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I feel like I’ve been posting long drawn out posts lately. Or short strange little things. Or stuff about other people’s stuff. While I know, deep down you’ve all been wondering about the randomness of my days!

So, here goes…

1. I’ve had McDonald’s to eat two nights in a row. Before that, it’s probably been six months since I visited the Golden Arches. I think my arteries are upset.

2. I finally picked out some bedding for the pirate. I’ve been eyeing it but hoping I could see it in person first. The reviews on Target.com said it was cuter in real life. Let’s hope they aren’t lying…or blind..

Here’s the skirt:

And the bumper:

The quilt isn’t all that. But you never use the silly thing anyway. So, I’m thinking of painting one wall in the nursery chocolate and the other two light blue. What do you think?

3. Lydia was at Camp Primo last weekend. (Post coming ASAP, I promise.) And while she was there, Les and I pricelined the Westin in downtown Atlanta. That means I got to sleep until 10:30 TWO DAYS IN A ROW. Heavenly, indeed.

4. I forgot about my Healing Choice giveaway winners. Only 4 people entered! Based on the comments, I’m going to give away my book, too. So we’ll have 3 winners. AND I just emailed Random House to see if they happen to have a 4th book lying around so everyone can win! So, I’m about to email my 3 winners. And if Random House is up for it, I might be emailing a 4th winner soon!

5. Don’t forget about the tetanus-vaccine-widget. I’d love for you to copy it onto your blog! Leave me a comment if you do, so I can thank you properly.

6. I haven’t been answering emails or visiting blogs lately. Somehow I’ve been online but not being able to do what I want online. I’m going to try to remedy that this week. You know, between cleaning, playing doctor with Lydia and trying not to fall asleep because of the pirate.

7. Oh, I went to the doctor last week. For my THIRTY-TWO week appointment! ACK. And I talked to the midwife AT LENGTH about natural childbirth, etc. I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. I feel like I got permission to tell them exactly what I want and the understanding that I WILL get what I want. She kept telling me, “I think you’ll have a much better experience than last time.” Yay!

8. In case you didn’t know, bee had her baby girl!! She still hasn’t posted any pictures….grrr….but I guess she’s a got a pretty good reason. But still, you might want to leave her some congrats (and some gentle nudging in the picture department.)

9. Let’s see…uh, my house is a mess. I went to a luau last night at Kristen‘s. I spent $100 at Whole Foods today. We’re selling our gas-guzzling truck today. I decided I don’t want Lydia to take gymnastics after watching the Olympics. I think reading would be a better sport.

10. That’s it. I’m sorry. It’s all I’ve got. If you made it to ten. You are just…well, bored.

WAIT!!!

ONE MORE!

11. JOSHUA WON SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. The world is a wonderful place. *sigh*

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As we’ve been ~~struggling~~ ~~agonizing~~ waiting for the new fall shows to arrive we’ve been tivoing On the Lot. Think Apprentice meets American Idol meets Steven Spielberg. And if it wasn’t for the host wearing ridiculously low cut clothing, the absolutely stilted writing, and the judging (oh! Carrie Fisher! Who knew you were related to Paula Abdul?!) I would love this show.

Each week, the directors had a to make a short film in a specific genre or with a specific logline (which is director speak for a one sentence summary of the script). From the first week, I had my top 4 picked out. And the more we watched, the better some of them became and the worse others got.

My two favorites throughout were Will and Jason. Will is a dad and all around good guy. He said this was his last shot at being a director, because he just couldn’t give any more time to it as a hobby–he needed to support his family. Jason is a hip-hop wannabe from Kentucky—accent and all! And I fell in love with him. He’s a Christian, he loves his family and he’s just happy all the time!

Before we go any further let me just let Fox and Mark Burnett know that these last two episodes were just horrible! It was those typical look-back-over-what-you’ve-learned-on-the-show. Plus a bunch of dumb recaps, outtakes and more dull lines from the host. Whatever. That’s what my fast-forward button is for. Ok, back to the show–I knew Jason & Will would make it to the final four. Then Sam & Adam got booted and it was my final two! Will and Jason against each other. I just didn’t know who I wanted to win.

Will and Jason are both light-hearted fun directors. Their movies were about whimsical, silly and sweet parts of life. There was no vomiting, bathroom humor or sexual jokes. And these are the 2 guys that got to the end. HELLO HOLLYWOOD! Normal Americans like normal stuff. Not everyone wants to push the envelope! See the unthinkable! Hear raw and gritty language!

Will ended up taking home the prize of a $1million film deal (which doesn’t that seem like pennies for a movie?) and was handed the key to his new office by Steven Spielberg himself.

But my favorite part of the whole show was Garry Marshall as one of the judges. He is just a wonderfully genuine, sweet and intelligent old guy! This is the final words of wisdom he had for Will, “father to father, filmmaker to filmmaker, that life is more important than show business.” Isn’t that great?

I already shared my favorite Jason movie. But here’s a Will film, for fun:

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