Bachelorette Team Emily!

I Know blogger is going to be FULL of Bachelorette posts, but anyone that has followed me over the last 2 years know I am an AVID fan of the show (know matter how ridiculous it can get)

I honestly think this season is going to be much different than we have seen. Mainly because Emily did a lot of calling the shots!

They are filming in NC, her home state, JUST FOR HER!! Kids are on the show A LOT (at her request) and I know they had to go and do VIGOROUS background checks and such just for these men to be around the kids. 

I found these descriptions online about the men, and couldn't agree more! 

• Kalon seems like a giant d-bag and he looks quite a bit like Cillian Murphy. He claims he's grown up now and not a loud, obnoxious womanizer anymore. We'll see about that.
• Hey, look - an African-American man! And just when you think "The Bachelor" shows are racist ...
• David is a singer/songwriter and his intro clip features him singing a song that seems to consist entirely of the world "Emily," so clearly he is a very successful singer/songwriter.
• Jef is actually like 16. Seriously, he's Marty McFly but not as cute. But he's also the CEO of a bottled water company that donates to charity to build wells for clean drinking water all over the world. Well, OK. That's awesome. But he still just started shaving like yesterday.
• There's an Indy car driver in the mix, but that really isn't that controversial. Ricky Hendricks didn't die at the racetrack. He also was a NASCAR driver and Arie is Indy car and (showing off my down-home-ness here) those two things are as different in the racing world as football and soccer are for ball-based sports. So it's really not that big of a deal.

The Bachelorette Manse

The men start arriving and some stand-outs (both in good and bad ways) include:

• Doug is the second single father. He has an 11-year-old named Austin, while Tony has a 5-year-old named Taylor.
• Jackson's opening line is, "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but the moments that take our breath away. This is one of those moments" and it really makes me want to heave. I would probably tell that guy to try again.
• Jef with on F reiterates my Marty McFly comparison by riding up on his skateboard while holding on to the back of the limo. *sigh* You are no Michael J. Fox, my friend.
• Stevie (seriously, a grown man should not go by "Stevie" anymore) brings a boom box and dances, which would be cool if he weren't so frightening looking. Sorry, but that's just my truth.
• Randy comes dressed as an old lady and then rips off the outfit. Um, what is that even supposed to do? You are supposed to be sexy and charming, not creepy and weird. I guess I'm thankful for small favors that he didn't pull a "better to eat with you" line.
• Just based on first impressions when the pictures of the bachelors were released, Natewas my early favorite. So I'm glad to hear Emily exclaim over how cute he is.
• Travis arrives holding an ostrich egg, which he says symbolizes how he'll take care of her and Ricki. So, it's like the guard-and-protect-your-heart tattoo only maybe weirder (but at least less permanent).
• There are two hair issues - Michael with the long hair can't stop tucking it behind his ears. Get a haircut, hippie. And Ryan's hair is like an out-of-control Bieber-esque 'do, even if he does bring a cute note.
• Kalon arrives by helicopter and while I feel there will be many reasons to feel he's a d-bag, this is not one of them. I don't really see how this is any different than Lindzi arriving by horse. It's an expensive prop that you have at your disposal to use to make yourself stand out and that does not inherently bother me. It's not like he swooped in and took Emily for a ride. That would've been a tool move. But the arrival itself is not offensive to me.

My picks or top 3 for her:

Doug (the guy who won the first impression rose)

Although I think he plays up the single dad thing a lot, I'm not convinced Emily will end with him.

Charlie.

The balcony guy who almost died. Great guy. Genuine. He's gotta be one that lasts! 

Ryan. I think she thinks he's super cute. 

Real Celeb Heartbreak

Jennie Garth. She’s one of the very, very few celebrities I admire because of her integrity.

My heart goes out to her. 

Last night I watched her new show called "A little bit Country." And for the first time on the show, she really opened up about Peter, her husband for over 11 years, and the heartbreak he has caused. 

Watching the video, you call just see how much this has torn Jennie apart. For one thing, she hacked off her hair, you can see she's gained some weight, and she drinks a bit to cope with the pain. 

ALL REAL EMOTIONS that REAL people go through and deal with every day. It was so raw watching her spill her guts about how much she STILL loves him even though he was the one that wanted to end the marriage. 

They were both quoted saying this only a few short years ago:

Making the most of life's unexpected twists has been a hallmark of the couple's relationship. They fell in love on the set of the TV movie "An Unfinished Affair," and Garth discovered she was pregnant just nine months later.

 "We had a baby very quickly," says Garth. "It was a crazy time and it would've been easy to throw in the towel, but Peter taught me that you have to stick it out." They were married in 2001. "We've been in a relationship for more than 11 years now. It's like winning an Oscar, it's huge. We dont' take it for granted." says Facinelli: "marriage requires work. It's when you push through those tough times that your relationship goes to the next level and you fall even deeper in love." 

So what the frick happened right?

Some say it had everything to do with TWILIGHT and Peters instant fame through the saga. 

