Once

How did I not see this until now?? I only realized this week that it was probably something I would fall in love with. We've had it in from Netflix for at least 2-3 weeks now, and we finally found time to watch it tonight. It's as wonderful as I'd hoped it would be...I love the music (I don't know that I'd love the movie were it not for the music) and the storyline was beautiful. I have to own the movie. We got the soundtrack a minute ago, so now I can listen to "Falling Slowly" for hours on end, which I honestly believe I could because I cannot get it out of my head, and it's lasted all week.

If you love music and/or good movies, watch this ASAP.

Eyebrows.

Okay, can we talk about how upset I am that Kristie "I-need-to-pluck-my-eyebrows" Lee Freaking Cook is in the Top 12 and Asia-huh (emphasis on the huh) was sent home tonight?? I really dislike Eyebrows, and I really don't think Asia-huh should've gone home. She almost made me cry when she auditioned right after her dad died OH MY GOODNESS who could do that?? And her voice is oh-so-much better than Brows. BTW, does she remind anyone else of the girl who played Cher in the television version of Clueless? Only, you guessed it, more eyebrows. Her voice kills me.

The other choices tonight were dead on. I applauded that Luke got sent packing. What a wretched voice. I still haven't forgiven him for butchering Queen last week. And speaking of butchering Queen, freaking Kady Malloy got a loud applause for leaving tonight from me as well. Really, Kady? You really thought it'd be a good idea to do any Queen song, especially Who Wants To Live Forever?? For shame. Can I say speaking of Queen again in the same paragraph? Because it's a nice segue* for talking about Dear Danny. I wasn't really a fan, but he was so entertaining to watch. Really. I hated what Chikezie did Tuesday night. I'm not a fan of making girl songs boy songs and vice versa, especially an awesome Jr. High-era Whitney song that I had the tape of and sang to nightly in my room, so I wouldn't have cried to see him go. But he deserves to be there more than Danny.

So I'm only upset about Asia-huh. Brows better be gone next week.

*I love the word segue. I love the way it's spelled, the way it sounds, the way it's not spelled like it sounds...I love it.

I can't stop listening to this...

Castro

Ohhhhhhhh, man. Jason Castro was already one of my favorites, but tonight he just won me all the way over. I know it's a Cohen song, but we all know that if you've heard this song chances are you've heard my dear sweet Buckley doing it (plus, frankly, Cohen's version bores me) or maybe John Cale or Rufus Wainwright from Shrek. No matter whose version of Hallelujah you've heard, I guarantee you Jeff Buckley's is the most amazing (not just because he is my Ultimate and I have been obsessed with him since I first heard him), and his is the version that Jason sang tonight. And no, he wasn't better than Buckley, mostly because no one is or will ever be, but he sounded grrrrrrrrrrreat, and I love, love, love that he did it!!! AND that all 3 judges claimed they liked Buckley's version best (Simon's the only one I believe). Man. What. a. night.

So good. Soooooooo good.

Isn't it Romantic...

Sigh. Last night was absolutely lovely. These are the beautiful roses my sweet husband sent me at school yesterday. What a man! Suga's was one of the best dining experiences I have ever had. I like that I feel like I can pull off classy sometimes. I had the best glass of Reisling of my life, and our food was out of this world!!! I highly recommend it to anyone who has lots of money to spend on food for a special occasion. It was pricey, but SO worth it.

After that, we went home and cut into our wedding cake top and it was actually really, really good!!! It tasted just as good as the few bites I remember getting at our reception! We kept looking at the clock and trying to figure out what we were doing at that time last year. I think we ate the cake at the same time because we' driven to Houston to our hotel before flying out the next morning and we'd taken some of the food with us to snack on. It was so nice. I love my husband, and one day I'll blog about something else, but he is seriously the best thing that could've happened to me, and right now I just want to spend every minute with him. I cannot wait for summer so we can actually go somewhere together. I know it won't be Mexico, but anywhere will do!

And if you're looking for a honeymoon destination, might I suggest El Dorado Royale in Riviera Maya, Mexico. It seriously was the absolute perfect honeymoon (to us, anyway), and we'd go back tomorrow if we could!

