I'm Famous

Not really, but I was on TV last night. A little clip of me smiling and clapping as Dancing With the Stars came back from commercial about halfway through. My friend called me early Tuesday morning saying she won tickets from a radio station to go to the results show taping and I was the first one she thought to bring. So I quickly found a babysitter (thanks Grandma Kathy), found something to wear (cocktail attire is not a staple in my wardbrode, I discovered) and hopped in the car with my friend Lisa and drove to Hollywood around 2pm. The taping took a really long time (4:30-7pm) but it was so neat to see how everything works behind the scenes and we met lots of people, including a few celebrities. Since Lisa won tickets, we got in the VIP line, they took us right in, and gave us front row seats!
I can't believe I've lived in LA all my life and this was the first time I've ever been to a taping! It's awesome because people like Kim Kardashian, Lynn from OC Housewives, and Jewel sat right by us. Our first encounter, however, was with Benji from So You Think You Can Dance. He sat right in front of us, so Lisa asked him if he ever took the job with Celine Dion and his response was, "No, I turned that contract down." She then told him it was my birthday (which in reality is on a Tuesday, but not for 3 more weeks, so he told me happy birthday and I went into celebrity shock and seriously couldn't think of a thing to say back to him. So I sat there and nodded like an idiot. Fabulous.
Then about halfway through the taping, I was walking back in after using the little ladies room, and Steve-O walked by. He seemed so nice and normal so I said Hi and he said Hi back then I told him what a big fan my husband is of his and he was very thankful. Such a nice guy! Much nicer than Benji, I think. If anyone else's husband is like mine and obsessed with Steve-O and Bam, you'll also appreciate the fact that Bam's parents were there in the front row (ya know, the ones who always get beat up on by their own son).
My last comment about the taping was that all of the judges and celebrities are so much smaller in person! The camera really does add 10 pounds! Bruno, especially, is one very little man. The pro dancers all have the most amazing bodies and are so ridiculously talented. They make them do all of their performances twice, back to back, and pre-tape them both times before the show ever goes live at 6pm. Then they do all sorts of costume changes during the live show to make it look like they just finished performing their routines. So funny!
Anyways, I'm so glad I went and we had a lot of fun. We went over to the Grove afterwards and had a wonderful dinner at Maggiano's and finally got home about 10pm. Can't wait to go to another taping!!

Another "I'm famous" moment came when my friend Jolisa came over and showed me that my blog post from Mackenna's 1st birthday was shown on a popular crafty mom's blog called thirty handmade days. You can see it here: http://thirtyhandmadedays.blogspot.com/2008/08/number-1.html
I had a couple other party planner bloggers contact me about her party, but it was fun to be noticed and blogged about.

So, I guess my 5 minutes of fame are up now that it's Wednesday morning, but it sure was an exciting Tuesday!