The newly FDA approved Alli diet pill will be available over the counter beginning June 14th. I have to say, I think I might want to try it. I’ve tried many other diet pills like Metabolife, so many more I can’t even remember their names. Why not try this one?

Well, the side effects are a bit disheartening. Uncontrollable flatulence and anal leakage. Yep, doesn’t sound pretty. I saw an advertisement that warned you to bring an extra pair of pants to work. That’s pretty bad. So is it all worth it?

From what I gather, Alli, formerly known as Xenical at a higher dosage, will not allow your body to absorb fat (or something like that). So if you eat fatty foods, you may experience the anal leakage. Now if I know that, I might be less likely to eat fatty foods, so maybe I will lose weight?

I lost 15 pounds over the last year and a half and have hit a plateau. I’m thinking this might put me where I want to be. A 5-10 pound loss would be big for me and not too much to ask right?

By the way, Alli is not being marketed to anyone under the age of 18. While other diet pills give dosage options to kids as young as 12, Alli is strictly for 18 and over.

I’ll keep you all posted if I try it.

According to TMZ.com Rosie is not returning to the View. She has asked for an early leave from her contract.

Could this have had anything to do with her spat with Elisabeth the other day? Sweet little Republican Elisabeth? IMO, Elisabeth really kicked ass that day and stood her ground. She is always being over spoken by Rosie and Joy and I love the fact that she did not give in to Rosie. It was fantastic! It shows me that Elisabeth is a strong woman and just because of her size, she will not be taken down by anyone.

So as a part-time viewer, I can only guess that Rosie’s feelings got hurt and she didn’t want to deal with it. Just a guess I am basing on the look on her face on her last show.

Regardless of the reason, I am looking forward to watching the show more now. I really hope that they bring on Sherri Shephard permanently. I am really a fan of hers.

Watching Jordin Sparks signing ‘This Is My Now’ was like watching Kelly Clarkson singing “A Moment Like This’ on her season finale. I had chills, both times. The song is so inspirational, I am sure it will be a huge success and really help to further launch Jordin’s career. She really did “wipe the floor with Blake” as Simon so nicely put it. At any rate, I’m still not over Melinda Doolittle being voted out, I think she would’ve out song Jordin last night, but why dwell on that now right? It is just a show after all, I just really like the show.

Interesting that so many of the idols are from Seattle, hmmm?

Anyway, I pretty sure Miss Sparks will win tonight. I can’t wait to go out and buy that song.

I voted for Melinda until a callus appeared on my finger last night.

She came out so strong with Whitney Houston. Her stage presence is enough to keep me watching and listening to her. She just exudes power, yet appears to be so humble at the same time.

I can’t wait til tonight to find out what happened.

I had a great day today. I woke up this morning and looked out the window. My kids had written ‘Happy Mommy’s Day’ in big pink chalk letters outside on the patio. From there I went and saw my own mom and grandma. Then we went to lunch at the Ventura Harbor to a restaurant called Scotch and Sirloin. There were 20 of us total and we spent about 4 hours there eating and drinking.

After dinner we came back to my place and watch the Survivor season finale. (I can’t believe Dreams kept the immunity. Did he really think anyone would vote for him after that?) Anyway, not surprised that Earl swept it.

BTW-I got this photo printer as a gift. The thing is really amazing. The quality of the pictures it spits out is really very good. It’s called an Epson Picture Mate. It’s small and has a handle so I could take it with me to one of my daughter’s tournaments or something if I wanted to.

Anyway, hope you all had a nice day.

I just got done watching Grey’s Anatomy (I had to TIVO it). Anyway, it was the two hour special that introduced Addison’s new life (rumored spin off) in Los Angeles.

I hate to say it, but I thought it was a bit overkill. I mean in the one hour that the show spent introducing the new characters we saw the following:

A divorced couple.
A gay couple fighting for custody of a baby.
A single woman that wants to have a baby and can’t.
A woman that had a baby and didn’t know who the father was and almost died.
Addison made-out with another hot doctor.
An interracial marriage (Older white guy married a young African American girl).
An interracial attraction (Young white guy and older African American woman).
Addison saves the life of above mentioned mother that has baby (prematurely I might add)!
Doctor gets car stolen from younger female internet prostitute.
Same doctor makes a pass at his friend.

Did I leave anything out? I mean it was kinda pushing it. What more could there be? Is life here in Southern Cali really that exciting? Well, probably more so than Seattle, but not by much.

Anyway, I don’t know about this new spin off show they are planning, but if it goes this crazy in the first introductory episode, then I can’t imagine how they’ll top it.

I think Addison should keep her day job at Seattle Grace. Her life really isn’t exciting enough to launch a whole new show. That was obvious seeing as how the producers felt they had to drown her with turmoil and trauma in order to keep people tuned in.

It was a beautiful train wreck, but none the less, a train wreck. IMO of course.

I keep seeing the commercial for the Cingular Red Blackberry Pearl. That phone looks so awesome. It has a sleek design and the color looks like it’d be really easy to find in my purse.

Some of the other features that are appealing is that it has a camera (my Blackberry doesn’t have a camera). It has the great email capability that my Blackberry has, but more memory for mp3’s and videos.

Hopefully my hubby will read my blog and surprise me with one of these.

I have a new love in my life. My mascara.

I don’t wear a lot of make up, but I always wear mascara and this new “Bad Gal Lash” by benefit is amazing. It is very thick, but not clumpy and it stays on all day. It also washes off very easily at night.

If you’re looking for thick lush eye lashes, give it a shot.

I love my son. To death. My son loves to skateboard. I really dislike skateboarding.
I’m having an issue with this right now. I am trying to accept and support my son’s love and passion for skating, but for some reason I keep getting caught up on some issues I have with it and find myself (still after 2 years of him being obsessed with it) not wanting him to do it. I do see this as a character flaw in myself. I just can’t let it go. I can fake it sometimes, but deep down it’s there and I know he can sense that I’m not paying attention or not interested that he ollied an 8 stair.

Here are my pros/cons in what I think is order of priority, tell me if I’m being stupid and selfish.
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