Some say Jennie grew jealous over this fame, since she hadn't been in a successful TV show since "What I like about you". Her fame and glory days were clearly behind her, his were just taking off. 

Just from reading and seeing what I saw on the video. I honestly DONT think Jennie is jealous of her husband's fame. She was so upset choking out how much she still loved him and was struggling with the concept of why wasn't she "enough" for him.

Heartbreaking right?

I do think his latest bit of fame from Twilight had a ton to do with why he chose to leave.

I applaud both of them though. They even went through some very vigorous counseling for over a year to try and save their marriage. 

This is one hollywood marriage that was kept pretty private for so long, and sadly just didn't work out.

Any of you watch the show, see Jennie in this last episode? 

What y'all think?

The Bachelorette 8 -

Who's ready for some good Monday Night TV!?!

I AM!!!

Can't wait to watch Emily Maynard! She has the BEST fashion!!!

Art Show 2012

Sorry friends. I know I've been very MIA for the last 2 months. And of course, this is very unlike me, considering I've been at this here ole blog for over a few years now and haven't missed all that many posts till the last month or so! 

What I've been up to:

My school had our very first art show! We had a HUGE HUGE HUGE turn out. We raised 560 dollars in "donations" which will cover buying all new glazes and clay for next year. WOO HOO! 

There were many other pieces of art NOT photographed (cough cough mister wonderful missed a few) He was the camera man in all the mayhem while I ran around constantly fixing "falling" pieces and such. My 5th graders coil pots he forgot to photograph, plus their starry Night van gogh pieces he didn't get up close, my 3rd graders 3D vases (but I did blog about those earlier a few months ago) and my 3rd graders clay frogs. 

I am exhausted. Mentally and Physically. The last month of teaching has been the most demanding.

That's all for now. :) I'm alive, just trying to unwind a bit and soak in all that has happened! 

Wedding Fear

The only fear I worry.dread.fear. on my wedding day, is being disappointed with my hair. 

I am a FREAK about my hair. No joke. 

My fear you ask?

My fear is that on my "big day", that I will be unhappy with my hair do. So often hair stylists like to give me the "prom" look. Y'all know what I mean by that right?

This look

Case in point I was in my friend's wedding in 2009 and paid 90 dollars for what I thought was going to be a fancy UP DO that I couldn't do myself right?

WRONG

I was furious. Unfortunately I let my big head er hair get the best of me, and I shed a few tears for all the wrong reasons on my best friends wedding. Selfish? Probably. I was just mad I paid so much money for hair do that I curl all the time without the assistance of a stylist! 

So what constitutes as a non prom up do look?

*these 2 pictures are of a girl I went to HS with borrowed them off FB :) 

this picture is the ONLY pic on pinterest and such that I have REALLY liked for an updo

These pictures depict hair styles I know for a fact that I cannot do myself.

I'm more than likely going to have my hair all the way up. It will be extremely windy along the beach, and what's the point in a hair style styled down, when the curls will get all knotted and such?

I don't know! I keep changing my mind!

Another factor I have to deal with is going to salon in Hawaii that obviously I've never been to, so I'm hoping that won't be a disaster. We are in fact flying into Hawaii 2 days early, so that is 2 days I can of trial hair! 

All I know is, NO PROM HAIR! 

Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy COMPLETE!

Well, I did it! Finished ALL the books in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy.

LOVED LOVED LOVED the books. 

Underneath the kinkery sex shiznit, was a romance that kept me turning page after page.

SO SO SO GOOD. I don't have one bad thing to say about the book and lets be real, we all know that doesn't happen to often!

If you've read the books, then you totally get these funny quotes.

I am totally at a loss for what I will read over the summer. 

I'm not sure my fluffy chic lit books can compare!

PS BLOGGER YOU SUCK BALLS

Thanks for deleting this POST YESTERDAY 

first time they have ever done that to me!!!

Thankfully I could still access it from my PUBLISHED COMMENTS in my email!

Hah!

Movie Review x2

We recently watched Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock. I didn't really care for this movie. It was kinda slow for me. I didn't cry or get emotional even though it dealt with 9/11 and such. 

I'd say skip this one. 

We also started to watch
War Horse.

When I say started, I mean I made it through 47 minutes of the movie and started to bawl my eyes out. 

I begged Mister Wonderful to go watch it in another room without me, as he so graciously agreed to do. 

I am EXTREMELY sensitive to animals in movies. 

It's been years since I've watched Lassie, Benji, Old Yeller, Black Beauty. I Have a REALLY hard time watching anything that depicts the relationship between humans and animals and all that they endure.

Well, I went ahead and read the synopsis on wikipedia and I'm glad I did. There's no way I could of watched all that I read unfold on the screen. 

I checked in on Mister Wonderful at the very end of the movie. 

He said he cried! 

Hold the phone.

Did my fiance' just admit he cried watching a movie?

He said he hasn't cried since seeing the Notebook for the first time! 

So if you can stomach watching gut wrenching emotion pertaining to animals, then this is right up your alley. 

Steven Spielberg knows how to pull at your heart strings.