We've not enjoyed the show on tv so much in ages, made me think once again how great it'd be to have more entertaining and little less competition, to bring best of Idols and have some extra fun for everyone. No matter, all are winners, except me and especially my daughter, will be listening to Katherine and my younger daughter to Chris (her forever Idol). I think Taylor got the votes for being a friendly country guy -if the show was about congeniality he'd get my votes, he had fun and made us join in the fun, appearing more self-confident- a few years older helps, even if he was at times comical with his dances-we can all use more fun. It reminded us of the times when the "She Bangs" guy was picked as the winner on line, lol. We're fine with the fact Katherine took the 2nd place- it's almost or as grand as the top. Her voice will sing for itself. Wish we didn't have to wait so long for more Idol, GB

We've had clouds and rain since last Friday and that will continue into next week. But miraculously the sky cleared around 9:30 last night. There was a ring of low clouds but directly overhead only twinkling stars and the moon. So we watched the whole eclipse, how wonderful to watch the moon turn red. I wonder what ancient people must have thought about such a thing - it must have been pretty frightening! Anyway, we had binoculars and so saw "billions and billions" of stars as well. A great display!

I am sure it will be quickly cancelled now that it has the IowaGirl stamp of approval. LOL At you. I feel the same way. Oh, please don't tell me that, Jodi. I can't stand predictable. Lynn, I have seen that one either. Glad I didn't. LOL Clare, did you get to the second one yet? I really just watched the second show because it was on LOL. There was nothing else I wanted to turn to after American Idol, so I left the TV on that channel. The show kept catching my attention. Before I knew it, I was rewinding half of it to see what I missed. Watched the whole show and loved it.

Good morning. First, Selena + Chef is on HBO Max. I have watched 3 and have been surprised at how much I like the Chefs. Admittedly some areTV personalities too, but they have all be very entertaining. Second - the foil thing. Apparently Amy worked as a bartender and they didn't have time to mess with the various foil cutters. Basically, you just grab the foil cover, squeeze tightly and wiggle it off. When she did it on the show I was like "No way will I be able to do that." Totally works once you get it down. If your bottle has a paper thingy on it (like the DOCG label on Italians), I have found that if you just peel back the paper overlap the foil will come off no problem. I personally have not had the greatest luck with the various way to cut the foil so I love this method. YMMV.