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American Idol Top 6

April 28, 2011 by Amy Leave a Comment

Jac0b – There’s not much about that that I enjoyed. I wish Simon were around because I think he’d say it was a mess.

Lauren – I wasn’t a big fan of that song but I loved those high(er) notes she was busting out. More! Give us more, Lauren! And can we all just remember she is only 16? It’s so crazy.

Haley and Casey – Brilliant. I’m shocking myself to say again that I enjoyed Haley on this.

Scotty – I disagree with what they did with Scotty on this song and I disagree with the judges. Instead of stepping it up I think it sounded like he was holding back. Even physically I kept wanting him to stand! up! I’m no professional singer but I just did not hear what they heard. I mean, it was good singing but not my favorite. What’s wrong with his baritone voice? That’s what we love. A few weeks ago I though Scotty had this competition but the way James has been coming out and Scotty holding back, I don’t know.

James – Now, THAT beginning was holding back but making it more. So gorgeous, I was hanging on every single note. And that last few notes? Holy cow. It made me laugh and clap. He actually reminded me of Jon Bon Jovi tonight. That rocker singing a love song. That needs to be recorded and put in some movie.

Lauren and Scotty – I love these two. They need to make a Garth and Trisha or Tim and Faith move and just get hitched. Maybe not my favorite song ever but I loved hearing their country voices together.

Casey – I was glued to Casey just to see what he was going to do. So entertaining. Am I going to rush to download that? No. Should it on the radio? I doubt it. But it does play well to the American Idol stage and that was FUN to watch and he sounded great.

Haley – OK so I’m not on the Haley train but I think after last week and this week I’m not begging Haley to get voted off. I thought she did great and thought her voice was perfect for it.

James and Jac0b – I totally wanted to throw a T-birds jacket on James and have him take off and rock it out. I don’t think Jac0b added too much to it.

Favorites: James, James and James

In trouble: Jac0b

Hardwood Hallways

April 27, 2011 by Amy 3 Comments

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Missing Carpet, Finished Tile and Inaugural Lighting

April 25, 2011 by Amy 3 Comments

A few small updates today.

First, Scott took up the carpet and part of the hardwood from the entry way

Second, Scott hooked up the lights and got bulbs! Really exciting to turn those on. Lots of clapping and high fives!

And finally, he finished the tile! Here are some pictures with all the pot lights on (still no chandelier and all the vanity lighting)

And a picture with just the shower lighting

I know it’s hard to appreciate with all the dust, but we’re getting there!

Upcoming items:

Grout the tile
Another coat of bathroom paint
Hardwoods in the hallway
Cabinet is getting set on Wednesday
Template for countertop on Thursday
Bedroom and closet carpet on Friday
And as a bonus, I’m going to guess Scott might hook up the toilet after the grouting is done.

Whew! What a week!

Weekend Recap

April 25, 2011 by Amy 7 Comments

We had such a great Easter weekend. My uncle and his family came to stay for the weekend and I’ve been missing my out-of-town family (everyone but my parents/sister/in-laws) something fierce lately so it was so good to spend time with them.

Friday we met up with them at Sonny’s BBQ on Friday night before heading to Concord Mills to shop. However, I had to work for a few so off to my nearby office I went. Thankfully it was super quick and I was back browsing the stores before any really knew I was gone. I refrained from shopping except for buying the girls new bedding. I would show you a picture but it’s in my van which is at the body shop as we speak. More on that later.

Saturday morning was a wonderfully lazy Saturday morning. Mid-morning we headed to my Mom’s to spend time with everyone. We did, well, not much! The kids played, we watched TV and just chatted. After lunch we headed to a festival across the street from their neighborhood but it was small and had all sorts of activities the kids liked like face paint, hair color, petting zoo and one of the best balloon animal-makers I have ever seen.

Best of all, all proceeds went to the Children’s Attention Home. It’s weird when I think of that place now because I think, our son could be living there now. Weird, right? The rest of Saturday evening was spent back at Mom’s. The kids dyed eggs and did an Easter egg hunt.

