We had a pretty laid back Halloween today. Both of us had to work, one of us dressed up with her co-workers, the other did not.
We were trying to think of something really fun to do tonight that didn't involve going near the much hated Las Vegas strip, but couldn't come up with anything...or maybe didn't really try since there was a Ducks game on that Spencer REALLY wanted to watch. So I made a "Go Ducks" pie
and we stayed in to watch the game and hand out candy to our TWO trick-or-treaters. BOO! I hope everyone else is having an equally laid back and/or tons of fun day! Happy Halloween!
In a double elimination tonight, I say, with much sadness,Bye Bye Melissa and Mark!
andBye Bye Louie and Chelsie!
Mya and Dmitry - Jitterbug - SO CUTE! I loved it! 2 votes!
Melissa and Mark - Waltz - Beautiful dance and beautiful chemistry! I hate the judges negativity towards them...well Len was positive for once! 1 vote for the dance and 1 vote because I love Mark Ballas for a grand total of 2 votes!
Mark and Lacey - Jitterbug - It was sort of annoying that he did all the girl tricks of the dance but he was very energetic and Lacey did some FUN choreography regardless. 1 vote!
Aaron and Karina - Waltz - Great choreography again by Karina but I've had it with Aaron's whining about how he doesn't know what to do or why he's always in the bottom 2 or whatever else. (Its because he whines and cries too much!) And he's still trying too hard. Natalie was a better dancer and Aaron should've gone home last week instead of him. ZERO votes...GO HOME AARON!
Michael and Anna - Waltz - It was kind of boring, but charming enough. But he's not really improving and his cute happy facial expressions can only hold me over with him for so long. And he was a little odder than normal this week as well. Zero votes.
Kelly and Louis - Jive - Cute, fun, and full of high energy. Kelly looked scared near the end, but I liked it enough for 1 vote!
Louie and Chelsie - Jive - He was REALLY improved and this dance seemed to suit him well. I liked it! 1 vote!
Joanna and Derek - Waltz - VERY pretty but it seemed like her dress got in the way of both of them. 1 vote!
Donny and Kym - His old man showed through tonight but I still liked it enough to give them 1 vote!
I wasn't a fan of the Mambo Dance Off at the end. It was hard to watch everyone and although the judges were actually there and I wasn't, I still think it would be hard to judge in person as well. And apparently there is another one, or some sort of dance-off tomorrow night, which I'm not excited about because it leads to a double elimination and doesn't give ME a chance to vote again! I think the judges really showed their favorites in that dance off tonight, so going by that, I'm guessing that Michael and Anna and Louie and Chelsie will be eliminated tomorrow night no matter how much I wish it would be Aaron and Karina. We'll see....
Tonight Spencer and I had the priveledge of seeing Peep Show starring Holly Madison and Aubrey O'Day at Planet Hollywood (for free of course...I would NEVER pay for that one)! Last year I saw my first topless Vegas show and mostly laughed the entire time because it was so ridiculous. This, more modern topless Vegas show was no less amusing, but it was a little bit sad. Without the tradition of the old school topless show, these girls in the show are basically just glorified strippers. But I'll try to be positive. There was live singing which was excellent and there was an actual storyline that remained consistently throughout the entire show which was impressive in this type of show. I didn't say the storyline was of high quality, but at least it was consistent. Although I'm neither a reviewer or frequenter of topless shows in Vegas or elsewhere, I will say that I would see this show before I'd see Believe if I were a traditional Las Vegas tourist. And that I'm so lucky to have a husband who likes me just the way I am! :) GOODNIGHT!
In what may be one of the biggest upsets in the history of Dancing With The Stars, at least in my book, it is with much disappointment that I say:
Bye Bye Natalie and Alec!
All my favorite dances tonight...Paso Doble, Argentine Tango AND the group dance! What a night! :) The only problem with them being my favorite dances is I like them ALL!
Natalie and Alec - Paso Doble - Cool twist on the dance but something was missing. According to the judges, the missing ingredient was aggression. I don't know. I still liked it enough. 1 vote!
Aaron and Karina - Agrentine Tango - Much more manly , much less little kid looking for attention. A few missteps, but rockin' choreographyby Karina made up for it for me. 1 vote!
Michael and Anna - Paso Doble - GREAT football player aggression showed through. Great movements. It was FUN and as always his facial expressions were great! 1 vote!
