Vote David...

Archuleta that is....

I can't even get through the phone lines to vote, but I've tried a dozen times, so count 12 votes for us! 

I'm just so dang  proud of this kid- Tonight at Enrichment it was all the talk- {There are YW in the ward who go to school with him,(or did I should say) My neighbor's son is on the same baseball team with his little brother, and it was exciting to hear more about the Archuletta family.} There is such a hometown pride around here. Seeing him succeed makes me feel a little like living an old dream through him. It's interesting to think about it all now that i have an   "adult" brain and have a family and can see things that i didn't see when i was young-er. At the point in my life when i thought that was what i wanted too, there was nothing i could say that i would MISS - It's weird to think of his world transforming. His life will never be the same!

Thinking about it all- here is my list of things i would miss- to be fair (because now i am so much older and wiser) -i have to make this list from my perspective NOW. 

Things I would miss:  

Going to the grocery store in my pj's and greasy hair

Knowing my friends are my friends just because they are my friends

Having no expectations to be anything more

Having options to be whatever I wanted to be- (after this he IS a singer and America Idol and that defines him forever) 

Being a member of the LDS church without having to "prove" or "watch" myself as he will now have to do -well not HAVE to, but people already ask him all about it

I would be scared for the consequences it all might have on my kids- not just the time it would take away from them, but just the whole high profile under the microscope life

I enjoy not having much to do- Okay that's a lie, but when  I go through a "down-time" phase it's nice to have nothing to do for a while- he will never have that now

Not that the money wouldn't be nice, but the less you have- the less you have to worry about

My hometown- you can't do what he is going to do from Murray- he will HAVE to move to the city

Just being able to list your name and number in the phone book

Being in our own little world

Things i wouldn't miss?

Wondering my exact purpose or calling- you win IDol and you pretty much know what it is!

Watching people around me suffer financially- i would be able to throw money their way

Making a car payment- 

Cooking for myself- I'm sorry, but i would have a personal chef- how nice would that be!

Hoping i had a bulk sum for our kids' future

Cleaning a toilet- i wouldn't ever do it again

Hoping my creations get picked up by someone- when you are famous you can sell cologne in your name if you want 

Saving money for a vacation- i would travel travel travel-

Well- I am sure he will win, not that it really matters at this point because he has already made a career for himself- but we are all rooting for him here in Murray! And it's been fun for Warren and i to spend Tues and weds  nights together on the couch- now what will we do?!