Yet Another Nashville Star Update....

Just kidding.... I'm actually still waiting!!! Quite the "update," I know. I haven't given up hope yet... but, we shall see. I was informed (on the 27th of March) that I was still "in this..." that I was in the top 200. So that's good to know that I'm still being considered. How exhausting this waiting process is, though! Wow. I am ready to know if I've made the next round or not. The next round will consist of 30-50 semi-finalists, who will be flown to Nashville in a couple weeks. Cross your fingers for me! ;-)

I finally found my cd of my wedding pics! I'll be posting those soon. YAY!!!!!

Dana

Nashville Star Update!

Holy smokes. What a weekend it was! It's Tuesday and I'm still trying to recover. :-) Like I said in my last post.. I flew out to Denver, CO to audition for Nashville Star, which is basically the country equivalent of American Idol. For those wondering if this is the same competition I did in the fall of 2006; Yes. Same competition. I had a GREAT experience in Denver! We (Kaylene and I) stood in line outside in the 33 degree weather for about 2 hours, then were able to go inside to wait some more. haha. What I'm trying to get at here, is besides the waiting around, it was a blast. I met so many nice people, and feel really good about my auditions. 

I made it through the first round, which was in front of everyone, plus one camera, plus one judge. The auditions were very raw.. no microphone. (Except for the one that was about 2 feet off the ground, and strictly for the camera.) As you can imagine, it was hard to hear some people... but- what can ya do? Groups of 8 were called up by number. Each person would then step up and sing. Once everyone in the group had auditioned, the judge called forward the numbers of those who would advance to the next round. I was lucky to be the only one who advanced from my group! I was surprised. Anyhow, after that I was taken to a holding area where I was waiting to go into my second audition. I ended up waiting about an hour and a half, I think.. maybe longer. It's all such a blur at this point! In that audition, it was dark, except for the "stage" area that I was to stand on. The lights were so bright that I could barely see the casting director/red dot that was the camera. haha. First, I sang part of my original song, "Perfectly Broken." After my song, they asked some questions about things I had said on my 17 page application.. haha, Something that was a huge benefit was the casting director was very nice; a bubbly personality, so I felt like energy was being drawn from me in a positive way, I was able to adequately show my personality to them. Another thing that was really cool was that I was able to talk about my Mom, and how she has impacted my life through her awesome examples I've learned about through her journals. 

So now is the worst part.. I'm waiting for a phone call from the Nashville Star Staff inviting me to the second day of the National Auditions, which is basically the last audition before getting on the show. I'm super anxious!! 

Last of all... I just have to express how thankful I am to my amazing Scotty, who is so supportive of me and my dreams/goals. He's my biggest fan! So I just want to give a quick shout out to Scott, who I love SO much. Love you babe!

Until next time......

D

Long time no See!

Howdy! It's been way too long since I've posted... but.. it's bed time, so this will have to be short. Life is wonderful for us! Crazy at times, but so much fun. We are absolutely LOVING being married. Scott's still keeping busy with work and his 120+ employees, and I'm keeping busy with work at Podango.com. 

Something exciting, just real quick- This Saturday, I'll be flying out to Denver to audition for Nashville Star. My AWESOME friend Kaylene is coming with me.. and we're so excited. NBC is taking over this year, so I think the show will be a whole lot better. (USA Network used to run it.) So! I'll keep you all posted on what happens! Wish me luck!

Love to everyone,

Dana and Scott

Snow!

Wow- this morning when Scott left for work, he opened the door, and to our surprise there was 6 inches of cold, white stuff on the ground! And it didn't stop till noon today. So now there's like... 7 inches of snow. Pretty!! Anyways, just thought I'd share my amazement.

Today is my sister's birthday! 24 years old... whew! She's the cutest thing... I love my sister. So- quick shout out to Shal- Love ya soo much- happy birthday. :-)

Also... I just need to brag about my sweet husband for a second. He is just... amazing. He works so hard at his job, and now he is starting school back up, and has a heavy load trying to balance the two. I'm so proud of him... I admire his dedication and determination to succeed. And on top of all that he is the sweetest man. He always finds time to hold me and tell me he loves me, and I love it. Scotty, I love you so much. Thank you for all you do! MO Love!

2008!

Holy smokes. It's 2008... I can't believe how fast 2007 flew by. But I DO have to say that 2007 has to be the best year I've ever had. Honestly. So many good things happened, there were some hard times, but you know what? When all is said and done, 2007 rocked. Scott and I started dating, we fell in love! (haha..) Took a trip to Mexico together, both of us went to Lake Powell, I went to American Idol auditions in San Diego, Scott was made a Manager of sales at MR Network (So proud of him!), I survived a car accident and the processes with insurance (still going, ps..), Scott and I got engaged, planned a wedding, and got married in the span of 2 months, then enjoyed the holidays together as a married couple. SO FUN! I couldn't have asked for a better year.

2008, however, will be excellent as well. No big plans just yet, but that's okay. One thing I do know will happen this year is my driver's license expires.... pretty exciting thing to kick things off, eh? What else... I hope Scott and I will go somewhere exciting... like Salt Lake City. Nah- I'm hoping for something more exotic than that. hmm. We'll see. I'll keep ya posted on that one. Ooo! Also- how did I forget?- In February my family is taking a "girls' trip" to LA to see WICKED. Shelley and Brooke (my sisters in law) are coming too! I'm really pumped about it. 

Well, that about does it! Until next time... adios.

Yes, I am a blogging Rookie.

So! This is the blogging experience. I'm looking forward to learning more about it... Maybe Jenna can help me with this.  I desperately need to evolve out of my "Rookie" status. Anyways, here's a little update on "us!"

Scott and I were married on November 3rd, 2007. What a perfect day! Really.. as cheesy as that sounds, it couldn't have gone more smoothly..... minus the car trouble before the temple, then Cam (our ride FROM the temple) leaving us. Hehe. But really- We are so happy with how the day turned out; a great day to kick off the rest of forever, right? 

So, here we are.. 2 months after the wedding; new year, finally semi-settled, realizing we need friends,  but happy as ever. This calls for a blog! (Not that a blog will get us friends.. but it's something to keep us busy.)