Diary of a Metal Mommy

This morning we escaped the devil’s asshole by going to church. (devil’s asshole meaning, the heat. Another lovely Urban Dictionary term from our podcast) Being un-airconditioned, lately the sanctuary IS the devil’s asshole–oooo!–but both last Sunday and this we had the service in the air-conditioned area. (I’m sure there is a fancy churchy term for that room, but alas, I have no clue what that would be…!) I sang in the choir this morning again, always fun. We always manage a bit of goofing off. All in the name of the Lord, of course…. !!

I’ve also been spreading the good news about voting for Kim and I’s show on FM107. Please, if you haven’t voted already, do do do! (or heck, vote again!) The days are creeping by, waiting for the news. They’ll announce it on Tuesday, I guess. I’ll just be happy to know, one way or the other.

I’m also focusing on getting ready for our Brookside vacation! We leave in less than a week already–hard to believe. I’m praying hard that it cools down a bit by then–with no air-conditioning in a cabin full of 9 or so people, that would definitely be the devil’s arse.

Podcast tonight! Woo woo!

Well, it’s done. Whew. Our live FM107 Undiscovered Divas audition is a thing of the past! Now we wait. And you vote! For us!! I guess they will announce the winners on August 1st, on the air. Wonder if they’ll call, too, in case we aren’t listening?! This time we got there nice and early. We sat in Phat Thunder in the parking lot, and I must say he got a lot of looks. Nice. It was nice to have that time to sit and veg and mentally prepare for the show.

Here are some photos of the night. (could my mouth be any bigger?!) They were all taken before we started. First we met with Lori and Julia, they were the cutest. (Lori is the one you can barely see, behind Kim!) They were so easy and fun to talk to–no surprise there. The part with them felt very relaxed and we had a blast!

Then it was our turn. Because we over-talked with Lori and Julia (big surprise!) we had barely any time to get on our own mics and get down to business for our own show. It was a killer, waiting for the news and that Elvis Costello “Radio” song to end–but before I knew it, Producer Rob was introducing us! I have to say, the first segment of our show felt difficult. By the time it came to the first commercial, we felt like we had gone through most of our material and wondered what the heck we were going to do with the remaining 20 minutes or so that we had left. A little panicky there! But you know, things just flowed and it started to feel more natural as time went by. We did our little Urban Dictionary bit (except this time using the more radio-appropriate ‘Slang Site’) and then it was over. Whew.

Of course listening to the show afterward had to be a saga. A Scion Saga, no less. We received a CD copy of the show from Rob, and of course I popped it right into my player so we could catch some on the way home. Brian had recorded it, so I dropped Kim off so she could finish it there and then drove back here. Pulled into the driveway, pressed eject, and….nothing. Stuck. My radio spot is stuck in my CD player! Good grief! So I had to drive over to Kim’s and get it from them. (gee darn, I had to hang with Kim again and talk it to death. !) We did listen together and felt good about what we did.

I have to say, leaving, neither of us felt like, “We Got It!” I think both of us really missed having Stephanie there, it certainly didn’t have the same off-the-cuff goofiness and ease that our podcasts do. But after listening to the show, we both agreed that it actually sounded better than we feared, and we’re pretty proud of it. I have no idea what to expect, or how it will go from here. It’s anybody’s guess who will win! It was just such an amazing opportunity, I just have to stay in the moment with that one. We were on the air, on national radio, doing what people dream of doing but never get the chance….even if it never goes further than that.

But who am I kidding?! I wanna WIN! So please vote for us, people! And I guess you can vote as much as you want. I’ll keep you posted!

*WARNING*–entry not visually exciting, because for whatever reason I can’t get the cute photos that I had uploaded. Irritating.

It’s official!! We are on the list for a Cavachon puppy!!!!!!!! My dear husband totally surprised me last night and told me to go ahead and write the check out to Cindy, the breeder we’re working with. I was all in the mind set that we had to wait until after we got back from our vacation to put that deposit down, which of course is probably the smartest thing to do. Even so, it was totally killing me. I think The Coreman probably told me to go ahead mostly so he wouldn’t have to listen to me whine and worry about it anymore. The poor guy. But I’m so excited I can barely stand it! There will be 3 litters, all born at the end of August and beginning of September. So now comes the waiting game. But that’s okay! I know it’s coming!!!!!!!! I think we’ve already settled on the name Shubey. Sullivan actually came up with it, which I thought was so cute. It’s perfect–it comes from Scooby Doo (it’s a friend of his!) which is very Sullivan, is a nickname Cory’s friends used to call him, and of course conjures up images of someone foot-loose and fancy free, doing a little dance. It’s all good. Of course, it could be like a baby–you end up changing your mind 20 times in the months you have before you actually have the thing in your arms. So we’ll see! What do you all think of the name?

