Bachelorette...Final Rose!

I am a little sad that this will be my last post on the Bachelorette. Reality TV is funny that way. It gets you integrated into a strangers life, making you feel as though you have become their friend, and then, it is all over. We are left wanting to know the rest of the story, but we don't. Thanks to all of you who have been reading and posting your comments. They have not gone unread. So, what will life after the Bachelorette bring...how 'bout life with Big Brother which starts July 13th (Dave and I's 6 year anniversary!). So, set your tivos and come back for more. I don't think I will commit to posting every time it comes on, because it is a 3x per week show, but will most likely post after the evictions!

Now, on to the good stuff. Tonight is the "DeAnna's Hometown" dates, one last one on one date, and the final rose ceremony. The previews are showing the guys have the hometown dates together...are you serious? That is totally awkward!

Let's get started! I vote for DeAnna to pick Jesse!

Side Note: I am watching the show with Dave. He just said that it is so sad that one of the guys is going to loose...awwww! Dave is tapping into his inner woman!

I love how they show the guys coming out of their hotel room, standing on their balconies, all dishevelled. Right now they are giving a little recap of Jason and DeAnna's journey. He seems like a sweet enough guy, but I hate how he holds her chin when he kisses her. Jason seems like a sweet guy with a great family. My main concern for him is his history with his ex-wife and the fact that he has a son. Also, I wonder if Jason is really connected to Seattle. That is a long way from where DeAnna's family is. Would Jason be willing to move himself and Ty that far away from his family?

Now is Jesse's journey. I love that he called himself the skinny white snowboarder! He has really evolved as a man though this journey. I also love how they have grown as a couple, from friends to more! I appreciate that in him, and I also think his family is so genuine!

DeAnna's Hometown: Newnon. They will meet her dad, sister and brother. DeAnna was saying that when Brad came to her hometown, her family was really nice and accepting of him. Her family is not going to be like that with these guys. They are going to be tougher on them.

Jason is first to meet the family! He came bearing flowers for DeAnna and the family. It has to be hard for the guys to have to walk behind the footsteps of Brad. Jason is explaining that his ex-wife meet a man that she wanted to spend her time with and left Jason and Ty. That is a blow! Her dad has the same concerns as me, is DeAnna ready to step into a family? Not that Jason isn't a good guy or that he doesn't deserve love, but I don't know if D is ready for that. Jason had a one on one with her sister, then her dad. He is looking her dad in the eyes telling him that he "is in love with your daughter." He just asked her permission to propose to her! Her dad seemed surprised and said that no one has ever asked that before! He also said that, "if she chooses you, you have my blessing." Man! That was sweet, but I hope Jesse wins it. There is still something missing or off with Jason and DeAnna.

Jesse is up now...he just said "Rad!" I love this guy. He did get a hair cut. He seems really nervous, like really nervous, when he first met her family. Her dad seems a little turned off by his hair! My stepdad would be turned off by that too! Jesse is obviously not the typical guys she has dated, which to me is a good sign. Her type of guy didn't work for her in the past! Jesse is going to have one on one time with her dad. They seem concerned about his future with snowboarding. What is life like after snowboarding? As Jesse is talking to her dad about past relationships, his future with DeAnna and their plans, he is just so real! I love that! Her dad did say that if Jesse and DeAnna didn't come and visit, they would send the 6 ft 4 in nephew to hunt them down.

DeAnna and her dad are talking about the two guys. Her dad seems to like Jason more. He thought he was more genuine when he was talking about his feelings for her. DeAnna seemed visibly upset when she heard that Jesse didn't as for permission to marry her!

They did things a bit different. They got to meet her dad, sister and brother yesterday. Today, they get to come over again and meet the WHOLE family. The catch is that both the guys will be there...an attempt by ABC to get more viewers?? Don't really think that is very kind. Jesse looks equally as nervous as he did yesterday! When the guys see each other...Awkward! Jason is turning on the charm, Jesse is not as comfortable!

Ok, this show is 2 hours...I'm going to wrap it up!

D went back to the Bahamas to have the last one on one dates with the guys. Guess who shows up!!!!...JEREMY!!! I wished it would have been Graham. He had to open up and let her know his feelings, to which she tearfully rejects him again. Ouch.

Jesse's date: private island...lots of kissing!!! Jesse gave her a book of thoughts that had pictures of them from their dates and sweet little sayings. Girls, that is a good gift for our guys!

Jason's date: scuba diving...not lots of kissy kissy... Jason gave her a hand crafted board game. All the questions had to do with their times together and his feelings for her. Totally creative guys!

