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On my way out to a bonfire tonight, it should be around 40 degrees by 8pm. They better have some hot drinks also, I am taking my Irish Cream to add to coffee. Was over at the OFC. Still can not believe the individuals who think he still owes them an apology. His blog was perfect. They do not see the hurt he went through and the need to say what he did. I just wish they would leave and let the rest of us who love him enjoy him for the wonderful person he is. I want them to STFU. This is coming from someone who big swear word is shit. I can not wait to see what the future holds for him. I may never see Spam but I am still trying very hard, but I will be there when he tours. I have been discussing with my hubby about going to Spam. I am trying to work out something. Not real successful yet. My husband who has been with the same company for 38 years is going to be separated as on Dec. 1. That is a real financial blow. I am still working and we are lucky we have everyone through college. I keep teasing him he will drive me nuts being home all the time. I am involved in alot of things and use to coming and going. It will feel strange to say I am leaving in the morning and will be gone most of the day. I told him he needs to find other things to do.When he started working from home last year I told him there was four rules. 1.Do not ask me in the morning what am I doing today. 2.When I say I am going to lunch with friends I do not want any comments. 3.When I come home from shopping with bags he is not to ask what is in them. 4. Do not ask me what is for lunch at 12 noon everday. Of course I was really kidding when I told him these. But it has worked. He comes down from his office and does make his own lunch.

I got up this morning and read his Blog. I am so proud of him, he is so articulate and so knows who he is. I hope for those who can not get by this will leave quitely and let the rest of us enjoy the man. I understand for those struggling and have not made a decision what they are going to do yet may still need time. But for those who were so vile with their statements, I hope they do not continue to make comments. I do not want to hear them anymore. I want to continue to enjoy the man for who he is. I can not wait for Clay to continue to entertain us.

I have been here on and off since the People mag last week. I am so thankful to have some great post here. I have read alot over at the OFC and even though I want to be supportive, I am having a hard time with dealing with the crucifying of Clay. I know he said he can take it but some people just repeat and repeat the nastiness. I have said this before but I have been there before. My BIL at age 31 was diagnost with AIDS. Before he called one night and informed us of this he never had discussed with the family that he was gay. It was a shock. his mother never accepted it. He lived only 18 months and at the end he still could not talk to his mom. She told everyone at the funeral that he had cancer. It was so emotional of a topic. I am one who wanted to believe that Clay was straight, because I wanted the ideal family for him. But I look at the pictures and GMA footage and see that he has his family and is very happy. I want the world for him. He may be Gay but I will still lust after him. He is just one gorgeous, talented, and beautiful individual.

Just dropped in to say that I loved this morning interview. He just looked so happy, and you can see the respect and love they have for each other. He just looks so happy and I wish we had the whole song because it was song beautifully. Another thing, I read alot at the OFC yesterday. I know people are struggling with this. I think in the back of my mind that I always thought he could be gay, but I wanted him to be straight so things would be easier for him. I do not care if he is gay. My BIL was gay and it did not make me love him any less. My friend who goes to concerts with me is having a hard time, she just thinks she will never look at him the same way. She says she will have a hard time lusting over him now. I said that I will not have any problem and that maybe in time she will think differently. She will continue to support him and see him in concert but it hit her hard. I also thought Jaymes long message yesterday was not inappropriate, some of those people were becoming over the top and the bashing of her son and Clay needed to stop. I understand people are upset and need to take time to determine how they feel, but it can be done respectably and not nasty. Words do hurt.

I will always support Clay. That cover picture is adorable. It looks like Parker has red hair. Some people over at the OFC are having problems because they think he lied to them. I do not think he lied but just was not ready to approach the subject. My husband who has always believed he was gay said maybe now the press, bloggers, and late night comedians will finally leave him alone.

Checking in quickly before I head to the new Brides house for brunch in an hour. We did not get home to 2:30am. I am dead this morning. Hey, my heels lasted to the mother/son dance then I switched to another pair of shoes. Everything went great. They had a very good band, but they were to loud for the room, and my ears were hurting. They did have great voices. Love the pictures and the video from Spam. He is so gorgeous. Check in later.

One minute when your reading the blogged it almost makes you cry then your laughing at the end. I love him.