Sunday morning was of course church for Easter and then Easter dinner with my family.

We scooted off to Carowind’s for the afternoon with the whole family. We branched out past the kiddie part and it was a real treat. Emma rode her first loop-d-loop roller coaster, The Cyclone.

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Emma is sitting to my left. I wish you could see her smiling and our fingers linked!

We linked our fingers on her handlebar and halfway through I looked to find her head down through the loops. I thought she might be getting sick or scared but at the end, you couldn’t wipe the smile off her face. She really enjoyed getting a big congratulatory hug from her daddy.

Sunday evening we spent with Scott’s family eating dinner, doing an Easter egg hunt and just watching the kids play together. It was a nice relaxing evening.

I certainly did not want to get up this morning but the kids were off to school and we had to get the cars to the body shop to get all that hail damage fixed. We got a toy car for a rental (Chevy Aveo, to be precise). Scott hit his head on the ceiling handle bar trying to turn and see what was behind him to his left. But the best part of it is Emma asking me what those things were:

Oh dear. Next thing you know those darn kids won’t know what a steering wheel is!

Bathroom Tile

April 23, 2011 by Amy 3 Comments

It’s getting really hard to take decent pictures. It is really dark in the bathroom. Good thing we designed lots of lighting for it!

OK, so see these neon mats? Those are HEATED FLOORS. Heck, yeah, I’m getting heated tile in my bathroom! And as Scott pointed out, I could leave my towel on the floor as I shower and have a heated towel too! I feel so spoiled already!

And here it is all covered up:

And, here, is our in-process shower. I know it’s difficult to appreciate with that red.

Now just imagine frameless mirror door and wall to the ceiling.

Can. not. wait.

Bedroom Paint

April 21, 2011 by Amy 1 Comment

A quick mid-day post

American Idol Top 7

April 20, 2011 by Amy 5 Comments

Was it just me or was tonight all discombobulated? I felt like my frontrunners weren’t the frontrunners and I liked people I don’t normally like.

Scotty – I think it was clear this was one of Scotty’s weaker moments. But come on, that verse he sang waaayy doowwn there was amazing and to borrow a phrase from JLo tonight, he just has so much character to his voice. He truly is a storyteller I can visualize what he sings. I think the weak part was more the song choice than the vocals or performance. And I have to say after my tweet about it last week, I was CRACKING UP about them giving him a hard time about the flute holding.

James – I’m not sure it will be fair for me to judge this. I’m not a Muse fan. I mean, it’s not that I dislike them. I just am not that familiar with them. But whatever I heard tonight was pretty amazing. That part he sang waayy up there was craziness. Also, thank you for addressing the tail/scarf thing.

Hailey – Hold the phone, I loved Hailey tonight. And that’s saying a lot because I puffy heart that song and Adele and JLo was right, at some parts, I would say she topped Adele. Or at least gave a respectable spin on it.

Jac0b – I wish Simon was around for this. I thought it was a disaster. Even vocally I couldn’t respect what he was doing. I could barely understand the words and almost had no idea what the song was about for all his jibberish.

Casey – I love Maroon 5. I’m not sure how that’s really going to affect my opinion here except to say that was no Maroon 5. Parts of it I enjoyed but give me the original any day.

Stefano – Dude is starting to gross me out. I’m seeing now what I didn’t like is what I never liked in Adam Lambert. He’s so full of himself! Vocally, it may have been one of my favorites of his but ugh, I just can’t watch him or listen to him talk.

Lauren – Lauren is a sweetheart. I think she has the full package as far as looks, personality and voice. And that will take her far. I wasn’t giving any standing ovation for that performance but it certainly was pleasant to listen to.

Favorites: James and holy cow, I think I’m going to say Hailey

Going home: Oh please be Stefano. Since I still didn’t get that right last week (but did pick James correctly as my back up since someone is clearly voting for Stefano to save him) I’m going to go with a second again and say Jac0b.