Moonwhile....

Back in Oregon, my nephew remains Supercute!! He is so delicious!!
(As is his cousin BayBay- showing him some love! Uber- Sweetness!)

And then...

...there is boundless, never ending, heart healing love!

Like a beautiful, beyond excited by my arrival, joyous Band Aid!
(or Plaster- if you ask her! When in Rome...)

Ahhh, Gimli.

"Certainty of death.

Small chance of success.

What are we waiting for?"

--Gimli (Son of Gloin)

The Return of the King

Way better than a Frittata!

Spain's Synchronized Swim Team

One can only assume that they did their number to Shake Your Tail Feather!

I Think He Has A Favorite Equestrian, too....

My Favorite Equestrian!

Look at my girl! She's such a stunner with the love of her life- her horse, Grace!

(After David Archuleta, of course!)

Turns Out...

...I am an action!! A verb! A "move", if you will!

So, I am watching Elizabeth print things at my house last night

when I get a text from my fab cousin Val.

It says... "I just pulled a jenny benders"!

To which I reply...

"What does that mean? You behaved awesomely and all adore you?"

because I love irony, of course.

Although Val said yeah to that... it wasn't it.

Turns out, Val was texting from a Maroon 5 concert she was at with her peeps

having a blast singing and dancing...

(could this be "a jenny benders"? In fact, no.)

...when the man sitting behind her told her to sit down!

So she turned around and rightfully so- told the dillweed off!!

And THAT my friends, is Pulling a Jenny Benders!

(PS... The grown man responded by kicking over her popcorn, btw which would have promptly upgraded the Jenny Benders to a 2.0 version of some serious ass kicking!)

(PPS... That's me and Val working it out with her sis-the equally fab, Tori!)

The Two Lyrical Gangsters...

...are the debate COACHES!!! What a couple of blow hards! Watch until about minute 4 when the students get involved and see how these coaches clearly have a "do as I say, not as I do" approach to coaching. Cra-zay-zy!

And On His "Break"...

CHRIS

WENT ASS

OVER

TEA KETTLE!!

Well done,

Puerco

!!

The First Annual...

...Nannyland Stress Fest! (or House Party depending who you ask!)

There was swimming and tattoos and Slip-N-Slides and water balloons and caterers and hot dog carts and tents and people and play lists and sound equipment runs and crafts and almost 400lbs of ice and bears, oh my! I made pitchers and pitchers of "signature cocktails" and hired my own staff (who RULED! Thanks again Tamara, Kerry and Chris) and didn't punch anyone! (Even the various folks who asked me about "my other half"- the hits just kept on comin'!) And by the time I got to my room... I was clearly, happy about my Rehearsal Tatt but not remotely ready to make good on the Annual portion of this event!

(Clearly, at the end of the day... I was just happy MY head didn't explode!

I think that was thanks to the booze I put in my coffee at 8AM!

It was that kind of day, People)

Absurdly Proud.

Hersey Says Hey!

The View...

...from my seat at the Coliseum was fantastic! Jay & I rocked it out for the whole show!

(As this was his first stadium concert, he is still harboring the belief that he can sing, dance, wave and scream like a loon and no one hears him but me! I am so far beyond that age of innocence that I believe I can sing, dance, wave and scream like a loon and that I don't care who hears me!)

Everyone was as good or bad (Kristy Lee sang Proud To Be in front of a huge flag... and it was just as painful as when it saved her ass!) as they were on the show. Michael Johns was in fine voice and very magnetic on stage, Chickezie was a hoot, Ramiele looked and sounded like her pants were WAY too tight, Jason Castro was stoned out of his mind, Brooke was barefoot, Carly and Syeisha sounded great but clearly had boob jobs that they wanted to show off, David A riled up the tweens (especially Annalee who is in lurve) and David Cook has had me since Happy Together!

And when the numbers failed to entertain me- the crowd NEVER did!

We were on Long Island, people!

See you guys at 7!!

Sometimes my job has some fine, fine perks!  American Idol Tour- here we come!

Ummm, WHAT THE F???

JERUSALEM (Aug. 4) - Israeli airport police say a couple going on a European vacation remembered to bring their duty-free shopping and their 18 suitcases,

but forgot their 3-year-old daughter at the airport.

The couple and their five children were late for a flight to Paris Sunday and made a mad dash to the gate. In the confusion, their daughter got lost. A policeman found her wandering around the terminal, crying for her mother.

Israeli media report Monday that the ultra-Orthodox Jewish parents, whose names were not released, didn't notice the child was missing until they were told,

in the air, that she had been found at Ben-Gurion airport.

The child, accompanied by an airline staffer, took the next flight to Paris where she was safely reunited with her parents.

What? Couldn't the 3 year old keep up with the "mad dash"?

Clearly, she deserves to have been left behind!

WHAT THE F?!

Bertha, meet Gnomey!

That's right... My Big Berthas are bigger than Gnomes!!!

I sure do wish I ate peppers....