A Happy Day

Today was Oprah Day!!! Where to start?? First off, we got a grrrrreat parking spot! Hooray! Better than paying $20. Ouch. We get in line to go inside and check in and then everyone waits in this room upstairs. We had these cards with numbers on them so we thought that's how they would seat us. We were 214 and 215, so we were kinda bummed about that. It was hot and we didn't have a chair and we were waiting for like 45 minutes. Finally they start calling us in by names. My name got called pretty early so Ashley and I go down. We walk into the studio, which is amazing, and this girl leads us to our seats. IN THE FRONT ROW!!!! RIGHT NEXT TO THE RUNWAY THAT OPRAH WALKS OUT ON!!! We couldn't believe it. So, they talk to us about what's gonna happen, and how we need to be excited and show emotion, b/c that's how you get on camera. So, we were super cheesy for the next 2 hours. And my hands were tingly from clapping so much. But it was sooooo fun. Ok. So the 2 seats next to me were empty, and everyone was wondering who was going to sit there. Well, Wynonna's (I learned how to spell it correctly) husband sat 2 seats away from me and they sat a girl next to me, telling her that, when Wynonna performs at the end, she will move to the back so that Oprah can sit there. SIT NEXT TO ME!!!!! So, when she walked out, Ashley and I got to shake her hand. And then, when Oprah came to sit next TO ME while Wynonna was performing, I offered her my hand to help her. Then she sat there and we danced in our seats while she performed and then continued to sit there while they did an After the Show segment. It was so awesome!! Everyone got a copy of Wynonna's book, Coming home to myself, or something like that. So, watch Oprah next week, around the 27th they said. On the very front row, on Oprah's side, next to the runway. I am wearing a pink sweater with green shirt underneath, and Ashley has on a pink striped shirt.





Oh, and they interviewed Cojo, who just had a liver transplant, so we got to see him too. I love Cojo!



Since we were go ing to drive by the only Panda Express for miles, we decided to have that for dinner! Icing on the cake!

I won tickets to a sneak peek of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, so we went to that tonite. All I can say is, eh. Definitely NOT as good as Nightmare. Of course, I did fall asleep for a wee bit during the middle. Very uncharacteristic of me, but I couldn't help it. I was up until 1 am last night finishing the Half-Blood Prince! I could NOT put it down. I was a little disappointed at the ending. I have read so many reactions about it online and expected so much more. I mean, it is pretty huge, but I was expecting someone else. I don't want to give anything away. I did see the trailer for the Goblet of Fire, which looks to be very good. Although very dark. But that's exactly how the book was. I can't wait till all the movies are out so I can buy one big box set of all the DVDs, and get a complete collection of the books. Same with LOTR and Star Wars. Those are must-haves.



Ok. I'm exhausted. And there is much waiting for me on the TiVo. When am I ever going to catch up?? Ahh. This weekend when Derrick is in Provo.

:)