Hi Gorgeouses!

Thank you SO….

I’m trying to write my blog right now, but my GEEK of a husband is interrupting me with pictures of poker players and their fictional/celebrity lookalikes. I know. BAAAHHHH!

Just got back from an UNBELIEVABLE night out with IT’SGRANDMA. We went to my FAVE vegetarian restaurant (the one with the SWEET POTATO FRIES), where I enjoyed a light meal of vegan chili, their AWESOME cornbread and house salad. Divine…. Restored my enthusiasm about vegan eating. Because lately, I’ve been gagging at the mere thought of soy or legumes or leafy greens. But, anyway.

After dinner, we went to the Ballet and saw an INCREDIBLE, tray artsy performance of The Seagull.

The lead male, Zdenek Konvalina, looked just like Daniel Craig…. I felt like I was watching Daniel Craig dancing in next to NO CLOTHES. Awesome….

Bond…, James Bond….

Gorj….

I absolutely loved it: I laughed, I cried, I thought. Hard. Philosophized with it’sgrandma on desire and the human condition. It was awesome.

Then, I JUST got home and turned on So You Think You Can Dance Canada to watch my ADORABLE cousin Miles perform the BEST SOLO EVER on that stage RIGHT into the TOP SIX!

Gorgeouses! I know a lot of you are voting. THANK YOU! (And, see this post’s comments — Miles’s parents thank you, too!)

Here are the videos of the performances that had MIA MICHAELS saying she’s Miles’s “BIGGEST FAN”! CHECK IT!

Amazing, or what? Wait till you see the solo he did tonight. It was BY FAR the best of all the solos.

Final thing: SOMEONE loves hockey (needs haircut)….

Well…, he loves hockey sticks. He loves FLINGING them. Swiping air. He should NOT be enrolled in Sportball. He is WAY too young. But, he loves it. ‘Cuz it’s just him and me. He’s got me all to his li’l self.

That little guy, Gorgeouses? He drives me insane with his cuteness. He’s such a bizarre little guy, I gotta say. Take his CRAZY smile: he lifts his head back, closes his eyes, grins from ear to ear and goes “ksshhhhhhhh.” He DANCES CRAZY DANCE at the first beat of music he hears…. And, today he’s started trying SO HARD to stand up by himself (getting close!). He’s a silly little guy. SO SILLY. SO CRAZY CUTE. My sidekick. My little love…. OY!

Hello Gorgeouses! This is a quickie today because I’m seriously under the weather. I must have caught a bug in New York. It’sgrandma’s insisting you can’t get a reaction from the flu shot because it’s not a living vaccine. But, my doc gave it to me last week, and I’ve been feeling ILL ever since. Josh was so sick today, too, though. So, maybe it is just a vile little bug from the plane….

SO, this is just a reminder to vote for my cousin MILES on So You Think You Can Dance Canada tomorrow (Wednesday)! Every vote counts, so THANK YOU.

Here’s a vid of last week’s contemporary routine, and of THE CHOREOGRAPHER reaming out annoying judge for dissing Miles’s performance. YEEEAHHH! As a dancer myself, I felt Miles performance was excellent. See for yourself….

Miles has a very unique style. For a B-BOY to dance contemporary…. I mean, COME ON. That was fabulous. But, regardless, he DANCED this. And, he danced it HARD and beautifully and with heart and with MAYJAH style. This was one of my favourites. Blew me away. No one could have danced it better. GO MILES.

What you really need to see are Miles’s last two solos because, OH MY GARSH, they’ve been AMAZING. I just can’t get them on YouTube for some reason! I’ll keep an eye out.

Thanks so much for the support, Gorgeouses!

Good luck, Miles! I’ll be hitting that redial button for TWO STRAIGHT HOURS tomorrow night — count on it. Love, ALL THE CHEATY GORGEOUSES

P.S.: Kids Deserve Art has been featured on Droolicious! We couldn’t be more excited. HUGE thanks to Amanda Hill for recognizing our little gallery and sharing it with the world!

Both kids are in their rooms. It’s 3:51pm. Beautiful day outside. But, I’m happy sitting on the couch here. It’s been a long day.

This is going to be a no-frills post. Better than nothing. I just want to stay relaxed…. Ahhh. Relax. Breathe in “REEEEEEEEE”. Breathe out “LAAAAAAAAAX”…. Such a good meditation to do if you’re stressed….

I’ve been doing a lot of running around lately. It’s starting to get to me. So, I’m doing something very bizarre tonight.

I’m going out. Alone. What I’m doing is very beautiful. It’ll be an adventure. A soul adventure.

I’ll tell you ALL about it later, of course.

For now, I’ve got some chilling to do. On the couch. I love my couch.

My parents have been away for 2.5 weeks, and I’m feeling it. I haven’t had a break from the kids at all — not even to grocery shop. And, as much as I love being with my kids, of course, you know how it is: exhaustion sets in, and frustration — because there’s only so much one can handle of not-being-listened-to.

The monkey assures me that her “listening ears” are on good and tight. But, I can assure YOU, Gorgeouses, they are not.

At 9:30am this morning, I got this strange feeling that I was supposed to be somewhere. So, I looked online at the Sport Ball schedule I’d signed Rascal up for (I KNOW the kid doesn’t even walk yet, but still), and LO AND BEHOLD, it started LAST WEEK. I know. I’m REEEEEALLY with it. Can you say, “MOTHER OF THE YEAR”? I can’t HEAR YOU!!! Heh.

So, I called the Sport Ball peeps, and they confirmed that we’d missed a class and that this week’s class was starting any minute now. So, OUT THE DOOR we ran. And, we made it just on time.

Rascal was BY FAR the youngest one there. Technically, he shouldn’t be in the program at all. He’s THIRTEEN MONTHS and not walking. But, the little thing had SUCH a great time with all the balls. He completely belonged in there. Everyone loved him. Of course! I felt so happy being there with him, so appreciative of our special one-on-one time, and really proud of my funny little guy and his hunchback/rhinoceros crawl. I have to get a video of that one for you. Way to go Rascal!

Speaking of videos and EXCELLENT segues, here’s Miles dancing for his life on last weeks So You Think You Can Dance Canada…. He’s the fifth one in, but please enjoy the other solos, especially his partner Lara’s — she was magnificent. She won me over after that…. Check it:

GO MILES! He rocked da house, fashizzle. But, in all likelihood, and I hate to say this, Miles will be dancing for his life AGAIN tonight. THAT’s because he and Lara got ANOTHER lame routine this week: they got the fox trot, which would have been find and not lame had EVERYONE else not picked such crowd-pleasers as Hip Hop, HOUSE (awesome), Jazz (hottest routine you ever saw…). You know how it goes. So, I’m praying for Miles! This is for the top 10! If he makes it through tonight, he’s in the top 10 — and he’ll get to go on TOUR. Tonight is HUGE. PRAY!

Okay, Rascal’s awake. He really is a lousy napper.

Update: Josh-O will be joining me on my little soul excursion. Which will make it just as sweet, if not sweeter. And, I can assure you, there will be White Zinfandel involved…. Perhaps lots.