CMA Live Blog - #2

Back from break with Rascal Flatts performing Why Wait (my honey's fav band - NOT! :)

Is that Buddy Holly or Jay DeMarcus?

Kellie Pickler, Jerrod Niemann, and Luke Bryan to present Song of the Year. I love Kellie's pretty dress, but don't like her hair. Not diggin' Jerrod's painter's cap either - he also looks very uncomfy to be standing up there. Next year he can perform!

Song of the Year = The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert (YES! I'm 2 for 2)

I love Miranda's dress - that sparkly silver metallic skirt is purty. She looks great.

Boo! Her writers got cut off - sure the Oscars can go 2 hours over, but the CMA's can't go a minute over. BOO!

Dress number 2 for Carrie is gorgeous! Light pink with all those flowers on the skirt - I LOVE it.

Carrie and Brad sing Golden Ring for Blake and Miranda - LOL to Brad's "that's what she said" joke.

Blake now sings All About Tonight. YUMMY! He sounds so good - I hope he wins Male Vocalist!

CMA Live Blog - #1

Black screen for me at the beginning and then it's Carrie Underwood performing with Brad Paisley on the guitar! And Keith Urban on bango!! WOOT! The song was from Carrie's Play On album - Songs Like This - great stuff!

How the heck did Carrie change so fast?! (honey said it's easy when you have 6 guys in the back - all handsy - lol) Like the silver metalic, but hate the big black poof over the shoulder.

ROFLMAO at Tim McGraw as an Avatar!

LOL to their cheatin' song! Brett Favre has taken up photography!!

Brad and Carrie are making me snort - they are so funny! Mixing up Lady A and Lady Gaga - heehee.

Ty and LeAnn start the night (sorry, but gag). Don't really like LeAnn's dress (but the neckline is cool) and HATE her shoes.

Single of the Year = Need You Now - Lady Antebellum (WOOT my pick so I am 1 for 1)

Hillary looks beautiful!

CMA'S TONIGHT

They're on ABC live at 7pm!!

Entertainer of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band

Male Vocalist of the Year
Dierks Bentley - if Blake doesn't win I want Dierks to win!
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
George Strait
Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire - I'm going with Reba as an upset to WIN!
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Album of the Year
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum - HAS TO WIN! (though this is such a tough category!)
Play On - Carrie Underwood
Revolution - Miranda Lambert
Twang - George Strait
Up on the Ridge - Dierks Bentley - (it would be cool if Dierks pulled an upset and won)

Musical Event of the Year
"Bad Angel" - Dierks Bentley featuring Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson
"Can't You See" - Zac Brown Band featuring Kid Rock
"Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins - Lezli's pick to WIN!
"I'm Alive" - Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews
"Till the End" - Alan Jackson with Lee Ann Womack

New Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan
Easton Corbin
Jerrod Neimann
Chris Young
Zac Brown Band - Lezli's Pick to WIN!

Music Video of the Year
"Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum
"The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert
"Water" - Brad Paisley
"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert

Single of the Year
"A Little More Country Than That" - Easton Corbin
"Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
"The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert
"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert

Song of the Year (songwriters award)
"A Little More Country Than That" - Rory Lee Feek, Bon Poythress, Wynn Varble (Easton Corbin)
"Need You Now" - Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Josh Kear (Lady Antebellum)
"The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert) - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
"Toes" - Zac Brown (Zac Brown Band)
"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby (Miranda Lambert)

Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks and Dunn - Lezli's Pick to WIN - I think the CMA's will give it to them one more time
Joey and Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland - This is who I think should really win!

Musician of the Year
Paul Franklin
Dan Huff
Brent Mason
Mac McAnally
Randy Scruggs

Snap Fitness - Week 4

Today we changed things around - cardio first followed by resistance training.

My trainer - Keith - said that this makes your muscles work harder since they're tired, and it's always good to change up your workout.

We had been doing three sets with the weights, but with cardio first we only did two. Though Keith told me we were going to do an extra set of abs!!

And we switched up the order of the ab exercises, and changed one of them just a bit.

But when we got to the second set of he told me he was just kidding and we were only doing two sets of abs...BUT the last set of reverse crunches were going to be done on the bench!!

Oh WOW! That was super hard, but I did it! My entire body was shakey after, but a great sense of accomplishment.

So week 4 is underway - and I'm really starting to feel great - even though I can tell that it would be very easy to fall back into the old routine. So each day is one step closer to the goal - and I have to keep that in sight, but I actually feel that I can do it!

Snap Fitness has some great deal going on so check them out! SnapFitness.com

Watch for a Snap Fitness Flip Video coming soon to Facebook!

Last Day to Vote!!!

FOX will air the American Country Awards on December 6th live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The awards honor performers, albums, songs, touring, and videos.

We pick the winners. Voting ends today for all categories, except Artist of the Year - that category is open until December 4th.

Go to www.theacas.com to vote.

