I can be a ~real~ judge now!

Life is busy

Sorry haven't posted in a few days. Have been very busy. With what? Um, TV!

Ameri.can I.dol

• Megan - I liked you but if you don't care, I don't care. Ugh, you had potential, girlfriend.
• Lil - would you sing some R&B already? I missed the top 36, and the shows I have seen so far of you, you've sung everything but R&B.
• Adam - Ahhh, yes.
• Gokey - I don't get you.
• Matt - You are no Justin T.imberlake.
• Allison - I thought you looked cute!

ER

• It was nice to see some of the oldies, and the recap show that was on at 7:00 was great.
• I was a bit disappointed with the ending. Was expecting something a bit more thrilling.
• I'm sad to see you go. Thanks for the great characters (Dr. Green) and the moving story lines. I'll miss you.

Cooking

Still have been following my menu creating, grocery shopping, cooking five (or six) nights a week. Enjoying the tasty food. I'll keep this up for a few more weeks, then start going back and reusing some of the menus from the beginning.

Okay, got to go. Have a great Friday!

A.I. 2009

What a rockin' show tonight! There were a few surprises:

• Megan - was very disappointed with her performance. I really like her, but tonight just wasn't her night. The song wasn't the right choice. Her quirkiness just didn't come through like it usually does.
• Matt - I actually liked him! I've not liked him in the past, but he did a great job tonight.
• Adam - Oh my Adam. As I told Hubby, he's a very good looking man! He had it going on tonight! That song had me feeling like he could actually see the tear stains on my face. The way he sang it almost had me creaming my panties. Mmm mmm mmm!
• Allison - What a little rocker she is! Such a powerful voice for such a young kid.
• Lil - Was disappointed with her performance. Very shouty to me. Liked the wig, but it couldn't cover up the fact that her vocals just weren't that great.

Who am I voting for? Adam & Allison! I decided to just vote for two tonight, unlike in the past, where I've voted for up to four contestants. I'm surprised by the fact that I keep getting busy signals for Adam. I've never encountered busy signals before. That must be a very good sign.

Who is your favorite contestant?

Peri visit today!

Today I'm taking one step closer to cycling! I go to the perinatologist today. He'll tell me blah blah blah that I'm fat, therefore I'll be high risk, but he'll love me so much he won't be able to wait to deliver my maybe baby. Ha! How's that for realistic positive thinking??

I'll try to get back on tonight at home to post how it went. This afternoon, our entire company ~ across the country - and I think even our Canadian employees ~ is closing at noon for a community service project. It's called XXX Gives (without revealing the name of my company).

"During this time of economic stress, many charitable organizations are suffering from diminishing donations while the numbers of people who rely on them for support is increasing. Our staff is proud to support the XXX GIVES initiative and do our part in giving back to the local communities during these tough economic times."

I really think this is a great thing to do. Our company is great about giving monetary donations, but sometimes actually lending a helping hand goes so much further.

Oh, and darn B.O. for giving his press conference last night! I stayed home from bible study (I know ~ bad of me) to watch American Idol, and it was pre-empted. So I'll be watching it tonight. I loved Adam's rendition of Ring of Fire! Can't wait to hear what he sings tonight!

And the winner is . . .

David Cook!!!

Bunco vs. American Idol Final Show Down

Tonight is my turn to host the monthly Bunco party. The house is all clean. The food is mostly prepped. I'm all ready for it. Except one thing.

It's on at the same time as the American Idol Show Down! Hmmm, maybe I should reschedule Bunco for Thursday night, nothing is going on then. lol

I want David Cook to win. I have to do my part to make sure that happens, which means calling in for him! Well, if my ladies don't leave until around 9:00 - 9:15, that will barely give me 45 minutes to watch the performances and make the phone calls. What will I ever do? lol (I'm such a drama queen!)

Oh, oh, oh! I know, I can turn the Bunco party into an AI party! That's it! I'm brilliant!

I haven't even watched the season finale of Desperate Housewives yet. Maybe I'll do that Thursday instead. (Don't tell me what happens!)