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Thanks everyone for best wishes. Last night they should a dvd of pictures, that we had summitted to her sister, of them from birth to now. They finished it with the line to be continued and showed them outside their new home and a few pictures of the inside. They look so happy. They have dated 6 years and have been engaged since last Sept. Both at least are working. My DIL to be has not moved into the house yet, my husband teased my son that it looks like a bachelor pad right now but that is about to change. They are leaving on Monday for 10 days in Hawaii.

Akim may we both have great weather tomorrow. It is suppose to be 80 here with not rain. Our rehearsal dinner was last night. I hope I remember all I need to do during the Mass. I thought Clay looked great during the pictures. I am a little surprised about the hair. He looked thin and happy. Maybe he felt this is easier to deal with under the wigs. With him it will probably change within a short period of time.

Happy Birthday LDYJ Off to bowling this am. Was talking to my concert buddy this am. She had to drive 6 kids age 10 to a field trip yesterday. When they were leaving the school her daughter wanted her to put Kid Bop CD on. She said to her daughter "oh you don't want to listen to Clay Aiken". Her daughter then turned around to the other kids and said her mother makes her listen to Clay. One little boy then yelled "my Dad makes me listen to him". My friend said it made her smile as she put in their CD and cringed while she listened to it all the way there and back on her trip. Wedding rehearsal tonight and dinner. It is casual, we are going to a place that has a buffet and feather bowling. I have never heard of this, so I googled it and watched a clip. This should be interesting.

Talking about washer and dryer. I had a Kenmore that we bought used when we were first married. They were 30 years old when we decided to change my laundry room and got a new kenmore with stackable to give us more room. It was sad to see them go, they were never much trouble, and when I needed any type of repair we were able to go to the Sears store near us and get the parts. I read somewhere that the average life of the new machines are like 10 years. I have no opinion on whether Clay will have Parker and Jaymes with him. I read everyones point of few, see some good comments on both sides, and agree that no one knows so why get upset what is said. I know that I am not a great writer, so sometimes can not get my point across the way I want. I feel bad when people get upset with each other. If statements were said in person, the tone, facial expressions, and body movements would show how that person really feels.

I know that they have predicted we will have ran till midday tomorrow. I just hoping on my drive to work that the usual low spots are not trouble. There is one section on the x-way that when it rains alot has problems. I am just praying that the sun will shine the rest of the week with temps in the 70's for my sons wedding on Saturday. The same prayer for Akim and her wedding. Picked up my dress, had to have it shorten, my husband got his tux today, my middle son flies in on Thurs. and I have not seen him since Feb. Got my house cleaned for guest this coming weekend, just need to grocery shop, and I think I am ready. My shoes for the wedding are 4 inch high. I am taking a pair that is a inch shorter but a wedge instead of a high heal so I can change after the mother/son dance. Hey, I am actual with them on maybe about 5'3.

I really feel for those without power. The longest we have ever gone was 5 days. Now in the winter when it is very cold that was a problem but it is never pleasant. Especially when you have no idea when it will resume. For over 2 days here it has been raining. My little rain bucket outside says about 8 inches. Thank goodness my sump pump is keeping up. I have so much stuff on the floor near my desk. Every committee I am on has some kind of material in boxes. A couple of them are in plastic tubs but some are in computer paper boxes. I think if it looks like a problem I will be looking for space higher. We always have all our shelves in the storage area off the floor, so that is not a problem unless it starts pouring in. I enjoyed Clay's blogged the other day. I can just imagine him reading piles again. I am not a very articulate writer so I know that I will not enter. Of course if I did and won I would have to really plead my case to go. I do not think I will go there. I wish everyone luck in doing this. I would love to read the entries after the winner is picked. Somewhere, and my mind does not remember where, I read that Lil Wayne was on SNL last night and how low is pants were. I had to laugh because in Flint they have passed a ordinance that if you walk in public and show your underwear with your pants low you can be fined. When I was at work a couple of weeks ago my patient was 16 and his friends came to see him. Their pants were so low and belted across the lower pelvic region they could barely walk. I teased them about the law passed in Flint. They had heard about it, it was all over the news, and said they hoped it was not going to be enforced in their area. I have a hard time believing that wearing your pants that way can be comfortable at all. I guess I am glad that is one fight I did not have to battle with my boys.