Artist of the Year

• Lady Antebellum
• Miranda Lambert
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood
• Zac Brown Band

Artist of the Year: Male

• Jason Aldean
• Luke Bryan
• Kenny Chesney
• Brad Paisley
• Keith Urban

Artist of the Year: Female

• Jewel
• Miranda Lambert
• Reba McEntire
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood

Artist of the Year: Duo or Group

• Lady Antebellum
• Rascal Flatts
• Sugarland
• The Band Perry
• Zac Brown Band

Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist

• Easton Corbin
• Danny Gokey
• Jaron and The Long Road To Love
• Jerrod Niemann
• The Band Perry

Album of the Year

• "Doin' My Thing," Luke Bryan
• "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum
• "Revolution," Miranda Lambert
• "Haywire," Josh Turner
• "Play On," Carrie Underwood

Single of the Year

• "Do I," Luke Bryan
• "A Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin
• "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum
• "Gimme That Girl," Joe Nichols
• "Why Don't We Just Dance," Josh Turner

Single of the Year: Male

• "Do I," Luke Bryan
• "Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin
• "That's How Country Boys Roll," Billy Currington
• "Gimme That Girl," Joe Nichols
• "Why Don't We Just Dance," Josh Turner

Single of the Year: Female

• "White Liar," Miranda Lambert
• "Wrong Baby Wrong," Martina McBride
• "Consider Me Gone," Reba McEntire
• "Didn't Know How Much I Loved You," Kellie Pickler
• "Cowboy Casanova," Carrie Underwood

Single of the Year: Duo or Group

• "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum
• "Little White Church," Little Big Town
• "Unstoppable," Rascal Flatts
• "Keep On Lovin' You," Steel Magnolia
• "Toes," Zac Brown Band

Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist

• "Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin
• "Pray for You," Jaron and The Long Road To Love
• "Lover, Lover," Jerrod Niemann
• "Keep on Lovin' You," Steel Magnolia
• "Beer on the Table," Josh Thompson

Touring Artist of the Year

• Brooks & Dunn
• Toby Keith
• Martina McBride & Trace Adkins
• Tim McGraw
• Brad Paisley
• Rascal Flatts
• George Strait & Reba McEntire
• Sugarland
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood

Music Video of the Year

• "A Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin
• "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum
• "Hillbilly Bone," Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
• "Why Don't We Just Dance," Josh Turner
• "The Man I Want To Be," Chris Young

Music Video: Male

• "A Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin
• "Southern Voice," Tim McGraw
• "Hillbilly Bone," Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
• "Why Don't We Just Dance," Josh Turner
• "The Man I Want To Be," Chris Young

Music Video: Female

• "White Liar," Miranda Lambert
• "Consider Me Gone," Reba McEntire
• "Didn't Know How Much I Loved You," Kellie Pickler
• "Cowboy Casanova," Carrie Underwood
• "Work Hard, Play Harder," Gretchen Wilson

Music Video: Duo or Group

• "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum
• "Little White Church," Little Big Town
• "Unstoppable," Rascal Flatts
• "Keep on Lovin' You," Steel Magnolia
• "Highway 20 Ride," Zac Brown Band

Music Video: Breakthrough Artist

• "Giddy On Up," Laura Bell Bundy
• "A Little More Country Than That," Easton Corbin
• "Lover, Lover," Jerrod Niemann
• "Keep on Lovin' You," Steel Magnolia
• "If I Die Young," The Band Perry

Snap Fitness Update

Week Number Three is officially in the books!

It's still early in the process but I'm really seeing some progress.

I can feel the burn from my workouts and I can also see that my main goal is starting to be reached.

Remember, my main goal has nothing to do with the scale or a size but is instead about changing a habit. My goal is to get to the point where I want to go work out - since exercise has never been my thing. My thing has always been a good book, the couch (or bed - I like to lay across the bed and read - especially that comfy Verlo) and TV.

I know a few times about 3pm I've felt my mind grasping for excuses not to go to Snap Fitness, but I have an appointment twice a week with my trainer - and if I would only go on the two nights we meet I would be really cheating myself.

Keith has really been working me hard! OMG - I didn't realize how strong I was. And right now I'm doing 225 situps three times a week! I can't imagine doing more than that right now - but I know I'll get there. And, while the resistance training is hard I feel really good when it's all over! LOL For the obvious reason, but also the sense of accomplishment is amazing.

I've also been walking Dingo every night. There's really no choice in the matter. Now that she is feeling better she really won't let us not take her for a jaunt through the neighborhood. But she isn't a young pup anymore and those walks are slow. So I find myself wanting to take a more serious walk. One where I'm exerting myself. Breathing hard. Getting the heart rate up. So last night after we walked I dropped her off and then turned around and went for a real walk. It helps that November is my favorite time of the year for walking. I love the crisp air in the low 30's. The smell of wood furnaces, and the sound of leaves crunching, along with the chilly wind makes for a most excellent walk.

As I walked last night I realized that I was starting to hit that goal of wanting to exercise. I actually would have felt terrible with just the little Dingo walk. (Yesterday was my day off from Snap Fitness after spending Mon, Tue, and Wed there.)

I know I have a long ways to go - that it's only been three weeks. And tough times are ahead. But I feel confident about what I can accomplish.

I feel confident that my goals are realistic and within reach!

I would love to see you out at Snap Fitness too - so join me!

CMA Performers & Presenters - Update

44th Annual CMA Awards are on ABC November 10th at 7pm.

Latest Editions from 11/5

Performers

• Kid Rock
• Taylor Swift
• George Strait
• Rascal Flatts
• Reba McEntire
• Blake Shelton
• Keith Urban
• Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson - performing their duet from Jason's new CD "My Kinda Party" - "Don't You Wanna Stay"
• Kenny Chesney
• Lady Antebellum
• Miranda Lambert & Sheryl Crow paying homage to Loretta Lynn
• Dierks Bentley
• Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
• Brad Paisley (co-host)
• Carrie Underwood (co-host)
• Sugarland

Presenters

• Sara Evans
• Easton Corbin
• Kellie Pickler
• The Band Perry
• LeAnn Rimes
• Martina McBride
• JoAnna Garcia (from ABC's "Better With You")
• Ty Pennington (from ABC's :Extreme Makeover: Home Edition")
• Tim McGraw
• Darius Rucker
• Luke Bryan
• Chris Young
• The Band Perry
• Easton Corbin
• Little Big Town
• Jerrod Niemann
• Kellie Pickler
• Jeff Jordon (of NASCAR fame :)