s trampoline. Man, I haven’t done that for YEARS and it was SO much fun. I felt like a kid again. Scott bought me a shirt and some exercise clothes for my present. They are nice but a little, uh, clingy. So I might have to exchange them. But great weekend.

We had a ton of people sign up for the training I’m helping with at church on Saturday. We are still working on last minute details. Nursery might be a little issue. There are 20 kids signed up for nursery for 7 hours (with a lunch break). Hopefully we can find enough older youth to take care of them. I’m hoping either my mom or sister can come pick them up after work so Lexi can go home and get a nap.

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OMG! Grey’s Anatomy was SO crazy last night. I don’t even know where to begin!! Let’s take this by couple I suppose…

Der/Addison–Priceless when Addison realized her assumption that they were sleeping together was not true and that he was extremely jealous of McVet and still loved Mer!! And then her outburst being heard by the entire staff including Mer. Didn’t you love Mer going back and forth not sure where to go??

Der/Mer–You could have cut that tension in the elevator with a spoon. Apparently they say that scene used to have words and Patrick Dempsey wanted to cut them out. Good call, dude. That rocked. And Mer saying she still loved him to McVet and totally not talking about the dog! I loved it!

Cristina/Burke–O.M.G. Burke got shot. I literally gasped and threw my hand over my mouth when I saw Burke lying there shot. I’m thinking her and Burke get over their tiff after this. They can not let Burke die. I know they won’t and they can’t and they better not. And as one poster pointed out, how come Burke was not on the ground instead of the roof where helicopters normally land?

George/Callie–Lovin’ George telling Callie off and takin up for Mer. And I ALMOST started liking Callie when she showed Mer the x-rays. Still don’t like her with George, but sorta liked her as a person. Almost.

Denny/Izzie–Awww. I can’t stand it. I literally cried when Izzie told him why did you make me love you? And WHAT IS SHE THINKING! She cut. Denny’s. cord. Why would she do that. And now Burke is shot and what is going to happen to Denny? And why didn’t George make her stop? Why didn’t Denny have some sort of last minute change of mind and say hey, you’re fixing to kill me, stop it! Denny must not die and they must not make me wait 6 months to find out if he is alive or not.

Ugh! I am so glad the end is tonight and not next Sunday!

What are those stages of grief? Shock, something, something, anger, something, something, acceptance. I think I’m moving into acceptance. It’s taken a whole 17 hours. Ok, being a little dramatic. Sort of. I do realize this is a good thing for him seeing that he won’t owe AI anything except some time to put his record out. But, dern, he didn’t deserve to go now! I feel a little comforted by the fact that message boards blew up everywhere last night after the show with everyone complaining he was kicked off. It’s not my partial-ness to him that is blinding me. He really didn’t deserve to go yet. I know he will have no trouble finding work but I hope he doesn’t take a job with a band like Fuel or Creed. It just doesn’t seem right. And you know what the weird thing is? I don’t even listen to his type of music. I listened to some of his stuff from Absent Element and actually didn’t get through it because I didn’t like it so much. I really hope he makes an album that I like because I love to hear him sing. I was SO looking forward to the week that he got to pick his own song and the judges picked him a song. I thought he would really shine because it would be very close to the real world.

And what was up with the request for Taylor to do his song again. I mean, is that allowed? That was so unfair to the rest of the contestants and it was just weird.

OK, enough about Chris and AI. I do have other things in my life besides AI (repeating to self).

Supposedly Scott took the kids mother’s day shopping this morning. Not sure how that went except he said she didn’t last long enough. Which sounds like he either bought something out of being rushed or didn’t buy anything at all.

I’m at work today. I am STILL stuffed from my Flo’s Filet at Longhorn. Gosh, I love that steak and fries and salad and bread. Yeah. I’m full. That won’t stop the 3:00 coffee run to Starbuck’s though.

I need a show for Thursday nights and I was told today that The Office is good. And since Jaynee raves about it, I think I may check it out.

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Folks, please take a minute to mourn this horrible moment in American Idol history. This is AWFUL. I am still in shock. I think the neighbors heard me scream my wretched NOOO!! when the news was announced. Ryan’s announcement was sort of drowned out for a second and it took me a minute to completely understand what he was saying. I could not believe it. And neither could Chris apparently. I knew the dialidol stats and yet I denied that everywhere I turned, they were saying Chris was leaving. Paula was devastated–ok, so Paula could be devastated over much less but that’s not the point. Simon even looked ticked–ok, so Simon always looks ticked but that’s not the point either. The point, the point is that CHRIS GOT VOTED OFF. UGH!!!!

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