How wonderfully sweet Luanne. Thank you all so much for my your good wishes. I was in Duluth, MN on my birthday and back to the frozen tundra the following week to Wisconsin. I am happy to be home this weekend as the sun is out and helping to dry the ground. My roses are budded out and ready to pop. Pretty good considering they have not been fertilized in since 2008. I hope to get to that this year! Love you all, Carol, Fang, Ma, Husky MaMa (so many personalities, it's hard to keep me straight sometimes)

wish they had used that wild card they gave her to Lauren T instead, that was a wasted wild card, my thought. America had told them Ashton should be gone guess they meant it. LOL She was one I was never very impressed with.

I love Adam and Kris - You should look up Adam on Youtube. He has some amazing performances on there and a couple "interesting" ones. Paula Abdul has been dealing with nerve damage in her neck after years of dancing. She is in constant pain in her neck and down her arm. I agree she isn't much of a critic or judge, but hearing everyone (not just here) write her off as a "pill popper" is really unfair. It does seem pretty obvious she is on some strong pain meds every now and then. I have arthritis in my neck that is impinging on nerves and have pain and numbness down my arm. It isn't nearly as bad as what she has been dealing with, but it is NOT fun. I think of what she is going through every time I watch "Dancing with the Stars" and see the girls whip their heads around like they do. Wonder it the future will be the same for them.

I forgot all about it.... I'm so sorry about James...but I think he'll have many oportunities ahead of him. Just hope he makes the right decisions. My choice would have been to send Scotty home first. I can't stand how cool he thinks he is. Then Haley. Then Lauren and James would have been the winner. Not sure if Lauren is mature enough for all of this. But I remember them saying early on they were hoping for a female winner this time. And looking for a new teen singer. She'll be a good infleunce on the teen fans. I hope...as long as she doesn't become "evil" patti