Kellie Rasberry's Blog (317)

Rachel Zoe's on in the background and all I see is a man wearing stilettos. I'll have to rewind that and check it out later because I am wiped out and ready to crash. But seeing a man in high heels is the perfect way to end the day, really. It started with Adam Lambert and ended with that final visual.

Meeting Adam Lambert. I didn't really know what I was expecting, but I found him to be very chill and level-headed. Plus, I would've LOVED to have ripped his olive green leather

Went to the dentist today, prepared to be admonished yet again for my lack of flossing. But instead, I enjoyed a fabulous teeth scraping session -- am I crazy to love that part the most?? -- and many, many compliments from my dentist on both my teeth and my looks! He said I never looked better, which shocked the heck out of me! Frizzy, rained-on hair...still trying to get over this chest cold...about 10 pounds heavier than I'd like to be...but I've never looked better! Thank you, Dr. Pincus!!

I am about to cry! I got Emma Kelly in bed and asleep by 8:30!!!! This is one of the happiest moments of my entire week!! I don't even care about the laundry list of things I have to do, which actually includes laundry. I'll answer emails and return phone calls tomorrow. I will be in bed by 9:00! Again, I am about to cry!!

I got to pick up EK from school today. She was completely engrossed in her coloring project and barely managed to look up at me when I came in. But s

Oh....about that presidential address...I sorta kinda forgot about it when it wasn't on the prime time lineup when I was checking to see what I might be interested in taping for a later viewing date and didn't go any higher than the four major networks. But here I am logging on to check my email and there's a picture of the president sitting there in a mighty fine suit looking right at me...Oops. Thank goodness some mighty fine news organizations will recap it for me.

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Well THAT was a fairly long day! Nanny Laura says she had a bit of trouble getting Emma Kelly up for school this morning. "Just let me sleep a little longer...My eyes are still tired..." Poor thing! And I'm going to have to guess everything went fine because I asked her what she did in school today and she said, "Nothing." I went through every possible pre-school activity. Did you sing? Play games? Color? Make a new friend? Have a snack? And I got "No" and "No" and "No" and "No." And so it be

Friday didn't go well -- at least not as well as I hoped. There was just too much going on and I didn't even feel like I was "there" to experience Emma Kelly's first day of school. I think she was in a bit of a daze over it, too. But she might have been that way with or without her mommy sticking a microphone in her face. I guess I could almost compare it to an annoying parent with a video camera shoved into her kid's face. But since I can't do it over, I'm not going to dwell on it.

I'm totally wiped out. One afternoon with Emma Kelly will bring the strongest man to his knees. I don't even want to BEGIN to tell you about the scene in Albertson's. Although the scene in Target was pretty cute. She put on a lion's mask and was running up to other shoppers trying to scare them. She was FULL-ON LION -- snarling and clawing at the air while roaring her best lion roar. I couldn't stop laughing but it's so interesting to see how other adults react to something like that. Here yo

I'm trying to maintain a positive attitude because when you start having a pity party, it's hard to climb out of it. But MAN! Can one thing go right for me right now?? My daughter has taken up spitting. My house is being invaded by baby lizards and spiders that I JUST had sprayed for AGAIN. I have to have the foundation checked out because stuff's cracking everywhere. I just got the third call reminding me that I'm 3 months late on getting my mammogram. And what is THAT on my bedspread??? I'm

Nothing like starting your first day back to work by oversleeping! If it wasn't for Big Al's text of "U up babe?" at 5:54am, followed my response of "I am now" and an expletive, I could've potentially slept thru the entire show. And the worst thing about oversleeping -- other than making a REAL bad impression on your boss -- is that you never seem to catch up the rest of the day. And I definitely felt like I was two steps behind no matter what I did.