Both the guys shop for rings. The ring guy asked Jason if this was his first time, to which he answered no. Not good. When Jesse was about to go to the ring store, he almost threw up. How sweet is that!

Ok, this is my bachelor theory. Whoever gets out of the limo first gets the ax!

First out...Jason. The meet and have a nervous small talk. Then Jason gets down on one knee. D says, No, I can't
Crickets, crickets...

It seriously looked like a soap opera, seriously! D let him know that she was in love with someone else. Were ya'll scared of the look Jason was giving her? I thought he was really going to hit her!

Yea! She is going to pick Jesse! I was right!!!

Jesse's up! J: "...and the thought of not being with you kills me...I want to spend forever with you...DeAnna Marie Pappus, will you spend forever with me!?"

So sweet!

D says yes and the kiss and say I love you like 20 times.

Closing: D says with a hug smile as she is hugging Jesse, "I can't believe I am going to marry the guys with pink shoelaces!"

I love it.

Ok, I am off to watch, After The Rose!

Book's for July and August

These are the books I have picked out for July and August. I will post some questions toward the end of the month. Feel free to post your comments there. If you need a filler book, check out Nicholas Spark's A Bend In the Road.

July

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

August: Same Kind of Different As Me

Bachelorette...Spoiler Alert: GUYS TELL ALL!

from l to r: Me, Dylana, and Cindy (aka: the bunny whisperer)

The much anticipated guys tell all was last night. I have to say, it was a bit of a let down. I was at my friend/neighbor, Cindy's, house along with another friend/neighbor, Dylana. It was good to have all the fun girl talk. I think we paused this show more to have our own conversation than we did actual discussing of the show!

Let's start with a comment from Cindy. She wondered if Chris Harris was gay, to which I replied, no because he is married. She did point out that he has woman hands and doesn't like that on men...........now all I can focus on is his hands!

Moving on...All those men...they aren't bad on the eyes.

Poor Twilley. I feel bad for him for how he clammed up on the show, but he looked pretty good on this episode.

They are showing all the scenes where they all gang up on Jeremy...

Jeremy in hot seat: "Captain D-Bag" says Robert. Trust me, I could come up with way worse names for Robert than I could for Jeremy. Jeremy seems to be handling himself pretty good in the hot seat. All the guys are up in arms because he would interrupt their one on one time with DeAnna. I am not a fan of Ron, but I did like what he said, :

Ron: in a group environment there are different rules. We weren't there to win a prize, a piece of meat.... No matter what we have all seen of Jeremy, get back out there. I thought that was really sweet of him to say. I think Jeremy will be the next bachelor!

Wine break:

we finished the bottle of barefoot wine. IT was good. Now we are on the Oops wine that smells like butt and kind of tastes like it too. Dylana says she needs to hold her nose when she drinks it.

Moving right along, they are now showing when Jeremy had to say goodbye, he gets a little emotional seeing that again! Even though I don't really like him, I feel for him. He seems like a good guy and I hope, like Ron said, that he moves on and meets someone new. I hope he is the next bachelor!

Jer: "I still don't know if I can look at her"

Graham is up next:

Graham is up on the hot seat! It is hard to watch the playbacks of him. Oh, the bench scene. Oh, the letter...

He said that he made a lot of effort for her, but he wanted her to say it was a "we" problem, not a "me" problem. Love that he said he was more of a Jimmy Kimmel fan instead of an Ellen fan. (in case you don't remember, Ellen said that he would have communication problems and that DeAnna should watch out for that...Ellen if very intuitive!)

Graham is trying to defend himself by saying that since he allowed her to meet his family, it took a lot of him opening up. That is a good point, but why the Eeyore moments?

They are now going to discuss the letter: BORING, he just said it was how he felt, the last week of their relationship, he thinks it would have meant the world to her, if she read, and that he opened up...I wanted them to read it!

DeAnna is in the hot seat: like the dress, don't like the belt.

Man, that has to be hard for her to look at Jeremy and Graham.

Jeremy to D: when did you know i Was not the one for you?

D: It wasn't until I was on a date with Jason and Jesse that I knew I was in love with them. As it got further and things progressed, my heart didn't. I wanted there to be something there so badly...OUCH!!!

Graham to D: what happened to you two?

D: he was always the guy that I couldn't have. (She seems so over Graham now. Did ya'll notice that?)