Mya and Dmitry - Agrentine Tango - It was really intricate and good, but something about it was broing to me. I wasn't as excited as I was after Michael's, Aaron's, and Natalie's dances. 1 vote!
Mark and Lacey - Paso Doble- Aside from Lacey's gross mohawk, it was awesome! Good movements, very exciting! 1 vote!
Donny and Kym - Argentine Tango - That is by far the sexiest Donny has EVER been! Excellent! 1 vote!
Louie and Chelise - Argentine Tango - MUCH improved. Moved ALOT! Good mood/emotions and great choreography. His best dance so far! 1 vote!
Melissa and Mark - Argentine Tango- I liked it ALOT! At times I think she looked like she was holding on to Mark for dear life because she got tired of the difficult chroreography, but I love Mark Ballas! 1 vote!
Kelly and Louis - Perfect! She did awesome doing a Paso Doble to Crazy Train, her dad's song. LOVED it! 1 vote!
Joanna and Maks (substituting for Derek) - Argentine Tango - Awesome! My favorite dance of the night EXCEPT for a stumble which Maks saved her from and made it look like HE stumbled (to me anyway...he didn't fool the judges). Might have been my favorite dance of the night anyway! 1 vote!
Soooo....everyone got one vote from me, but like I said, its my favorite dances! The group dance was fun but didn't come close to last season's group dance. The Hustle just isn't as exciting I guess. And the customers were mostly frightening! :) But it was a great episode! I have NO CLUE who is going to be done dancing by tomorrow night. I think if I had to guess, I'd say Michael & Anna or Louie and Chelsie, but I'm really not sure!
Bye Bye Chuck and Anna!
Group dance next week! My favorite part of the season! And the Paso Doble too! :)
Tonight we met up with one of my oldest friends, Erin, and her husband Bryce for lots of catching up and dinner at Nine Fine Irishmen at NYNY. Erin and I spent most of our childhood together pretending to be adults, playing house and such so its always fun to spend time with her, reminisce and talk about how our real adult lives have turned out so far! It was so great to see them briefly while they were in town! :)
Bye bye Debi and Maks!
And in a semi-predictable turn of events, due to injuries, Bye Bye Tom and Cheryl!
My predictions were right again! I have a good track record so far this season! And no chimpanzees after all tonight! It appears they replaced it with a toddler! Thank goodness! I'll be back next week! :) And I'm so glad because next week are two all new dance, the Texas Two Step and the Lambada! Woohoo! I can't wait!
Me, not so much, I only drink it when I'm hungry and have an upset or sensitive stomach, but Tank goes CRAZY whenever he smells it...and will do anything to lick up the last drops...even go so far as to risk getting his head stuck in a mug!
We have a bunch of furniture stacked up in our living room to donate to Goodwill and there is something about this chair that the cats can't get enough of. They never seemed to care about it when it was in the spare/computer room but now they love it! This morning it was tipped to the side and somehow Noelle found her way INSIDE of it. Now tonight, Noelle and Layla have been cuddled up on it like this for nearly the entire night. They are so sweet together.
Mark and Lacey~Rumba~My first reaction to their dance, "Len's gonna hate it!" And he pretty much did. They had NO connection let alone romance. Mark didn't seem to do much dancing...more slow walking. It made me uncomfortable in a way (Carrie Ann agreed saying it was awkward to watch). I didn't like it so I didn't vote for them.
Joanna and Derek~Samba~The Shadow Roll is my fave in the Samba AND Derek bungeed to the dance floor from the audience! It was VERY SEXY but at times Joanna looked lost, but the rest of it she just looked like she was having fun. I liked it alot so I voted for them! :)
Mya and Dmitry~Rumba~I really believed they were in love! BEAUTIFUL! Mya is totally going to win this season! I voted for them twice!!
Melissa and Mark~Samba~She was too slow at times but she is so much improved each week which is cool to watch. Her legs were solid but she's still a little haywire on top! And I love Mark Ballas....soooooo two votes from me! :)
Louie and Chelsea~Rumba~They definitely have chemistry--he totally wants her! It was sexy but at times it felt too fast and rushed for a Rumba. Otherwise it was good. I am voting for them even though I'm on the fence on this one.