Hey, love that picture of the shoes. Maybe I should add them to my closet of already about 100 shoes. I am lucky that I am not by any body of water. We have had some heavy downpours that have left some basements flooded, but we have been lucky. I guess just dealing with winter blizzards are not so bad, except for the drive in them. I really do not mind being snowed in, especially when it is beautiful outside. My sons lives in Florida and we just remind him that snow is easier than dealing with hurricaines. Everyone in Ikes way keep safe.

Loved the blog today. He sounds a little frazzled but very happy. I hope his idea of introducing Parker is not his "soon" or Parker will be graduating before we see anything. Also the UNICEF video is a piece of beauty. He looks really really good. Of course the white pants, the shirt which shows his broad shoulders, and the stubble are hard not to notice. I also like the color of his hair. I do not usually care what color he has because it will change on the next picture, but I was getting use to the blonde. I wonder what we will get at the end of next week.

Up and moving this am. I did not stay late and go club hopping at the bachlorette party last night. I went down to the party that was about 45 minutes from my house with my DIL, as the driver. She is three month pregnant and was feeling very nauseaus last night and very tired. When the limo bus pulled up at 10pm we had already been there since 5pm she asked if we would mind if we did not go on the bus and just go home. I had no problem with that I usually do not have anymore than one drink, and was just going along to not make my future DIL upset. They were all fine with us going home. Prior to this we did have alot of fun. They had a instructor come in for pole dancing. I did not do it but it was fun watching everyone take part and learn the moves. My future Dil is very quite and very much a lady so to watch her do this was funny. She really got into it when she had to put all the moves together at the end. My other DIL videod it on her phone and then e-mailed it to my son, who was at his bachelor party. Can not wait to see his response. My husband went with the guys last night. He is sound asleep upstairs. He did not get in to 5am. Wait to he hears that I was in bed by midnight. Love that picture of Clay and Hannah but am getting a kick of people opinion on it. All I know is that he looks great, and whatever their relationship is it is his business. Welcome Linnie171 .

Yeh Akim are we ready to party with the young girls tonight. I do not know when it became a thing to have bachlorette party but they all seem to now day. That last part of the statement made me sound old, like my mother. I will enjoy myself if I can stay awake to 3am. That picture of Clay and Hannah was great. Those eyes get me everytime. Can not wait to see pictures in two weeks. Love the ad in the paper. I am so glad that Broadway gets him, I wish the music industry did.

Just got back from bowling and the car dealer. My car problem was a loose wire, it was found easily because I told them the first time the light when on was when I went over a bump. Bowling was not as bad as I thought. I have tendonitis in my elbow area and was not sure how I would bowl. It hurt like Hell, but I did bowl a 152, 135, and a 155. So next week I start out with a 146 average. Happy Birthday Merrieeee, hope you have a great day!!!!! Akim- Is you daughter having a bachlorette party? My future DIL is this Saturday. Going clubbing with a bunch of 20 somethings is a eye opener. Maybe I need to stay in the limo bus a little more. My DIL who lost her baby in Feb. is picking me up and taking me to the party. She is our designated driver. She found out three weeks ago that she is pregnant again and due the first week in April. We are all praying things go well this time.

Kids eating different foods - my three boys were all so different. The pickest one was my middle son. He was actually as a teenager my biggest child, but hated everything but very simple food. His staple was pizza(only peperonni), chicken nuggets, canned spaghetti, and mac and cheese. When he went to college I had no idea what he would eat, vegetables were out of the question, and the only fruit he liked was strawberries. He survived and now has broaden his choices and actually does some cooking. He is living in Florida and in the last year at holiday times has called to ask cooking questions. Last Thanksgivng called about making a turkey, Christmas called about cooking a ham, and this spring called me about making rack of lamb, which I could not answer, because I have never cooked lamb. So I guess they do grow up and change. I love live Clay so my choices in the contest tend to veer that way. I had a hard time with ISY and BOTW because I loved both. Went with ISY because he looked so great singing that song. AIW sounds so great and I loved it when he hit that note, but he did make some faces that night. He was concentrating so hard that night. When you watch him sing it now he is so more relaxed, the fear of not hitting the note is gone. Off to my first day of bowling. The first day we have to hit last year average. I have not bowled for 3 months and have to hit a 148 average, I am thinking that may not happen. On my way there have to drop my car with only 6,000 miles on at the Dealer, my air bag light keeps coming on telling me I have a problem.

