Almost-Amy = Dancing Chimps?

Being the Dancing With The Stars freak that I am, I like to keep up with the dancers/stars and have recently discovered that 2 of the dancers have a band called Almost-Amy. Mark Ballas (Sabrina Bryan's partner) and Derek Hough (Julianne's bro) started this band not too long ago, I guess, and are are working on an album, but have some songs out there. Curiosity got the best of me and I went to their website and listened to their music. I have to say, its really good, in my opinion! Kinda funky, kinda jazzy, soft-rockish? Anyway, they have a video of this one song (my favorite) "Get Through" , and its pretty funny. You'd think that with being world renown ballroom dancers they'd be a bit less um... chimp-like with their dancing but I'm afraid thats what it reminds me of! Anyway, silly video... hope you enjoy! (Best part is about 1/2 way through... watch for it in the background while Derek [the blond one] is singing. Very random!)

Four Glorious Years!

Yesterday our little family (Ben and I, that is) turned 4! Yup, it was our anniversary. :) I wasn't feeling too hot, so the festivities were cut short after dinner (I feel bad too, b/c he got all BYU-ish on me and did this scavenger hunt, that lead me to clues about the night's plans!) but it was still fun! Oh, and check out what I got to sport around all day, showing off what a great hubby I have! (I tried to take a picture of it on my hand but its all blurry, so you get the official website shot-by the way, its an amethyst, my birthstone) Oh, and yeah, he totally brought me flowers at work, what a sweetie!!!! I have the best hubby in the universe! :)

Ice Storm!

Well, typical of Oklahoma, we had a whopper of an ice storm! I wasn't too convinced that it was going to be as bad as they forcasted, but after spending almost 3 hours chiseling ice off my car... well, I take it back. I've always thought these ice storms were rather pretty, but something about spending 3 hours in the freezing rain (and I do mean rain... lots of it, it was absolutely POURING the entire time, but it froze pretty much on contact) battling the inch-and-some thick ice that covered my car... well, I don't think its so cool anymore. I had 3 layers of socks, pants, sweatshirts, etc and I still amanged to finish up completely soaked from head to foot.Oh and the kicker... the second I came in to get warm and change (yes, I was doing all this in preperation to get to work on time!) my phone rings... work was canceled... ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! Argh!!! I mean its nice and all that I don't have to drive in all this, and I'm happy I got to warm up and rest after almost 3 grueling hours outside,but I mean COME ON! Talk about ironic... *sigh* Oh well, I guess its good that I got it off this morning rather than waiting for tomorrow when I'd most likely be battling 2+ inches rather than 1. Oh, and I had to move my car across the way because the tree that is right up front had some limbs that were hanging dangerously low, under the weight of all the ice. One of our neighbors was not so lucky to realize that in time and had a limb fall on his.
Here are some pics:

Pretty!

(1+ inch thick ice on my car) NOT so pretty!

Also pretty!

(Tree limb that fell on a neighbor's car) Also NOT so pretty!

Dominick The Donkey

Oh its that time of year again, when we get to hear Christmas music 24/7 on most radio stations and well... pretty much everywhere else! I personally love it, I can't get enough of Christmas music! Its funny though, how some songs are so famous in some regions of the country while in other parts they have never been heard of. One such song (which is amongst my all time favorites!) is "Dominick The Donkey," by Lou Monte- an Italian singer back in the late 60's. (Lyrics here) No one here (in Oklahoma) has ever heard it and I've asked friends elsewhere and get the same blank stares. Of course, that probably has to do with the fact that I grew up in Brooklyn which is heavily populated by Italian immigrants! So... I feel the need to spread the love, because this is an AWESOME song. Incidentally, I found a music video to it... well, sort of. Some weird guys got dressed up and lip sang to it, but anyway, its hillarious. Enjoy!

HOORAY fo Helio & Julianne!!! (And a tribute to Sabrina & Mark)

Ok, so another DWTS season has come to an end, and once again Julianne managed to get her star the mirrorball trophy! (Last season she and Apollo Anton Ono won) I'm so happy they won, as they were my faves, plus I was defintely not that big of a fan of MelB and Maks... and well, lets face it, there was no way Marie Osmond could/should have won... I'm sorry, I love her and all, but no... yes she's entertaining, yes she lost a ton of weight (hooray for her!), and yes she did amazingly well for a women her age, but no way was she as skilled as Helio and/or MelB. So yeah, HOORAY for Helio!!!

Now, as happy as I am for the champs, I do have a bone to pick. I'm STIIL really mad about a certain elimination that took place... yes, Sabrina and Mark. This is a classic example of one of DWTS flaws... eventually, it stops being about the dancing and it turns into a popularity contest.(um... like what happened with Marie making it all the way to the top?) Sabrina Bryan, in my opinion, could and SHOULD have made it to the finals! But of course, most of her fans are like what... 10? So yeah, that didn't help when it came to getting votes, and so she was eliminated 1/2 way through the competition. On 11/20 (during the semi-finals) she was invited back to dance as a guest (probably due to all the protests after she was voted off!) and performed with her new hunny-bun, Mark (awww!) to Avril Lavigne's "Complicated." I thought this dance showed just how much talent we missed out on. :(