Debi and Maks~Samba~She seemed worried or nervous almost the entire time and like she had no clue what to do. There were no special moves in this Samba and it was just kind of boring. I didn't like it and I don't think she's going to make it much further. :( No votes from me.
Donny and Kym~Rumba~Donny had some serious old man hip action going on but it was a romantic Rumba. It wasn't as great as some of the other Rumbas I've seen tonight, but it was still nice enough for my vote.
Michael and Anna~Samba~What's with the pink on these two every week? Michael is always smooth in his dances and this was a smooth and FUN Samba. I like him even if he isn't the best dancer on this show. The dance was kind of boring at times, but at the same time, it was entertaining for me. I DO NOT think he deserved SUCH low scores from the judges AT ALL! So I voted for them.
Natalie and Alec~Rumba~Excellent Rumba! VERY sexy! Great eye contact. Good song choice. I just love Natalie! I voted for them twice! ;)
Chuck and Anna~Samba~It might be impossible for this guy to Samba or appear REALLY excited for that matter, but I will say this attempt at a Samba entertained me enough for a vote!
Aaron and Karina~He is not going to be able to live up to his awesome Quickstep frm last week! He was much too stiff for a Rumba and he's too young for a romantic dance with Karina...it made her look like a cougar. :( I hated it! NO vote from me! SORRY!
Tom and Cheryl~Samba~"What's a little pain when you could party?" That's what Tom said when asked if he was going to dance with a stress fracture in each of his feet...and he danced. WOW! And while he took it slow, he definitely impressed me with what he was able to do. The only thing that annoyed me about his dance was that I could see him counting his steps, but it was a cute dance and entertaining as well. Again, I don't wanna vote for him, but I'm gonna! Not only because something about him makes me want to watch him dance, but because he was such a trooper this week! I don't think he's going to be on much longer simply because of his injuries though. :(
Kelly and Louis~Samba~It was fun but not the best Samba of the night, but better than her Tango last week. She looked like she was having FUN which is good since the Samba is a "party dance." She made it look easy and she's just so cute when she's not being a bad girl! She got my vote...and I think her and Louis are falling in love by the way! :)
This week was a crazy week...Kelly says it must have been the full moon. I'm excited to see who goes home tomorrow night because I'm really not sure...maybe Tom will just opt out due to his injuries and that will be that. But I have to say the worst dance of the night in my opinion was Debi and Maks so....who knows?! Until tomorrow night!
Oh and this might be my last Dancing With The Stars blog...they mentioned there being a chimp on the show tomorrow night and if that's the case I may have to boycott...I can't handle chimps used in entertainment! Its horrible!
We were trying to think of something really fun to do tonight that didn't involve going near the much hated Las Vegas strip, but couldn't come up with anything...or maybe didn't really try since there was a Ducks game on that Spencer REALLY wanted to watch. So I made a "Go Ducks" pie
and we stayed in to watch the game and hand out candy to our TWO trick-or-treaters. BOO! I hope everyone else is having an equally laid back and/or tons of fun day! Happy Halloween!
Natalie and Alec - Paso Doble - Cool twist on the dance but something was missing. According to the judges, the missing ingredient was aggression. I don't know. I still liked it enough. 1 vote!
Aaron and Karina - Agrentine Tango - Much more manly , much less little kid looking for attention. A few missteps, but rockin' choreographyby Karina made up for it for me. 1 vote!
Michael and Anna - Paso Doble - GREAT football player aggression showed through. Great movements. It was FUN and as always his facial expressions were great! 1 vote!
Mya and Dmitry - Agrentine Tango - It was really intricate and good, but something about it was broing to me. I wasn't as excited as I was after Michael's, Aaron's, and Natalie's dances. 1 vote!
Mark and Lacey - Paso Doble- Aside from Lacey's gross mohawk, it was awesome! Good movements, very exciting! 1 vote!
Donny and Kym - Argentine Tango - That is by far the sexiest Donny has EVER been! Excellent! 1 vote!
Louie and Chelise - Argentine Tango - MUCH improved. Moved ALOT! Good mood/emotions and great choreography. His best dance so far! 1 vote!
Melissa and Mark - Argentine Tango- I liked it ALOT! At times I think she looked like she was holding on to Mark for dear life because she got tired of the difficult chroreography, but I love Mark Ballas! 1 vote!
