American Idol - Chris Sligh

Well, AI sent Chris Sligh, our hometown boy, home on Wednesday night. I think it was too early, personally. He has an amazing talent and in the end, Chris will outlast musically many, if not all, the remaining Idols. Check out his blog if you haven't already, as he clarifies a few points regarding his exit interview. Also, his band, Half Past Forever, has a CD that was released a few weeks ago. If you want to hear more of Chris, go to Amazon
and "take a chance on something beautiful" by buying his CD. Mine is on it's way.

It'll be nice to hear Chris sing again at Church, Seacoast, if that's what his plan is.

Good luck to you and Sarah, Chris!

American Idol - Top 10!

As I've mentioned before, I'm a fan of Chris Sligh on AI. I'm biased - He is the worship leader at my Church, Seacoast.
Seriously, we've really enjoyed hearing him sing at Church for a while, and now we miss it. We're happy for him and his success. He'll go far!

On the other hand, I think there are others on the show that should have left before Stephanie or Brandon. Too bad...

5 days of exercise... and counting!

I've been doing some consistent exercising to my body for 5 days in a row, going on 6 today. Now, I do know this isn't new to a lot of people, but, for me it is (this time around, anyway). That's not to say I've never done 5 days in a row before, but, while training for the MB half, I ran every other day so I had a lot of days off from "PT" (that's what we call it in the Navy). So, I've been feeling great, not much soreness.

I'll start with 5 days ago...
Saturday - Ran 7.1 with friend Jason
Sunday - Cycled 7.1 with Jason
Monday - swim - 600 yards (I'm slow)
Tuesday - Run 3 miles, 50 curl-ups
Wednesday - Cardio Circuit - 5 min treadmill, 25 squats (12 lbs), 25 Lunges (12 lbs), 10 min elliptical, 25 squats (12.5lbs), 25 lunges (12.5lbs), 10 min treadmill, 100 curl-ups

And today, I'm running 4 or 5 miles (intervals), depending on how I feel.

I know I need a break and will get that tomorrow and Saturday, as I won't have the option of running. My husband, Grace and I are driving to Paris Island, SC tomorrow for David's first of many sprint triathlons. We're excited! I think he's going to do well on it!

American Idol
Congratulations to Chris Sligh for making it through last night! I was thrilled to see him make it and look forward to seeing him sing next week.

American Idol - 2/27 recap

Last night on American Idol, Chris was fantastic. Our Church all got together to watch the show and show our support. Fox affiliates from Greenville and Atlanta were both there and were interviewing, taking videos of various people during commercials. Also, during the commercials, our sound team would play Chris's bands album "Take a chance on something beautiful" in the background. All the kids, and some of the adults were all wearing afro wigs. If you would have walked in, and not know what was going on, then you might have thought you walked into a "cult" event. Anyway, it was a nice evening. We didn't stay too long after Chris sang because our little Grace was getting tired - so, that means she was winding up.

Keep up the good job Chris. Note to Chris Surratt: If you see this - we had a great time and thanks for opening the Church up to watch the show.

UPDATE:
Here are the links to Fox affiliates that were at Seacoast last night.
http://www.whns.com/ - Scroll to the videos, and choose "Idol" contestant Chris Slight wows judges, upstate

http://media.myfoxatlanta.com/AI/index.html