The Bachelorette Spoilers

I don’t know why I continue to watch Ali on The Bachelorette when I know how it all plays out.

They should make The Bachelor or The Bachelorette LIVE!, don’t you think?  Because there are always a million spoilers and, most of the time, they are 100% true.  The only way to stop this is to go LIVE! 

For example, weeks before it happened I knew that The Bachelor and popular single dad Jason would dump Melissa for Molly on the “After the Final Rose” finale.  And it was all thanks to the superstar reality show spoiler Reality Steve.  He has all the insider scoop and it’s so much fun to read his website.  He has always been right about The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.  (ABC needs to work on their staff hires because there are definitely peeps on the inside spilling their guts to Reality Steve.)

So if you want, or NEED, to know what will happen on The Bachelorette this season, I have the scoop for you after this cute photo of Ali.

REMINDER: SPOILERS AHEAD….>>>BEWARE………

The Bachelorette spoilers according to Reality Steve and The Insider:

1. On tomorrow’s episode, Ali finds out that Justin, or “Rated R”, or the wrestler dude with the crutches, has a GIRLFRIEND back home.  How does she find out?  Because Justin’s girlfriend CALLS Ali on the phone and tells her!  Now how did this girlfriend get Ali’s phone number?  She’s staying in an exotic location in a unnamed hotel.  Hmmm….Could this have been set up by ABC???  Hmmmm….Well, either way, Ali kicks Justin out and away we go.

2.  The final three are Frank, Chris L, and Roberto.

3.  So here’s a big shocker – Frank, or funny guy with the glasses, eliminates himself!  During an overnight date in Tahiti he confesses to Ali that he is still in love with his ex girlfriend back in Chicago, so he’s out of there!

4. The Final Two are Chris L, or New England guy who is close to his family and Roberto, the HOTTIE. 

5.  She lets Chris L go.

6.  She lets Roberto go!

7.  She picks…. NO ONE!

So there you go, another unsuccessful The Bachelor/The Bachelorette connection.   There have only been TWO marriages out of the 20 seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. 

And we all know that the most recent Bachelor Jake just ended it with Vienna.

Another SHOCKER.

(Not really.)

Jessica Simpson is a Blockhead too

And apparently Jessica Simpson loves New Kids on the Block too!  She wore this vintage NKOTB T-shirt at the launch of her new jeanswear fashion line, Jessica Simpson Jeanswear.

She said her very first concert was…New Kids on the Block.

“They were my life,” she said.

Just stay away from Jordan, girlfriend.

NKOTB and BSB at RCMH

New Kids on the Block performed at New York’s Radio City Music Hall Saturday night and guess who showed up??

The Backstreet Boys!  Two for the price of one!  (That was a direct quote from Nick Carter.)

It was boy band heaven.  And YES, I wish I was there.  I guess I’m now a not-so-closeted “Blockhead.”  I have lots of stories to share about my teenybopper love for Jordan Knight, but we’ll get to that at a later date.  Plus, I think “I Want It That Way” is one of the best pop songs EVER.

So enjoy a little bootleg video from the concert!

Special thanks to the super fan who recorded this ear splitting event.

Daddy’s Day ’10

My kiddies have the BEST Daddy in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD, so we had to do it up right.  The day started with ME making the breakfast.  If you’ve joined me here before, or know me, then you also know that I can’t/don’t cook.  Well, I had to give my hubbie a break on Father’s Day so he was “treated” to my whole wheat French toast, which I kindly coated with tons of powdered sugar, fresh berries, and thick maple syrup.  I added a side of strong coffee, so it was all good!

Then I quickly moved on to the gifts!  The best presents were all the cards including the special homemade cards from Bean and Annabel.

Then hubbie was off to the spa for a 90 minute massage followed by a sushi lunch at the bar all by himself.  This is how we do Mother’s Day and Father’s Day at our house.  The reward of being so awesome and involved in your children’s lives all year long is a special day where you get to spend time ALL ALONE.  IT’S THE BEST.

But then our family quickly regrouped for a grand finale dinner at the Outback Steakhouse! 

GG joined us and it was super yummy.  For some reason we all ordered the fresh veggie side so there was an insane amount of green broccoli all over the table and I wish I had taken a picture of that.  I am glad that I did NOT  take a picture of Annabel’s meltdown when she could not hold her milk cup right or balance a piece of penne pasta on one spoke of her fork.  But other than that, we survived the Father’s Day dinner.  Hubbie had a beer so all was right with the world.

I just wanted to say thank you again, Baby.  Thank you for another amazing year as Daddy.

And just like the Father’s Day card said: You sure know how to make a kid feel loved and a wife feel lucky. 

I love you.

Charlie St. Cloud

I know Twilight: Eclipse mania is in full effect and everyone is TEAM EDWARD! or TEAM JACOB!

I think they are both cute, but I’ve never been a Goth-Vampire kinda gal.

