Land o'Lessa

…have any idea how hard it was to hold this lil bundle and not dip him in butter and chew those lil chubby baby legs right up?

What’s funny is the minute Auntie Ladybug was saying goodbye, mama wouldn’t let me anywhere near the baby again. Apparently I’m only trustworthy with the sis around. Or something. I just laaaaaaaaughed… but not until I was in the car, of course. I’m not that heartless! *g* Hell when I was on my 3 kid i was letting everyone hold her. Those chubby thighs belong to baby number FIVE… and she HOMESCHOOLS too. Some folks is CRAZY.

In related news – not even a twinge. Brief baby fix and I’m all done. *L* I’m SO glad mine are all growed up!

IN completely unrelated news- on the “electronics that hate me” front, my DVR box went on the fritz yesterday. A call to my buddy at the desk, and he sent the refresh command through and you know what happened? It ERASED ALL MY PROGRAMING and saved shows!!! All of them! Every episode of Celebracadabra! DAMMIT. Harumph. Sorry, TBF. Guess I won’t get that recorded for you to see. SIGH.

Lola is still offline. Waiting on a compatible ethernet card. Sigh. Should be here by Friday.

We’re down to four, and I’m still leaning toward Paul being the Mole – how about you? of course, that may see him eliminated, as I thought it could be Clay last week and yeah, bye bye Clay!

We start off dividing up into young at heart and a camera guy. Paul and Mark are together, and Nicole and Craig. It’s dexterity tests for tots though the catch is the young at heart player is blindfolded with their only view from the camera in their partner’s hands – which is a mirrored image. Harder then it looks, as the mind plays tricks on you, and your partner with the camera can not give you a good enough view. They put shaped blocks into the proper holes, kick a soccer ball into the net, and pour tea into teacups. There’s a whole bunch of mole-ish behavior, with zoomed cameras and spilled tea, and no one making a soccer goal. And then it’s the big test…

They have to walk across a plank between two buildings 2 stories high. Still with the camera/blindfold deal. So much for tot tasks! And of course it’s not that easy, they have to stop halfway across, pick up a piece of chalk, and then on the other end write “the Mole was here” on a chalkboard. Nice. (And also? not happening for me! Yikes! Sure, they’re all safety lined in and all, but still…)

Mark and Paul are first, and Paul is laughing, but it’s very shaky and nervous laughter. Oh and after the get the chalk, they only have 1 minute to get the message written. He makes it with seconds to spare! But of course, this makes Mark suspicious that Paul is the Mole since he did well on that one, but couldn’t make a goal with the soccer ball.

It’s Craigs turn, and his vertigo is kicking in, and he’s scared to death. Nicole follows his instructions as he says zoom in on the chalk – and he’s not even close to it… he makes it and picks up the chalk, and he starts across to the other side, and he’s taking too long to get to the other side. He makes it across without falling, but not in time to write the message on the board. Nicole says “even if he’s the mole, he didn’t have to mole it up that bad!”

Total pot is $353,500 after today’s efforts. Paul says Craig is his top suspect, especially after today.

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That’s right -it’s almost that time, next week is the Nashville Star finale! So who are the final three? We have to wait a while to see, as each of the final four get to show us what happened on a visit home, sing a song, then only the final three will sing a second song selection.

Hope ya’ll voted the right way! Cuz I know I did, right? Right.

After everyone gets to sing once and show off the visit home – and how many of you awww’d when Melissa’s first stop was home with her boys and changing diapers? – we get to discover who the final three are.

First named… Shawn. Hm. i’m perplexed, but then again, I was perplexed about her and Coffey last week, so between the two…. anyway, she sings better then ever, I think, and maybe it’s a good choice after all.

America is saved from my wrath when Melissa Lawson is named next and she blows the roof off with “Jesus take the wheel” and gets a standing ovation from John Rich. Richly deserved, too. Of anyone, I think she has the pipes to make it in this business, and deserves the chance.

Last up…. Gabe! Alrighty, I can get behind this trio, then. Coffey (and his massive pit stains… ew, man, just ew…) is going home tonight, and I think it’s really past time. He is a hell of a showman, but he’s just not got the pipes for the long haul, not yet.

So – what are you all waiting for? GO VOTE FOR MELISSA! I mean, go vote. Yes. (grin) Video’s to come as soon as they’re available!