See her?

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Then this week, I watched Oprah to find my favorite of all of her shows on. . . The Most Talented Kids. I love love love the talented kids shows!! They ALWAYS get to me! Remember Charice from last year? Charice Pempengco? Well, she was back again this year debuting her first record, A Note To God. OMG! Can this girl sing! Watch this really quickly before they yank permissions.

If this has been disabled, go here to watch her sing her song. It’s fabulous!

I just don’t understand why I have to cry every single time I hear her sing. Dang! She’s just got such an impressive and powerful voice. . . and to be so young. I just stand in awe. And apparently, so does David Foster, the famous music producer. I couldn’t be happier that he’s recognized her talent and has taken her under his wing. Her future will be stunning.

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Okay, then while I was writing this post, Chris comes to me, unbeknownst that I was writing about Oprah at the very moment, and shows me this YouTube video. He just knows that I watch her everyday and he thought this was hysterical.

No disrespect Oprah!! You’re still more famous than God!! But I HAD to laugh!!!!!!! Hahahahahah! I was rolling when Dr. Phil crawled into his cage. Gut wrenching laughter, people!!

My boy has watched me at work and he knows what ALL I’ve been dealing with (especially in DeWitte’s absence) and my boy, my sweet child, brought me a surprise that would surely bring a smile.  (One not accompanied by rubber bands and paper clips either)  My office was much brighter for the rest of the day.

THEN after yet another “challenging” day at work, I came home and ran through my regular routine [grab a cold beer, watch The Young and the Restless (the best soap EVER), make dinner, eat while watching The View, then turn on the computer].  I realize that I need a life, but for me, it works.  Okay?

My computer time is when I catch up with what the rest of the world is up on while I’m consumed in databases, reports, meetings, emails and bombs dropping during the day.  And first, I need to preempt this by saying that I don’t watch a lot of YouTube videos.  I really don’t.  But something told me to click on this particular item on my homepage.  And OMG!  Can I just say that I AM A TOTAL AND COMPLETE SAP!!!  I was totally crying by the time I was at the end of it.  I had to get up and blow my nose and wash my face.  It’s crazy!

Most of you are light years ahead of me and have probably already seen this lady.  Apparently she’s been all the rage this past week. Her name is Susan Boyle and she was trying out for Britain’s Got Talent television show.  She looks so ordinary. . . so unassuming. . .says she’s almost 48 years old (that’s ME!). . .so NOT “TV’s version of Star quality”. . . and then she started to sing.  OMG!  I don’t even like that kind of music, but it was captivating because she sang it so beautifully.  It was perfection.  People that can sing like that BLOW ME AWAY.  Animals run when I sing.  So it’s no wonder that I marvel at people with such phenomenal talent.  It moves me.

If you’ve been under a rock as I’ve been, go see her here.  And if you’re sappy like I am, grab some tissues first.

And my third surprise of the week. . . my mother-in-law’s diagnosis was not as horrible as indications were leading.  She recently was diagnosed with breast cancer (a type that only 10% of women get that isn’t detected on mamograms, but she PUSHED . . . well, because she always has. . . and because she has a history), had a radical mastectomy, found cancer in all her lymphnodes, removed those too and then waited for the tests to see how far it had spread.  That was last week . . . and the news was good.  Apparently, it hadn’t spread throughout her entire body.  She will still have to go through chemo for 16 weeks (and I realize that that ain’t no picnic), but it’s the BEST news we could possibly get.  I cannot tell you how happy that makes me!

This is me, my boys, my mother-in-law and my father-in-law.  I LOVE THESE PEOPLE!  I’ve been divorced for 18 years, but never have they treated me like anything other than family.  In fact, they said, “HE divorced you.  WE didn’t.”  I love my ex’s whole family!  And SHE is a rock, the matriarch.  She’s got a rough road ahead of her, but the news could have been much worse.  We can thank all the prayers that went out for her.  I just knew they were going to act as a big warm blanket shielding her away from all those nasty cancer cells.

My last surprise may seem like not much of a surprise, but those who know me will appreciate it.  This past weekend, THIS is was we saw. 

Surprise!  Warm temperatures!!  It made me SO happy!

So four nice surprises all in one week.  Wheeee!  (It helps me to forget the other 40 hours)  Here’s hoping for another positive week.

HAPPY MONDAY!

This morning, I landed on Country and I heard a song that made me laugh.   I love those.  This is a new song by Kenny Chesney and I’m not even sure exactly what the title is, but I think it’s “Heaven” (don’t quote me on that) and there was a lyric that tickled me.  He sang, “We all want to go to Heaven, but we don’t want to go today.”  But you have to hear it with the Country flair.  Go here if you want to hear a snippet. . . since it doesn’t even get released until August 10.  It’s fun and kinda got me smilin’.  For a Monday morning, that’s really doin’ something.

What’s on your Zune? Ipod? Mp3 player?  CD player?  Cassette player?  Vinyl?  (Don’t laugh!  I still have my old albums.)