I came home to a daughter who was t

We flew to South Carolina to spend the entire week with my parents. My friend Shanda and her 11-year-old daughter Rylee tagged along because somehow my mama and Shanda have become besties over the past year or so. Plus, I wanted someone to bear witness to the amount of food that is put in front of you on a 24-7 basis and the guilt that comes with not licking your plate, knife and fork clean. Yes, we use knives and forks in South Carolina....We had a bit of a meltdown over our sacred boiled pe

I spent part of my day searching for a birthday present for Big Al's sorta kinda girlfriend. No luck. And the longer I shopped, the bigger my headache got. I have had more sick headaches this summer than I've ever had in my entire life. I don't know if it's the heat or some sort of pressure thing, but I've tried everything -- Excedrin migraine, Sudafed, Claritin D, Pepto Bismol, massage, naps....It's usually a combination of 2 or 3 things that work together. Today it took 4 -- Excedrin, Sudaf

Just saw the schedule for today's show. Drunk Kellie last night? That's a potential topic for conversation?? I wouldn't say that, but I'm sure SHANON would like to tell you that since she was the only person from the show who was there and would try to bust me like that. I had a glass of champagne on an empty stomach before I had to read a script, so when I bobbled a couple words, of course I blamed it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol. Whatever.

So I emceed a little event for m

Listening to Emma Kelly in the other room talking and singing to herself. She's really wound up tonight -- pretty much like every other night -- which makes it almost impossible to get her to bed early like I aim for. She always goes down somewhere between 9 and 10. But with school starting in a couple of weeks, that can't be happening any more. It's going to be bad when she has to wake up at the crack of dawn because my kid can sleep until about 8 or 9 in the morning. But! I'm not the one wh

I finally got around to opening up that packet from Emma Kelly's school that they sent me a couple weeks ago. That stack of paperwork inside? It was due August 2. Oops. But I figured, hey -- They got my money, so what's a little late paperwork, right? This is my first time doing this whole "parent of a school kid" thing. So this isn't TOO serious of an infraction, is it?

Emma Kelly's SO excited about her first day. She keeps thinking it's tomorrow and I have to keep disappointi

I had a FABULOUS weekend with my daughter! It looks like she's emerging from this awful phase of being three and moving into this smoochy and huggy and loving phase of four that my friends with older daughters have been telling me about. And then, from what I've gathered, it's bliss from here until about 11...maybe 12 if I'm lucky.

I promised her we'd do something fun together when I got home from Florida, so I booked us mommy/daughter mani/pedis. She got polka dot fingernails

It IS Wednesday, right? The days all seem to run together here in Florida. I'm back in the condo alone. Kidd, Jenna and Kinsey left to go buy a game -- musical something-or-other...But the longer I sat there waiting for them to get back, the harder that fourth glass of wine hit me. I just wanted to be alone so I could wallow in aloneness. Oh, that wretched red wine. When you're having a great time, it's the best boost you can have. But when you're sitting there waiting for a musical game that

Day one of the KKITM Family Vacation is over and it went really, really great! I didn't cause one single problem -- that I know of -- and I also managed to avoid direct sunlight. A win-win!

After the show, I was so wiped out from traveling all day the day before, I guess, and felt almost drunk. I decided to take a nap, but it ended up being one of those twilight kind of naps where you never quite go there. After a couple of hours of that, it was off to the grocery store! I trie

Typing this after midnight after one of the longest days in recent memory. I got a little slap-happy toward the end, but the giggles are gone now and I'm ready to crash. But wow. What a day!

Steven Tyler is just so iconic. To be in the same room with him -- even if just to be overlooked for a hot thing in the corner -- was an honor. And then to travel with my beloved KKITM family for the next 12 hours...well...I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. Actually, it was kinda

I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I will anyway -- I slept 16 hours straight this weekend. Oh, the shame of it. But I collapsed in bed Friday night -- after ignoring a doorbell ring which I later found out to be a neighbor wanting to go for a walk. Has everyone not gotten the memo that I don't answer doorbells? Anyway. I collapsed in bed Friday night and the next thing I know, 16 hours had passed and I woke feeling humiliated -- even though there was no one there so why bother feeling such a