The Best Year of My Life

I honestly cannot believe that an entire year has passed since I married the man of my dreams! It has flown by, and I truly hope that the whole "first year is the hardest" thing is true because it's been awesome! I can't believe we've lived in Beaumont for a year. It seems like a few weeks ago that we got married, and here we are celebrating a year! Getting settled into this wonderful life has been fantastic. I'm learning so much about my amazing husband, and I'm still loving every minute of it. I'm so proud of the strong Christian leader he's becoming for our family. He is more than I ever dreamt I'd find in a husband, and I am so glad that God blessed me with him.

Tonight we're having a romantic dinner at Suga's and then coming home to try our thawed out wedding cake top! I'll let you know how that goes. I wish we weren't working today...I can't stop daydreaming about a year ago!! And I wish, more than anything, that we were leaving for Riviera Maya tomorrow!!!

So I'm bored.

Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your Friends. What you are supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire e-mail and paste it onto a new e-mail that you'll send. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to your friends including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends, that you might not have known!

1. What time did you get up this morning? around 7ish

2. Diamonds or pearls? On my hand: Diamonds Anywhere else: pearls

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Untraceable, and it sucked.

4. What is your favorite TV show? Biggest Loser, American Idol, Ghost Hunters, How I Met Your Mother, Dexter

5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Quaker Mini Delights in Cinnamon Streusel (only 2 pts!!)

6. What is your middle name? Lynne

7. What food do you dislike? anything that stinks when you cook it

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? I honestly don't have one. How sad is that, coming from me??

9. What kind of car do you drive? Corolla

10. Favorite sandwich? Roast Beef

11. What characteristic do you despise? Cockiness

12. Favorite item of clothing? Black & White striped Old Navy shirt

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Back to Mexico

14. What color is your bathroom? Cream?

15. Favorite brand of clothing? Old Navy

16. Where would you retire to? Beside my husband

17. What was your most memorable birthday? I'm not really sure...

18. Favorite sport to watch? Baseball!!!

19. Farthest place you are sending this? Well it's on my blog, so...the intraweb.

20 Who do you least expect to send this back to you? Again, n/a.

21. Person you expect to send it back first? I'm skipping these.

22. Favorite saying? It's not my favorite but I have to say "Sit down and stop your voices" a million times a day.

23. When is your birthday? June 18th

24. Are you a morning person or a night person? Umm...evening?

25. What is your shoe size? 9.5

26. Pets? None.

27. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? I've lost 25 pounds!!

28. What did you want to be when you were little? A teacher

29 What are you today? A teacher:)

30. What is your favorite candy? Favorite ever: Peanut Butter Twix Favorite Points-friendly: Quaker Mini Delights

31. What is your favorite flower? Tulips!!!

32. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? March 3 (Monday) the one-year anniversary of the day I married the man of my dreams!

34. What is your full name? Jennifer Lynne Lambert Breaux

35. What are you listening to right now? A ticking clock

36. What was the last thing you ate? BBQ Chicken Pizza! (5 pts!!)

37. Favorite color? Green

38. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? Kaleb, the love of my life

39. How do you like your eggs cooked? Scrambled

40. Do you like the person who sent this to you? She's okay. (I love you, Katie!)

41. Favorite soft drink? I don't drink sodas, but if I could it'd be Cherry Coke.

42. Favorite restaurant? Raising Cane's!

43. What is your hair color? Dark Brown

44. Favorite day of the year? Christmas Day

45. What was your favorite toy as a child? Barbies

46. Summer or winter? I like them both...but summer.

47. Chocolate or Vanilla? Depends on the day.

48. What is under your bed? Suitcases and a LOT of dustbunnies

49. What did you do last night? Giggity giggity

50. Favorite smell? Kaleb

51. What are you afraid of? The dark. Demons.

52. Plain, buttered, or salted Popcorn? If I'm being good: Orville Redenbacker 100 calorie pack Butter flavor. If I'm not? Tinseltown, so buttered your jeans are grease-stained when you leave.

53. How many keys on your key ring? 5ish?

54. How many years at your current job? Since August.

55. Favorite day of the week? Friday

56. How many towns have you lived in? 4

57. Do you make friends easily? Depends on the friends.