Kelly and Louis - Perfect! She did awesome doing a Paso Doble to Crazy Train, her dad's song. LOVED it! 1 vote!
Joanna and Maks (substituting for Derek) - Argentine Tango - Awesome! My favorite dance of the night EXCEPT for a stumble which Maks saved her from and made it look like HE stumbled (to me anyway...he didn't fool the judges). Might have been my favorite dance of the night anyway! 1 vote!
Mya and Dmitry
Its hard to predict who might be going home tomorrow night. Chuck is by far the worst dancer at this point, but the judges like him enough and I'm sure he has a huge fan base. On the other hand, the judges really give Michael and Louie a hard time, unfairly in my opinion. I mean, they aren't awesome but they aren't as bad as Chuck and they don't give him a hard them at all. So I'd say one of my zero votes options are going home tomorrow.
Me, not so much, I only drink it when I'm hungry and have an upset or sensitive stomach, but Tank goes CRAZY whenever he smells it...and will do anything to lick up the last drops...even go so far as to risk getting his head stuck in a mug!
Mark and Lacey~Rumba~My first reaction to their dance, "Len's gonna hate it!" And he pretty much did. They had NO connection let alone romance. Mark didn't seem to do much dancing...more slow walking. It made me uncomfortable in a way (Carrie Ann agreed saying it was awkward to watch). I didn't like it so I didn't vote for them.
Joanna and Derek~Samba~The Shadow Roll is my fave in the Samba AND Derek bungeed to the dance floor from the audience! It was VERY SEXY but at times Joanna looked lost, but the rest of it she just looked like she was having fun. I liked it alot so I voted for them! :)
Mya and Dmitry~Rumba~I really believed they were in love! BEAUTIFUL! Mya is totally going to win this season! I voted for them twice!!
Melissa and Mark~Samba~She was too slow at times but she is so much improved each week which is cool to watch. Her legs were solid but she's still a little haywire on top! And I love Mark Ballas....soooooo two votes from me! :)
Louie and Chelsea~Rumba~They definitely have chemistry--he totally wants her! It was sexy but at times it felt too fast and rushed for a Rumba. Otherwise it was good. I am voting for them even though I'm on the fence on this one.
Debi and Maks~Samba~She seemed worried or nervous almost the entire time and like she had no clue what to do. There were no special moves in this Samba and it was just kind of boring. I didn't like it and I don't think she's going to make it much further. :( No votes from me.
Donny and Kym~Rumba~Donny had some serious old man hip action going on but it was a romantic Rumba. It wasn't as great as some of the other Rumbas I've seen tonight, but it was still nice enough for my vote.
Michael and Anna~Samba~What's with the pink on these two every week? Michael is always smooth in his dances and this was a smooth and FUN Samba. I like him even if he isn't the best dancer on this show. The dance was kind of boring at times, but at the same time, it was entertaining for me. I DO NOT think he deserved SUCH low scores from the judges AT ALL! So I voted for them.
Natalie and Alec~Rumba~Excellent Rumba! VERY sexy! Great eye contact. Good song choice. I just love Natalie! I voted for them twice! ;)
Chuck and Anna~Samba~It might be impossible for this guy to Samba or appear REALLY excited for that matter, but I will say this attempt at a Samba entertained me enough for a vote!
Aaron and Karina~He is not going to be able to live up to his awesome Quickstep frm last week! He was much too stiff for a Rumba and he's too young for a romantic dance with Karina...it made her look like a cougar. :( I hated it! NO vote from me! SORRY!
Tom and Cheryl~Samba~"What's a little pain when you could party?" That's what Tom said when asked if he was going to dance with a stress fracture in each of his feet...and he danced. WOW! And while he took it slow, he definitely impressed me with what he was able to do. The only thing that annoyed me about his dance was that I could see him counting his steps, but it was a cute dance and entertaining as well. Again, I don't wanna vote for him, but I'm gonna! Not only because something about him makes me want to watch him dance, but because he was such a trooper this week! I don't think he's going to be on much longer simply because of his injuries though. :(
Kelly and Louis~Samba~It was fun but not the best Samba of the night, but better than her Tango last week. She looked like she was having FUN which is good since the Samba is a "party dance." She made it look easy and she's just so cute when she's not being a bad girl! She got my vote...and I think her and Louis are falling in love by the way! :)