They are totally arguing, but they need to makeout. "You are pissed," says Chris. She things G is acting like it doesn't matter to be here. I really thought Graham handled himself pretty well out there. He seemed like he was really trying to explain his side without placing blame on DeAnna. DeAnna, in my opinion, did not agree with me. She seemed to get really mad at him for some reason. Interesting. Maybe I was wrong about her being over him!

Chris Harris: Did anything romantic happen with you and the guys while in the house:

Jeremy came to her room to give her a kiss

Paul took a bath in her tub while she was away.

They are once again talking about the BBQ Blowout which I will ignore because I am so over that!

I love the bloopers! We got to see Ryan (the virgin) juggling and dropping a ball on his manliness, DeAnna burping, Chris Harris making DeAnna crack up about Sean's mullet and Ron making fun of Sean's martial arts obsession.

Deanna: I am happy, I am in love and I am engaged!!! (Jeremy looked like he would throw up.)

Can't wait for next week. My prediction is that she will choose Jesse. I still feel like Jason might have some underlying issues.

Until next time, comment away!

Bachelorette...Spoiler Alert: From 3 to 2 - Overnight Getaways

Holy Moly! Tonight will be another 2 parter...First we have the overnight getaways, then we have the guys tell all. I can't wait to see if Graham is there and if they read the note!! DRAMA MAMA! I can hardly believe the show is almost over! I am over at my neighbor's house, Cindy, with another neighbor, Dylana. It is good watching the show with Dave, but guys don't get as worked up over this mess as us girls do!


So, I predict that Jeremy will go home...well, I want Jeremy to go home, but I am hate to type that I really think it will be Jesse. Man, I hope I'm wrong. I think it is a great catch!


Oh yeah, I am blogging live!


The getaway dates were in the Grand Bahama Islands! They started with Jeremy:

After some fun at sea, they sit on the beach. DeAnna's main goal with Jeremy was to have fun and stop being so serious. Can't blame her, the hometown date was so totally serious and sad, remember he read that journal... Jeremy is totally clamming up. He has the same Eeyore syndrome that Graham had last week. Not good. Their whole date was awkward. What's up with the cheese-fest-it seems like they are on a blind date with the pitiful excuse for a conversation they are having! I think Jeremy really wants to open up but he is really nervous. Not the time to get the nerves buddy! He said, "Ii would tell you I'm falling in love with you, but that has already happened." You can't deny that Jeremy is a great guy, I still think this is not the avenue to start dating again for the first time since your mom's death. Right now, things don't look good for him.

He accepts the overnight date.

kissy kissy, shut the door...do ya'll wonder how far they go on these overnight dates? I am naive and think they don't do the big deed...that should be kept until marriage, but my friends over here are not so sure! Stay respectful DeAnna!!!

Jason was up next and they once again had a great reunion. It was a running hug complimented my the drama music ABC is know for!!! They talked about Ty, who hoped daddy would get a rose! Then they went off roading. They should have given that adventure to Jeremy's date - it might have given it the excitement it was lacking! How fun was that pulley dock thing that took them to the dock island!?!

Dylana, my neighbor, just said, "I hope they brought bug spray!" Good call!

After they had their picnic, they went kayaking, where they weren't so successful at first, but then got control. You can tell a few things during the kayaking. First, DeAnna likes to be in control. Second, Jason is really sweet and patient with her. If Dave and I were kayaking, I would be yelling directions and he would be trying to jump out to get away from me! Yikes!

They are having such a better date than Jeremy. Their conversation is so much better, they seem like they are having fun! Jason said, "If you want to talk about TY we can, but I want to talk about us!...the two most important subject in my life are Deanna and Ty." You could tell DeAnna totally loved that. She is so smiley on this date. They are having fun but also really enjoying each other and opening up. Jason just gave DeAnna a sand dollar necklace. That was so nice that he took the time to guy her something. A girl always loves jewelry! Jason just said that he is falling in love again...

OK, that is where my hesitation is. For Jason, this is all going to be second for him. He has already been married...already gotten his wife pregnant...already seen the birth of his first child... That is all fine, but does DeAnna want to be second to all that. As great as Jason is, there is always baggage from a first marriage. I'm talking emotional baggage. Maybe it isn't so much with a guy, but that is a big thing to consider.

Jesse and DeAnna! I like the ring of that. They are so cute!! He was so glad to see her. My neighbors and I keep discussing how he isn't the hottest guy there, but we just love him the more we see him. I seriously hope he gets to stay. Their date starts with some horseback riding. I can totally see that Jesse wants to have this hot sexy kiss on the horses while in the ocean...have it all romantic like in the movies. Jesse, in the movies they have horse trainer and a million do-overs. It wasn't quite as great as I imagine he would have wanted it. Still cute though. DeAnna said that with Jesse it has been a stepping stone, the more she is around him, the more she falls for him...I FEEL THE SAME WAY!!

