Emily + Jef

Celebrating their one week of going public anniversary on the Bachelorette's After The Final Rose episode, here are my thoughts on Emily's final decision....

After all my talk on Team Sean, I must admit it....after watching the finale and the ATFR show, I am sold on Emily + Jef!! They are precious, and you know, I'm thinking there's a chance this one might work! Guess we'll see.

Jef is quite the quirky one, but his humor had me from their London date.  And the way the last day unfolded in Curacao, well, you just can't make reality tv much better than that.  

And rumor has it, they're in Ghana right now doing work for People Water. 

I really am hoping for the best for these two, and of course, little Ricky!

oh, the bachelorette

Yes, once again, I'm hooked.  And I just have to say...I am pretty much all team Sean.

But a little bit intrigued by her and Jef.  He definitely makes me laugh!

I'm not one of those people who likes spoilers AT ALL.  So, alas, I'll stick it out the next few episodes with baited breath...waiting to see who Miss Emily Maynard is going to choose in the end.  Why oh why is reality tv so addicting??

this will NOT be me

Just for the record, don't expect to be seeing any photos of Jamie and I like these of Jessica Simpson and her beau.  Really?  And I won't even post the cover of Elle magazine (you can see if for yourself here).  Yet, they wonder why we're all up in their personal biz...

I know you're all seriously disappointed, but I promise I'll make it up to you somehow.  

bachelorette!

I hate to admit it, but I am SO excited about this :)

Current Favorites

Here's what's been going on, which happens to be some of current favorites...

1 I The Voice

NBC's The Voice really has become my favorite reality show competition. For so many reasons. The coaches. The 4 finalists (and some who didn't make it all the way). The connection b/t the coaches and their singers. The performances. The blind auditions. The battle rounds. I could go on and on. My only non-favorite part about it: Christina Aguilera's wardrobe. And occasionally her attitude.

2 I Dinners/Random late-nights at Home

Baby Zeke!

Jonathan, Ashley, Rich, and J

3 I The Teels' transplant to "Atlanta"

(well, Alpharetta, but closer!)

Dinner at LaFonda with some of my closest friends from college

4 I Homemade

Brown Sugar Cinnamon Peach Pie, from this month's Southern Living

Definitely recommend!

Was feeling beachy one night, so I tried these strawberry daquiris

Mmmmmmm

5 I Scout

Too tired to stand up and drink

Playing in the ice and mud at J's softball game

6 I Vacation

Pictures to come, but tonight we're heading to Cashiers

for the annual Allen family 4th of July vacation! Happy

day, America...hope you all enjoy!

Bachelor/Bachelorette News

I'm totally sucked in, and I know it's pathetic.

The Good

Sweet Chris, 2nd runner up from Ali's season, is engaged! Yay for him.

The Bad

Poor Ames had to go to the Thai hospital this past week, after getting knocked pretty hard during some terrible date idea that Ashley had. I think Ames is my favorite. I mean, check out his resume...

The Ugly

Bentley's back next week. Seriously. I know Ashley is kicking herself now that she knows what he's been saying about her. Poor Cozy (for being his daughter, and for being named Cozy). If she mentions his name one more time after next week...

bentley = tool

Don't let his curly hair and cute smile fool you. This man is a jerk.

Yes, I'm giving away the fact that I've once again allowed myself to get pulled in by the cheesiest dating show on reality tv.

But I just think it needs to be said, Bentley Williams is the sleaziest man I've met/watched/heard about/etc.

I felt really sorry for Ashley last night, as she watched the show for the first time, hearing Bentley's commentary. What a #@%#*@%*$! (Use your imagination.)

I'm really glad, for Emily's sake, that she wasn't the bachelorette, since he kept saying things might have turned out differently with her. And I feel really terrible for his daughter, who has such an a$* for a dad.

talent

Now, I'm no expert...but I can keep a tune and every now and then I find myself on stage w/ a mic (currently, it's pretty limited to weddings and funerals :). That being said, in this past year I have kinda quit listening to the radio. Other than talk. Yep, I said talk radio.

"What has happened?" you ask.

Well, to be honest...there's a whole lotta talent-less people out there who are topping the charts.

[I could go on a long tangent (yawn) on our culture and how we make celebrities out of people who have no talent at all, but that's not what I'm here for.]

Anywho, what I am here to do is to share with you some pretty amazing talent that I happened to stumble upon via the world wide web.

Anybody ever heard of Karmin? They're a girl-guy duo made up of Amy + Nick, and they are uber talented. I have to admit that I haven't heard any of their original songs, but they do a ton of covers (check out their YouTube covers page). Be warned: some of those covers are better than the originals! The most surprising part? Amy raps. Really darn well. I had so much trouble choosing just one video to share, so here are two.

I mean, her hair!

And then there's The Voice. I love it. I don't even love the four judges, but I love the way they work with the show. Seriously. This duet was the best one in the Battle Round, and it totally worth sharing.

Now, that's some talent!