Summer is Here!

Well it is official. Summer has arrived. The weather this week is going to be beautiful!!! The highs will be in the 70's! Which is the perfect temperature range. If I had my choice it would be mid 70s and sunny in Wisconsin all the time. Also there would never be any humidity! It would only rain at night (between midnight and 6am). Along with the change in weather comes a million things to do.

This summer I don't think will be as eventful as last summer. In June alone I only have 1 completely free Saturday and I am sure that something will come up. July we have a wedding to travel to the U.P. for. This is the wedding of one of Josh's cousins so that means that it will be a weekend of fun with the in-laws. I did make sure that we got a room with only one bed as to deter anyone from "glomming" on to us. We (I) really don't want to have his family anywhere near us. I actually should have requested a room at the opposite end of the hotel. We will be camping twice in August, once is a sibling camp out with my sister, her fiancee, my brother and his wife and Josh and I. The second camping trip will be for Mitch-a-pa-looza. That is a gathering of all of our college friends. We camp out at Mitch's parent's house. We have never been before, but we hear that it will be a crazy good time. ....... as long as no one goes streaking!!!

Enjoy the weather!!

American Idol Winner!!!!!!

Well my staying up until 11 and voting sure paid off. Carrie Underwood is the new American Idol. Carrie has been my pick all season. That is my first correct pick since Kelly Clarkson and season one. I wanted Clay to win in season 2. He still has outshined Ruben. I hated season 3, I cannot stand Fantasia!!!!

I will go to bed a happy girl tonight.

WAY TO GO CARRIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Casting the Vote

American Idol got smart this year. After the jammed phone lines of the past 3 seasons they have learned. For this year's last final 2 episodes they opened up multiple phone lines for each contestant. For this evening's finale they even opened up three phone lines for each contestant with voting lasting for almost 4 hours. Even with the multiple lines it is still difficult to impossible to get through. I didn't even bother to try right after the show as I knew that the lines would be impossible to get through.

The second thing that I really appreciate is the change in the answering system. Instead of saying "Thanks for voting for contestant # X" the contestant says "Thanks for voting for me (Bo or Carrie)." That way you are certain that you have called the correct line. I know that once during the season I thought that I had remembered the contestants in the correct order. When indeed I had not. So I ended up voting for the wrong person. It was a really tough decision this season. Both Bo and Carrie are extraordinary singers. I actually think that this season of Idol has been the best season yet. I will forever be a Claymate, but I love this season the best of all!!!!

May the best contestant win!!! I am not telling you who I am voting for. It's a secret!!!!!

Back at the Grindstone

Being back at work sucks!!! I cannot believe how fast our time to FL went!! I am so glad that we went. Josh and I had a blast. We didn't do a damned thing but we had a blast!!! Well, we did go to Sea World and Ron Jon's. Otherwise, Josh went fishing while I slept in. We hung out with my grandparents. That was nice because we don't get to see each other very much. They have so many stories to tell. Josh came home with some fish, one he caught and 3 from their freezer. I will write more later.......

Bon Voyage

I am off to Florida. Tomorrow EARLY morning we head to the Sunshine State. 24 hours from now we will be on the plane en route. We will be gone to Florida for 5 days to visit my grandparents. I cannot wait because I haven't spent any quality time with my Grandparents since I went down 2.5 yrs ago. It is really hard when people that you love live so far away.

So the plan as of now is to hang out with them until Saturday. We are then heading up to Sea World as we all know how much Josh adores animals. I swear that man should have been a vet. We thought that we would want to get away by Saturday. That we should go and do that.

The weather is going to be beautiful while we are there. Sunny and 80's. Not that I am a big fan of the 80's but it will be nice. I will just have to stay hydrated. Saturday may be the only day that I will have issues with heat. The forecast is 81 and partly cloudy. So I should be alright. Josh knows what to about it. He knows how to put up with crabby hot Jessica. She drinks a lot of water and pees every 5 minutes.

I hope that you have a good weekend. See ya Tuesday with a report!!!