What is this show coming to?

Thank you so much for all the well-wishers. I really appreciated all the advice and offers (phone calls and comments) on how to watch the show. I was able to ignore the world Wednesday night. I only had Grace and Zane here for distractions, which were in abundance, but I still managed to get through the show without executing a throwdown on the "talkers".

Mrs. Harris asked me the other day what I was going to do with my time when it was all over. I said "I don't know. I guess I'll have a baby." She also asked if I get this into it every year. I really don't. The only other year I was this engaged was the "Year of Chris Daughtry". The other years I'm only mildly curious, sometimes missing weeks at a time.

Now for a moment of sacrilege: I am getting irritated by American Idol. I know, I know. I love that show, but things are getting a little ridiculous. I had mentioned to Curtis last week how I thought it wasn't right that the judges and host were quoted on several different talk shows as saying that they thought Adam would win. They haven't done that so much in the past. When asked who they thought would win, they've always been vague. But here they are, saying outright, Adam will win. Which he will. I hope. And he should. Because he is a better singer than Kris. BUT, they shouldn't be saying it. It's disrespectful to Kris. And before Wednesday night, it was disrespectful to Danny.

Poor, poor Danny. I was sad for him. But did you see Kris' face when he was told he would be in the final? Pure shock!!! That was refreshing. I liked him more in that moment (I still want Adam to win, though).

Back to my irritation: Another beef I have is Katy Perry wearing a cape with "Adam Lambert" emblazoned on it. AND Simon saying that Bono would be honored for Adam to sing "One". Blatant endorsing. They shouldn't be doing that. It taints the whole thing. What a mess.

A little random observation: Didn't Adam look like Spock with the tubes from his ear-pieces sticking out the side of his head?

Enough of that.

Curtis and Zane are going on their very first Father and Son Campout tonight. I've never seen such giddy excitement. Chatting about the fun to be had. Planning of the dinner menu. And that's just Curtis. After 16 years of marriage he finally gets to go with his son instead of someone else's son. I wanted to take the girls out to Red Robin for dinner but Hallie's mutant pink eye is back en force. Will the madness never end?!!!

I don't know what we'll do tonight. One thing I do know is that the bathroom and bedrooms are getting cleaned tomorrow!

Oh, joy!