Actin' Up

I have two totally unrelated things to discuss today.

1. This is me and my large plum sized baby at 11.5 weeks:


Now, you're probably saying, "Wow, she's huge...I wasn't showing until blah blah blah..." Put a sock in it.

I was very skinny when I got pregnant with Joe and didn't show for probably 5 months. As you know....not so skinny this time. I KNOW some of it is pre-existing flab, but dadgum, my belly is actually firm. I don't think I've gained any weight so I'm calling it baby belly. So there.

Okay, topic number 2.

There are many 'southernisms' that I adore. Some of them are overdone (just go in any cracker barrel gift shop and you'll see the t-shirts). But some of them, I do declare, are more subtle and you might not realize you're saying them.

Everyone knows we say y'all.
Everyone knows we say fixin' to.
Everyone knows we say Bless your heart.

But did you know we say 'actin up?'

It's one thing for your kid to be actin up in the grocery store or church, but I (like many of you I'm sure) have applied that term to even the most inanimate of objects without realizing it.

This goes beyond your car or your arthritis actin up (which you know it does).

Do you know why I wanted WalMart gift cards for Christmas?
So I could get a new quilt that I'd been eying.

Do you know why I needed a new quilt?
Because my duvet had been ACTIN UP and it wouldn't lay flat inside its cover!

I said that exact phrase to Jason and he didn't even flinch!

Now, I've been very conscious of that delicious little phrase.

Has anything been actin up for you lately?

IMPORTANT!!!

I have had some really weird searches on my blog lately according to Google Analytics and I want my friends/normal readers to still be able to access my blog.

It's the pervs I want to keep away so I am going to make my blog private.

Please please please message me or comment on this post if you would like to continue to view my blog.

Even if I do not know you personally, if you are a faithful reader/commenter (Jenn, Jamie, I'm talking to you) I will add you. My main concern is the people who are searching for weird things and finding me.

It's That Time of Year Again!

AMERICAN IDOL!!!

Yep, I said it. I LOVE American Idol. I don't love the auditions though. I really only like watching the good musicians compete, not the horrible exploitations of the really terrible and delusional people.

I have watched every season of American Idol except the first one, which turns out to be fine since I can't STAND Kelly Clarkson. She just seems so arrogant. Also, she should really fire her stylist. I'm okay with her not being skinny (even though if I had her money I certainly would be) but the problem lies in the fact that NOTHING she ever wears is flattering to her body type. She always looks like a stuffed sausage! Believe me, with my lack of maternity leggings, I know what a sausage looks like!

I'm sure I'll get some hate for that one, but I'm pregnant so I get to say what I want right?

Nope.

Anyway, I think this season of AI has some great and really diverse talent. So far, my favorites are:

Mike Lynch (Big Mike)- I think he's immensely talented and he totally dwarfs his guitar! It almost looks like he's playing a ukulele.

Casey Something...Johnson maybe? Anyway- Hanson hair + Cowboy boots + awesome talent is pretty much the trifecta of good gracious for me :)

Crystal Bowersox- She has some of the best raw talent I have ever seen. At first I thought she was your typical bar singer. But when she sang "Natural Woman" I knew she was much more than that.

It's kind of sad, but I always hope my favorites don't win. Unless they fit just right into that American Idol box, their talent is manipulated in such a way that they can no longer be "themselves."

I can't vouch for this, but I'm pretty sure the first CD for the winner of the show has already been written and is just waiting for a face to go on the cover. The only exception I've seen to this is Carrie Underwood. They sort of let her do her own thing (country) and look at what she has become. I like Carrie (so does my Husband but that's beside the point...) but I don't like ALL of her songs.

Man, I'm really rambling....

Oh well, get used to it because I LOVE to talk about American Idol!

See y'all soon!

In Case You Were Wondering.....

I've been MIA lately because I've been keeping the world's toughest secret!



I've been busy growing THIS:

This precious little teddy graham will make his/her appearance in September and we couldn't be happier!

I am 10 weeks and he/she is the size of a lime!

Joe is just ecstatic as are Jason and I!