My fingers smell like...

BBQ sauce. YUM! YA RIGHT. It's starting to make me sick. Pretty good dinner though. At least Alan was trying for one. He ordered a whole bunch of italian food...and ribs? How is that Italian? Oh and some CARROT CAKE TOO.
YUM Anyway...thanks to Alan I came home to a lovely dinner. Oh and I had me some pepperoni pizza. Worked freakin 12 hours today. SO MUCH FUN.

Then my sister came over with her pot for me. I mean POTS. HAHA She is in a ceramics class and she made me a bunch of cool stuff. Quite the talented kid. I'll have to post pictures.

Looking forward to the 3-day weekend. :)

WHOO! TAYLOR HICKS STYLE!

GO TAYLOR!
I couldn't be happier right now.

I screamed outloud when Ryan announced it. WICKED WICKED!
I am so happy for him.

And boy oh boy. All of those Chris moments tonight. ESPECIALLY THE MALE BONDING DEAL WITH CHRIS AND ACE! GOOD LORD. BREAK ME OFF A PIECE OF THAT!

I was drooling!

GOING TO SLEEP WITH A HUGE SMILE ON MY FACE!

:)

SOUL PATROL! SOUL PATROL!

VOTE FOR TAYLOR BABY!

TAYLOR HICKS rocked the house tonight!
So much better than that witch.

I have voted 30 times...still voting.

YA'LL BETTER HAVE VOTED FOR HIM!

I am so glad he got the better song.

SOUL PATROL SOUL PATROL!
WHOO!

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For those of you who have already signed up...and Chriselda, HERE I GO NOT TALKING ABOUT HOCKEY...or SPORTS. Ya happy!? Wait actually no, I take that back. I might be going to the NBA Conference Finals! That is if the Clippers win tonight. Ok enough sports. I am hungry. What about that!? ISN'T THAT JUST THE SINGLE MOST INTERESTING THING EVER!? I just got home from work. Gotta get dinner started. I think I'll make a lasanga. Ya'll should try my lasanga. It's the best.

Ok there, I talked about something else. The other thing that happened today was RAIN. It was great. All 5 drops of it. I don't get why people flip out over rain. I love the rain. Too bad it's already gone and now it's going to be 1000 degrees for three months. Loving the fact that it's a holiday weekend coming up. Too bad I have no money to do anything fun...how rude.

YA'LL NEED TO PLACE SOME ORDERS WITH ME, give me some income.

HHAHA
The pressure is on!

They're not smiling anymore...

Here's the Devils yesterday after they managed a win...


I thought maybe they had a chance today... but they let me down.

I am now cheering for this guy...Cam Ward. Total hottie of the Carolina Hurricanes.

Waiting for tomorrow when the picture of Cam meeting his childhood idol, Martin Brodeur is posted. That was the cutest thing I'd ever seen.

Well Happy Mother's Day everyone! I hope you all had a fab day. Even though I haven't given birth to anyone, Alan helped make it a nice day for me too. Made me breakfast, and then we went and I got a mani/pedi. Saw Keeping Up With the Steins, which was actually really cute. And then we went to Stonefire Grill for a YUMMY lunch. YOU SHOULD SEE THE PIECE OF CARROT CAKE I GOT! I could eat on it for a week. That will be breakfast tomorrow.

We just hung out the rest of the day and watched hockey. Alan taught me to play some different versions of poker. Started playing with real money and I wooped his ass. Won all $16 of his dollars. (Played in quarters and dimes, don't get excited!)

Ok well tomorrow I am home ALL DAY, watching some-young-guy install a new shower/bathtub. Hopefully I'll get a lot done.

He's still my AMERICAN IDOL...

NO MATTER WHAT ALL OF YOU PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM SAY...I LOVE CHRIS DAUGHTRY!

Now that it's been an hour since I heard the devastating news I have calmed down a bit. Thanks to Chriselda and 2Peas. Chris is better off without Idol. He will shine being away from the "Idol bubble" and I can't wait for that. I will be first in line to buy his cd, and I'll support his career in whatever way that I can. I think he's great, and I am sad to see him go. Now who will I drool over on Tuesday and Wednesday night?!?

Here is my initial reaction (emailed to Terese)...THANKS TERESE FOR NOT BEING THERE. Grr...I can't believe you left me, as an East Coaster, you should have been here to comfort me!

I am ready to cry.
I could spit I am so angry.
I don't get it.
I don't understand.
It's rigged.
It has to be.
This isn't fair.
Chris is my second love.
(Alan being the first of course.)
This just isn't right.
Something happened with the voting.
I voted 25 times for him.
THIS IS NOT FAIR.


You didn't say anything, but I knew. I JUST GOT FINISHED SAYING "If they do to me what they did last year with my Constantine, I am NOT watching anymore." And Alan laughed and said yeah but Kara, Constantine wasn't that good. It's ok, don't worry. Chris is safe.
THEN THAT **expletiveS (yes plural) deleted** RYAN HAD TO GO AND BREAK MY HEART!

Ya'll should vote for a recount of Chris' votes.
I know it was rigged. But actually I don't want him back on the show. Much to my dismay, he doesn't need Idol. He will do better without it!

http://www.petitiononline.com/ChrisD06/petition.html (Oh and there were 459 votes when I voted, now there are 718!)


**NEWS UPDATE**
They are offering $100,000 to Ace Young for something dirty? Hell I'd pay $200,000 to Chris for the same offer. HEHE Wait maybe I should hear what it is first!

*I know what you're thinking Chriselda*

ANYWAY...I think this was totally rigged. And a certain female contestant has something to do with it. But I can't say what I really think. Too many people will not agree with my conspiracy theory. (LMAO Chriselda!)

Going to go cry in the other room until the 11 o'clock news comes on.

I HEART CHRIS.

Best Response of the Year Award

One of my sergeants sent to this me today, I think this is a great comeback:

If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman's credibility....

Q: "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?"

A: "No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away."

Q: "Officer -- who provided this description?"

A: "The officer who responded to the scene."

Q: "A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?"

A: "Yes, sir. With my life."

Q: "With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?"

A: "Yes sir, we do!"

Q: "And do you have a locker in the room?"

A: "Yes sir, I do."

Q: "And do you have a lock on your locker?"

A: "Yes sir."

Q: "Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?"

A: "You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room."

The courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's "Best Comeback" line -- and we think he'll win.

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I'm a DEFENSIVE DRIVER...

Really I am! Ask the deputies who just trained me! I just got back from a Defensive Driver Training course at the Sheriff's Academy. It was the most wicked training I've ever attended. If only they would have given me that class when I was 15... today wouldn't be the first time I could truthfully say I PARALLEL PARKED A CAR PERFECTLY! (And a BLACK AND WHITE, REAL-LIFE Police car at that!) HAHA And I mean textbook style...I could have trained ya'll it was such a flawless performance! We did all kinds of crazy maneuvers in obstacle courses too. It was awesome. I had a blast. The deputies were pretty funny too. Only bad thing was that I had to wake up at 3:45 AM to get there this morning. At least my day was finished early. Got 10.5 hours in, and I'm home at 4:30, so I'm not complaining!

Ok time for a nap...I'll prolly dream about parallel parking!

:)