Sticks and Stones....

If you read my blog yesterday you saw that I made mention of the fact that I'm going to be judging Miss Teen Diamond Lakes on Saturday. For those of you who aren't into the whole pageant world and don't know, there is this thing called the Miss Arkansas message board. I never read it because I honestly forget it exists, but I thought about it tonight and decided to check it out to see who may be competing this weekend. To my surprise I came across this on the Diamond Lakes link.

--One of the judges is Kara Luttrell.....hmm. I've read some really racist things on her blog so I hope she is a fair judge! www.karaluttrell.blogspot.com

And also....

--I am really disappointed to see that Kara is a judge. One of the four points of the Miss America crown is Scholarship, but Kara was unable to graduate from college after her GPA fell too low. I know she is only judging the teen pageant, and I know lots of people are successful without going to college, but I think someone who failed out of college is not a good example for our contestants.

Neat! First of all: wrong and wrong. Not to be all Denise Richards and try and 'set the record straight' but I have never written a single racist thing on this blog and I could totally prove it. Secondly, I didn't fail out of college because my GPA was too low. My GPA in college was just fine (more than fine) not that it's anybody's business. My decision to leave the UofA to attend Beauty School was a very, very hard decision for me. I thought and prayed about it for months and months. I have never, ever regretted my decision. I love my job and what I do. It makes me happy and that is all that matters.

Nearly 700 people have read that about me today and over 70 people have clicked on that link to take them to this blog.

I'm about 99.9% sure the same person wrote both of those posts and I'm about 100% sure I know who wrote them. I don't know anyone who would read this blog and also that message board but her who would write such a thing.

I really wish they would do away with this message board. It is full of nasty comments like these all the time. The contestants and their mothers that post these clearly have never been successful in the pageant system and this negative, rude attitude is most definitely the reason why the judges never picked you to win the big ones!

This girl today tried to cut me down and make me look bad. I honestly can't help but laugh. Anyone who knows me knows those things aren't true. As my best friend Jaclyn said 'far from it!'

So that was my day! Fun huh!

BB & DL

I'm really sad because Britney just got kicked off Big Brother. Final 4 though! She made it to the final 4. She did so good and I'm so happy for her.
So I'm going to be very busy this weekend. Scott and I are driving down to LR tomorrow night. We'll just hang on Friday. Possibly go to the lake, lay by the pool or maybe make a quick drive to Memphis (Scott doesn't want to do that but I do). Then Saturday I'm judging a pageant in Hot Springs--Diamond Lakes. It's a big pageant, an 'open' one which means anyone in Arkansas can compete in it. I'm going to judge the teens. I'm excited about it. It should be fun.
Alright I think that's all I've got for ya.

Tuesdays Ten

*Has anyone seen the trailer for the facebook movie The Social Network? Looks good.
*I'm STILL trying to recover from my sickness. I've never spent this many days blowing my nose.
*I took Holly for a walk today and when I told her it was time to come in she sat on the concrete and did 'the scooter' down the sidewalk. It made Scott and I laugh super hard. You know what the scooter is right? When they scoot on their bottom? I call it the scooter.
*I'm addicted to sandwiches right now for lunch. I usually eat a lean cuisine but sandwiches are my lunch of choice right now.
*Regis and Kelly is no longer reruns and it makes me very happy. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't watch that show every morning.
*The guy at the gas station where I get my cappuccino gave me a free cappuccino again today! I told him he made my day.
*This weather is a-may-zing
*Rachel Zoe tonight!!
*I'm looking for a great book to read while in Mexico.
*Speaking of, I'm leaving in less than 3 weeks. Totally excited.

Anna's Bachelorette Weekend

We had a great weekend in Kansas City for Anna's Bachelorette Party! We drove up on Friday and were surprised by her sister & her Mom's best friend with TONS of champagne bottles and cupcakes! We stayed in our hotel the whole afternoon and splurged on the goodies! We got ready for dinner and headed to Hamburger Mary's. Then went to a cool bar in the Plaza Area.

We woke up Saturday and had a lingerie brunch! Anna got lots of fun stuff for her honeymoon.

We got dressed and headed to the plaza area to shop & eat. We had to be crazy and all bachelorettey and take pole dancing classes which hello was super hard. It was really more like a dance/workout class than anything. It was all in good taste. Definitely an interesting experience!

After that we got ready for a fun night out at the Power and Light District. We ate a delicious dinner at Bristol then did what you always have to do when you're celebrating your bachelorette weekend--Piano Bar!!!

I had a great time. Everyone did! I hope Anna did as well. She had a smile on her face all weekend. It was definitely a fun trip!

Congratulations to Anna!!! I can't believe you're getting married in less than two weeks!!!

Romance War

Scott and I have a bet for the month of September--who can be the most romantic?! We decided to place this bet last month. As you can see from my twitter, Scott surprised me with a romantic candlelight meal tonight...with champagne! I surprised him with a new Peter Millar swimsuit (on sale holla!) plus yesterday I bought him some sour gummy worms. That boy loves himself some sour gummy worms. He'll eat a whole thing in one sitting.
It doesn't have to be about gifts although that tends to be what I think of when it comes to romance as that's my love language....you tend to speak your own even if it's not your partners. Of course a good vacuum or a lovely dusting or toilet bowl cleaning would nearly bring me to tears. Acts of service runs high on my list of lovingness. So a good cleaning product and rag in my husbands hand is super sexy/very romantic.
I feel as if I'm winning because Scott didn't do anything romantic for me yesterday because he forgot about the bet. So Kara-2 Scott-1. As Landon would say 'I'm winning.'

September Already!?

Ahh! I'm feeling much better today. I made it to work which is good. Still don't feel like I could go for a run or anything but that's okay. Sometimes a break from working out is nice (shhh!).
So I've got a very busy September. I have something consuming my weekends every weekend. All fun things so I don't mind. This weekend I'm headed to Kansas City with my girls to celebrate Anna's bachelorette party!!!! I love Kansas City and I haven't been since Sigma Chi formal in 2006 so I'm in need of a return visit! Plus going with your girls just makes it that much better. We've got a very fun weekend planned. I'm pumped.
It's my turn for visitation of Holly so my brother is bringing her up this weekend. He's coming for the game of course. I won't be here to watch Holly until Sunday but I'm not worried. Holly is obsessed with Scott and he's obsessed with her too so I know she's in good hands. He'll totally invite her on a trip to the bank or the cleaners and I just love that about him. He treats Holly exactly the same way I do and that just makes me love him more. I know that sounds stupid but it does. On one of our first dates, he picked me up at my place then we went to his apartment to eat and watch a movie. I was saying bye to Holly and he was like 'why don't you just bring her?' Imagine angels singing in the background while Gabriel places a sash around him labeled husband. Bam. That did it for me. I love my husband for loving my dog.