Up next is the dinner that leads to the overnight. I can't wait to see what he says and if he actually goes with her?? At dinner Jesse is showing more of a serious side. They talk about how many kids they want: DeAnna wants 3 kids right away, Jesse too wants to be a young parent. Then they discuss their living situation. Let me translate some of the upcoming Snowboarder Lingo: Breck- Breckenridge, Shredding- snowboarding, D- DeAnna. I feel so with it! So, Jesse asks D if she could you live in Breck for a few month a year because he "couldn't go cold turkey, I have to go shredding." I feel so cool with the lingo. DeAnna asks, "What are you going to do when there is no more snowboarding?" He still wants to be in sports, but also wants to be there to see his kids grow up. This guy is so much deeper than you would first think!

J: "I'm falling for you so hard...it feels so good..." Love it!!!

Ok, here is the letter...

J: I don't know if I can, until I meet your dad.

D: are you for real??

silence...

J: laughing...he was just kidding.

Man, he had me going!

Suite: it seemed liked the most romantic location...

J: If you chose me, I hope you're ready to marry me, cause that is where I'm out.

Ok, girly note: We all love how he grabs/holds the back of her head when he kisses her! Very sexy. Jason always holds her chin when they kiss, that bugs me!

I just took a neighbor vote and we all hope Jeremy goes because they just don't seem to have fun.

Rose Ceremony: My impression of the guys: Jeremy is perfect, Jason is one of the sweetest guys she has ever met, Jesse, started out as her friend but it has grown ever since. My impression of her dress: Way too short and totally like a bad 80s prom dress.

1st rose Jesse!!!!!! YES YES YES!!! I can't believe he got the first rose!

2nd rose Jason.

Man, I feel so bad for Jeremy. He looks super sad and can't even make eye contact with her. This is almost as bad as when Graham left. I hate the emotional music!!!

...I still cannot get over that dress...

Jer: I was all about you from the beginning. From the first second I saw you.
D: J you are perfect, perfect. I would have been the luckiest woman in the world ... we have a bond that I don't share with the other guys (she is meaning the loss of a parent)... I just didn't want to confuse that bond with being in love... OUCH!!!!

J: I don't think i have ever hard my heart broken like this. I love you. today could potentially be one of the worst days i have ever had..

(How could it be potentially the worst day ever? We are stumped on that one)

Although the goodbye was sad, it wasn't nearly as emotional as Graham departure!

Limo: J: stop the car for one second.. (Cindy says she thinks he has to pee) He needed fresh air i guess.

Well, I am happy to see that Jesse is staying. He is still my pick for her. We will have to wait until next week. I will post my Guys Tell All blog later today!

Until then, leave me your comments! I LOVE hearing from you.

Back to Blogging...

Things are crazy here. Since returning from our trip to Houston, which I will still blog about soon, we have encountered a viral rash, visits to the dermatologist, screaming yourself to sleep, a secret letter, and 2 new teeth. To get back into the blogging mood I will do a mini post full of randoms...

Before I left for Houston I went to a baby shower from my dear friend Monica. We started college together and our dorm rooms were next to each other. Although she moved on before I did, we have kept in touch and I was super excited to go to the shower. So, I left the the kids with my mom, where I later found out that Jillian refused to go to sleep and threw her sweet potatoes on the floor (God bless "gin-ga"), typed the address into the navigation system and started driving. It was a great shower where she got lots of great baby stuff! Monica is going to be a great mom for baby Ava Paige!

From L to R: Monica and Me!!

After posting the newest video on Being Two, my mom came home with this recorder from Dollar General..and yes, it is as annoying as you might expect. I will have to get in on video for your listening pleasure!

Here is Dave with his favorite things: The Ticket, the Astros and a drink with lots of caffeine!

This is how I found Gage the other morning. Maybe he is ready to start dressing himself!

I CANNOT wait for tonight. I am going to my neighbor's house, Cindy, to watch the Bachelorette!! Tune in later for my thoughts and summary of the show!

My Sister's Keeper #3

At the beginning of each chapter is a quote from different authors and such. What did you make of these, did they confuse you or help tie things together? Was there one that stood out to you specifically? If so, why?

My Sister's Keeper #2

What was your impression of the men in the book and did that impression changed once you completed it? Are there any specific areas in the book that offered a turning point in your perspective?

Brian - the dad
Jesse - the brother
Campbell - the attorney