I told my hubbie that if I was in high school right now, I’d be the girl with the High School Musical posters in my locker.

Team Troy!

Zac Efron is such a cutie.  I’m excited for his new movie Charlie St. Cloud.  It’s a romantic drama that looks a little heavy, so it will be interesting to see him in this new role.  Charlie St. Cloud opens in theatres July 30th.    I’ve already locked in my date night. 

Team Zac!

Feel The Heat

It’s HOT. 

The high was 100 degrees today.  And yesterday.  I KNOW that I live in Florida, but the heat just sneaks up on me every summer.  I feel like Spring is five seconds long and then we just zoom into four months of sticky, uncomfortable heat and humidity.  I know all my family and friends up north are laughing at me because I don’t like the cold either.  But the EXTREME summer heat is what gets me. 

It’s also a challenge with the kiddies.  It’s now too hot for our morning park play dates. It’s two hot for long bike rides. It’s too hot for strolling around the outdoor town center.  And when we ARE outdoors, I just chase them around with big hats, SPF 50, and bottles of water.

Thank goodness for our neighborhood pool, cold smoothies, our backyard baby pool, and slip ‘n slides.

Artist

It’s funny how your child’s interests just slowly start to define themselves.  Daniel never was a big fan of crayons when he was a toddler.  I would put one in his hand to show him how to scribble back and forth. He would do that for a few seconds and then it was off to the next adventure.

But recently he has become obsessed with art projects.  He ASKS to color and paint.  Then I started to notice that he will sit and carefully think about the crayon color choice or what he wants to create.  I started to buy him different coloring books and giant art sheets.  

He also loves a blank sheet of white paper and his imagination.  He will watercolor an entire piece of paper.  I’ve never really seen a kid do that.  He likes to fill up all the white part and then will tell me what it is.  “This is the ocean, Mama.”  “This is a Fall day with leaves.”  It really blows my mind.

He will draw on his magnet board all the time too.  He will spend five minutes on something and then zap it all away to show me his next masterpiece.  He has drawn me, his Daddy, his sister, his dog, his cars, his trains, and even his stuffed animal friends.  This one is called “Hippo.”

It’s so fun to watch his creative mind at work.  He’s so GOOD at it.  He recently drew a picture for his GG and it had people and trains and pasta dishes and airplanes.  She could not believe her eyes.

Daniel’s other new creative outlet is his Daddy’s ukulele.  He thinks it’s his mini guitar and he will walk around singing songs that he makes up in his head.  He will sing in long sentences about what he did that day.  He asks to wake up his little sister in the morning by singing her a “sweet, sweet song.”  It’s the cutest thing ever.  He sings to his Daddy about how much he loves all the food he cooks.  (At least he sings to me about my banana bread.)

All of these talents are not too surprising because his Daddy is very creative.   He has his Daddy’s creative gene and it’s exciting to help nurture it.  I’ve already started researching art desks for his birthday.

Just remember to save your Mama a VIP  ticket to the art gallery opening or the sold out concert at the Garden, Bean.

Thank you, Glee

It was so awesome to see the talented Glee kids reprise Journey’s ”Don’t Stop Believin’,” from the pilot, for their season finale last night.  What an amazing episode.  I especially loved when Finn pulled a Cutting Edge and said “I love you” to Rachel seconds before their Regionals performance began.

So, thanks guys.  Thanks for a great finale.  Thanks for a great season.  Thanks for being a GREAT show.

See you in the Fall.

Kate Plus 8

I have mixed feelings about the new TLC show Kate Plus 8.  I was a huge fan of Jon & Kate Plus 8.  I watched it from the very beginning and I was excited to check-in with the family each week.  I really liked Kate.  Well, MOST of the time.  She was a hard working stay-at-home Mama.  She was creative and funny.  She was doing her best.  She did not dress up for the cameras.  She showed us how her life worked from the inside out.  It was fascinating.  Then things began to turn.  It could have been the pressure of the show.  It could have been Kate’s  ”true colors” finally showing through.  Either way, I still took her side when the marriage dissolved because Jon just seemed like the big jerk in the whole mess.

I was hoping Kate would just go off and do her own parenting talk show.  Dancing with the Stars was actually a good idea for her.  I liked that her kids were no longer in the spotlight for her new day job. 

But now she’s back with Kate Plus 8.  I watched the two back-to-back episodes last night.  She definitely wants our sympathy.  She is still a hard working mom.  But I feel a bit uncomfortable watching the twins and sextuplets back on television again.  Especially when Kate keeps emphasizing how much they missed the cameras and production staff. Really? I actually feel a little guilty enjoying the show.  But there is no denying those kids are so darn cute.

I’m sure I will be checking in all season long.  I just can’t look away.  And I do love her new hair.

(I also just love the kids’ Gymboree wardrobes.  But I bet KATE doesn’t have to wait for HER “Gymbucks” to shop there.  Hee.)

Tom Cruise is COOL Again (MTV Movie Awards)

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