Tomorrow night, Kim and I will be official temporary radio personalities on FM107 with our ‘Undiscovered Divas’ show, at 6:00 PM! We are both very excited–and nervous, of course! Kim’s coming over tonight so we can go over everything before the big day. Of course we’ll need to reign things in from how we are on Feminine Hijinx…it won’t be Motherhood After Dark, after all, but Motherhood At Dusk. Kids are still awake–and as Stephanie so wisely added, so is the FCC! But I’m not too worried. We will have a blast! So please, everyone listen to our show and then go to Fm107’s site and vote for us! The voting will begin on Friday, the 28th, after 7:00 PM. You can only vote online. I have no idea where they will have the ‘voting page’ but I imagine they’ll make it easy to find. I don’t know how long you’ll have to vote, but I do know whoever wins starts their show the very next weekend, so please vote ASAP! Here’s hoping that we will soon be Official Radio Personalities, not only temporary. (well, even the grand prize show is temporary…but it will be a fun 8 weeks!)

Happy Saturday! I woke up this morning and went out to Lake Harriet for yet another weekend run–this time solo. Alas, poor Kim had her back just about go out on her yesterday! Luckily it didn’t keep her down for long, but she was still feeling it this morning and wisely decided to skip our jaunt. Boy, do I feel her pain. I hope she’s feeling better as the day goes by, she and Emily are going to ‘Wicked’ today! I’m sure they are very excited!

We are getting all geared up for having more people on our patio. Our friends the Franks and the Schacherers are coming over this afternoon for a BBQ. That latter name is pronounced ‘Shockers”…one in the pink, two in the stink…hey, if you don’t know what that means, I’m not explaining. This was actually something I recently learned myself, both from my Hijinx girls and Mike Schacherer himself!!! Naughty! It’s a nice day, the kids should have fun running and playing in the great out-of-doors and us adults should enjoy drinking in it. (me and my Tablespoon of liquor!)

And speaking of the out-of-doors, look at my little birdies! Aren’t they sweet? A few blog entries ago I posted a photo of their eggs resting in a nest that was residing in one of our hanging begonias. Now they’ve hatched! Our babies! I love hearing their very loud ‘cheep cheeps’ every so often, that I imagine they do when they are hungry and want Mommy to feed them. I’ll be sad when they fly the coop!

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

Another day, another puppet show. But all done now. Finished off VBS week with the story of blind Saul. Another uplifting summer tale! I could have used some Jesus healing yesterday–I woke up with a horrible back hitch. Not completely out, thank goodness, but it kept me pretty crooked for a while there. Of course of all the days, we had to be in a ‘cave’, which meant having our puppet stage set in a different room and just happened to be in front of a very hot gas fireplace that couldn’t be turned off. Sitting myself on the mantle, all teetered to one side because of my back, was quite interesting. Poor Char–I was definitely teetered over in her personal space, practically screaming in her ear as I loudly recited my puppet lines and was probably reeking as I sweated bullets from both the heat and the total muscle control I was having to exude to keep myself in that position and keep my back from going out. It was quite a sight, I’m sure. Maybe I did get some Jesus healing, tho, as today I am feeling much better. My back is so strange. I never know what it’s going to do. Kinda like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.

At least I got to see BOTH of my good peeps yesterday–coffee (decaf, of course!) with Stephanie in the morning and hanging out with Kim (and her cute little niece, Audrey!) as I dropped off Vivian in the afternoon. That was definitely good medicine.

And some more good medicine…we’ve been to visit Bentley the Cavachon (that’s him on the left, his mommy Carol gave me these photos of him!!) twice now, and Vivian’s been fine around him! YAHOO! It’s been quite a process, and quite a time of visiting different breeds. I will say, everyone is so nice about sharing their doggies…whether I know them or they are complete strangers. Gives you kind of a warm fuzzy feeling inside. But what really gives me a warm fuzzy feeling is to think that a Cavachon puppy may very well be in our future!!!!! We will be on the waiting list for a puppy that is due at the end of August–there will be 3 litters of pups to choose from. (can you believe the due date for one of the moms is August 29th, MY very own birthday?! Kismet!) Then of course the puppies wouldn’t be ready to go home with anyone until November. That gives us a lot of time to read up, get used to the idea of having a furry friend, and let’s face it–save up the dough-re-mi! These ‘designer’ dogs are not cheap! When we come back from our vacation to Brookside in a couple of weeks, we’ll start the process and see where it takes us. So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!