Muskifest - I hope everything goes well for you MIL. I do not like it when someone who does not know me patronizes me with Dear or Honey. I know I am in my mid 50's but I do not feel that old or most of the time do not act like "a woman of certain age." Hair color now that is a different story. I have always discribed my color as dishwater blonde. I use both low and highlights to cover the gray that is starting to appear. My sister is very blonde and she has three children who are toeheads. I always felt like my color was so dingy. That along with the fact that my hair is so straight. When I was a teenager it was great, my hair was to my waist and straight. The style was in, all my friends were ironing their hair, I just washed and combed. Now it is a real pain, when the humidity hits the hair style is lost. Perms are a joke, my hair will not take, even with the smallest rods, it usually last about 2 weeks. Don't know how long I will be on, thunderstorms rolling through. A week ago my husband wanted to burn some songs off my Keith Urban Greatest Hits CD, I pulled it out of the car and realized that the James Blunt Cd that I got from the library was in Keith's case. Called the library and was told that Blunt cd was taken out of the system because it was lost, I informed them I had it. They said no one turned in my Keith Urban Cd. Today the new cd we reordered arrived, I went to the library and took back the Blunt cd. After a little searching in some of their boxes we found my Keith Urban cd. Now I have two, It was not that good! that I needed two. I guess my husband will now have his own, he only wanted a couple of songs to begin with.

That stationary bike can be really boring. I was really religious for many years and rode mine down the basement at least 45minutes five nights a week. It was the only exercise that I would get in when the kids were napping. Now I can not stand to get on it. I have tried even watching Clay on my tapes to make the time pass and it is still boring. I found out that spin class works better for me because there are 12 other people in misery with you. Instructors can be relentless. One instructor idea of fun was to make us stand the whole 50 minutes and keep increasing the tension. I was exhausted when I finished. Last winter I did not go to classes, I keep telling myself I really need to do this again this year. I was in great shape when the spring time started, that riding was fairly easy. I think this year our total miles are down, we just have been gone alot. Usually we have about 2000 miles in and I think we are at 1400 miles. With the wedding and everything coming up I do not see alot of time to get out. Clay content - I missed AYSTAFG last week, I think I need to rewatch it.

I have just finished catching up after being off line since Wednesday. Got back from my bike trip last night and had to immediately shower and go to a wedding reception. The couple had married the week before in Jamaica. My bike trip was great with wonderful weather. We rode 72,62,53,72,and 41 miles for a total of 300 miles. The area around Nothern Michigan is really hilly and a couple of them I really huffed and puffed up. One really bad one I thought I was going to loose my lunch. Luckely the feeling only lasted a short time and we got up the hill. My legs actually felt great and I had no pain during the ride. I watch Clay's MDA appearance today. He was so young and cute. I really miss him. I find that now he is not cute but has become very handsome and I love how his body has filled out. Can not wait for the reports on Sept. 19th. I will have to sneek and read that night with all of our guest here for the wedding, but I know I will want to know how it went and see how great he looks. I do not care what color his hair is or how it is worn, I just hope he is happy and he does great. I do not need him to be a superstar, I just want him to be around to continue to entertain us. He has so much talent in many different ways that I believe he will be here when other so called superstars will be forgotten.

Spent most of the day packing for our bike trip tomorrow. My legs are still sore from our ride on Sunday, so I hope once we start tomorrow they will loosen up. The weather looks pretty good. We may have thunderstorms on Thurs night, early Fri. morning. I love this ride every year, get to see old friends, and prove to my self that I can still ride 340 miles. I know age will catch up but hopefully not for at least thirty years, which will make me in my mid 80's. We had one rider who rode till he was 94 and died riding his bike. My husband always says he wants to go while he is riding up hill, I say no way, I am on the back of the bike and do not want to go at the same time. I too love those JBT pictures. One of the concert that I was able to attend which I saw in Clio.

Did not get on the clothes drying subject yesterday. When I was living a home we always dried sheet, towel, and a few odd things on the line. Jeans were always dried in the dryer. Of course this was only in mid spring to mid fall, the rest of the year was many days of possible snow. I sitting here just vegging. We rode 82 miles today, and after getting home, grabbed a drink and went into the jacuzzi. My legs feel better now, had a little leg cramping going on for the last 20 miles. Thank goodness we took a few breaks and got some gatoraide. Love both the pins, will let you know how many I want.