Hmmm, maybe the ColoBloggers can get together one of these days and I can teach them Bunco. I'm sure someone can use some extra money!

Good bye Jason Can't-find-a-comb

It is about time! That rat nested seemingly stoned doufus has finally been voted off! Let me tell you, I did my best last night to make sure that happened. David Cook and Syesha got my votes, and I bet I called at least 50 times. Hubby thinks that the 866 numbers are long distance, but they're not.

I'm still pulling for David Cook, but have a feeling that he may be next to go. I've not watched all the A.I. seasons, so I'm not sure if there is usually one guy and one girl for the finale or not, but if so, then it will be David Archuletta and Syesha for the final. Often times though, someone who is booted off towards then end of the competition has a much better career than the actual winner. Just look at that Jay Leno look a like from a couple of years ago. Do you remember him or know if he's done anything lately???

I told Hubby about Dr. Poke-a-me's offer to come to the house and give me acupuncture here, but he didn't seem too thrilled about that, especially after I said how good looking he is. Maybe I should have left that part out.

Oh, and I hadn't yet commented about Brothers & Sisters from Sunday night. Kitty has been through one failed IVF and no other treatments and she isn't sure how much more she can handle??? Why doesn't she say that after repeated failed attempts of step therapy? Clomid. IUIs. IUIs w/ injectibles. IVFs. FETs. Then let's hear how much more she can handle. Come on, ABC, make it a bit more realistic.

Okay, that's it for my TV reviews for tonight. Stay tuned next week as we see who can croon to the final two!

Bye bye Brooke

Well, it's about time! The whiney, do-over, way-too-skinny Brooke White got sent home last night. Did you hear her cry? You'd have thought that she just found out her dog died. I give her an A for the acting. lol

Everything is quiet on the home front. Nothing to report or update. Haven't ordered the meds yet.

Hope you're doing well. Leave a comment and say hi!

Tori

Follistim & A.I.

I did my first Follistim shot this morning. It was pretty easy. I gave the shot in my left shoulder. I used my forefinger to push the plunger down. It stung just slightly, but other than that, it wasn't bad.

Second Repronex shot tonight went well also. Hubby was a pickle and said on three and poked it in on one! I think he thinks it's helping for me not to know when he is going to give the shot, but I really would rather know.

Today I definitely felt small cramp-like flutters in my tummy. I guess I could say it's from being on my period, but my period cramps don't go away by themselves. It usually takes 3 ibuprofen to get them under control.

I decided that I'm not going to be able to wear my panty hose for very long as they are control top and I don't think I really should be trying to hold my tummy in for much longer.

I had and have a headache today. I popped a couple Tylenol this afternoon, and think I may take a couple more now. Not sure if it's due to the lupron or to the fact that I haven't had any caffeine at all today. Usually I have at least one soda, but decided yesterday that I wouldn't drink any during my stims. So who knows why I have the headache. But I am going to go to bed early tonight since I have lab work in the morning. Darn local Quest Diagnostics won't take my blood and make the results available same day to the doctor's, therefore I have to drive to Colorado Springs just for a blood draw.

I had some weird stabbing pains in my upper abdomen today. I won't get into the gory details of what I was doing when it happened, but I was in a sitting position bending forward some when I got these very sharp pains on my right side, below my boob (okay, it was closer to my waste, but you have to realize I have very big breasts so when I say below my boob, that's a ways down). It happened three times. The pain was sharp enough to make me cry out. It was right before lunch, and I had already drank a bottle of orange juice and three 16.9 oz bottles of water, so it could have been all the fluid in me. I really don't know, but I haven't had the pain since, even when I tried to replicate it this evening.

On a totally different subject, did you watch American Idol tonight? David Cook rocks!!!!!! And for once, I actually voted for Shiesha (however you spell it). The others all sucked. Come on Brooke White, one restart we can forgive, but two? Puh-lease! Jason Castro, we get that you are a luau singer. Move to Hawaii! David Archuletta, come back in a few years when you've grown up and can sing a song that isn't all depressing. Carly Smithson, I did not understand the words coming out of your mouth tonight. My call for the winner is David Cook by a long mile!