YOU WANT THE GOOD OR BAD NEWS FIRST??

I CAN'T HELP IT... I'M TOTALLY GOING WITH THE GOOD NEWS!!! I CAME HOME TODAY TO FIND OUT THIS BEYOND FABULOUS STORY!!!



YES, I KNEW THIS WAS COMING, BUT OMG IT IS ACTUALLY HERE!!! SO SET YOUR DVR'S, YOUR TIVO'S OR JUST CALL IN SICK ON FRIDAY AND WATCH THE TODAY SHOW TO CATCH THE MAGIC LIVE!!!



AS MY FRIEND WENDY SAID... "LADIES, IT'S TIME TO START SAVING UP THAT BABYSITTING MONEY AGAIN!!"... AND TO THAT I SAY "OH YES IT IS"!

OKAY, SO I CAME HOME STOKED ABOUT THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW JOB AND THEN FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS BRILLIANT NKOTB NEWS AND I REALLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WITH ALL THE GOOD GOSSIP THERE COMES THE BAD.

FIRST OF ALL, ANDY RODDICK IS ENGAGED TO A SPORT'S ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT MODEL. HE'S 25 AND SHE'S 20. AND THEY'VE BEEN DATING FOR LESS THAN A YEAR. SO I DEFINITELY SEE THIS ONE WORKING OUT... HE'S TOTALLY MEANT TO BE WITH MANDY MOORE ANYWAYS. I GIVE IT 6 MONTHS.

SECOND, RYAN PHILLIPE, KING OF ALL CHEATERS, IS RUMORED TO HAVE KNOCKED UP THE OTHER WOMAN.

L-O-S-E-R!!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IT SEEMS THAT NOT ONLY WILL JESSICA SIMPSON NOT GO AWAY, BUT NOW SHE HAS INVADED MY STATE. THAT'S RIGHT NASHVILLE GIRLS. AFTER HER NOT-SO-STELLAR POP CAREER SHE HAS DECIDED THAT COUNTRY MUSIC IS WHERE SHE BELONGS. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A GREAT CHOICE FOR HER, SEEING AS SHE RAN OFFSTAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF SINGING "9 TO 5" DURING THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS AMID THE ACTUAL HONORING OF DOLLY PARTON AND THEY HAD TO EDIT HER OUT ALTOGETHER BECAUSE SHE MADE A TOTAL ASS OUT OF HERSELF. SO YEAH. NASHVILLE GIRLS... YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN INVADED. AND I AM SO SORRY FOR YOU ALL.

OH YEAH, AND ON MSNBC THIS MORNING HAROLD FORD, JR. ANNOUNCED THAT HE'S GETTING MARRIED IN 6 WEEKS. I'M HAPPY FOR HIM SEEING THAT HE'S A GOOD GUY AND THEY INEXCUSABLY AND GROSSLY USED THE SINGLE-GUY THING AGAINST HIM IN HIS FAILED BID TO BE TENNESSEE'S SENATOR... BUT BUMMER FOR ALL THE SINGLE GIRLS LIKE ME WHO THINK HE'S THE WHOLE PACKAGE.

ANYWHO... I'M OFF TO A DATE WITH A FABULOUS PIECE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE AND MY GIRLS FROM THE HILLS!! ANYONE ELSE ALMOST FALL OVER WHEN THEY SAW STEPHEN COLLETTI ON THE SEASON PREVIEW LAST WEEK?? ABSOLUTELY. CANNOT. WAIT. :-)

XOXO,
I HEART JOEY-JOE BAXTER

PS- THE SPLIT SECOND THE BOX OFFICE OPENED ON SATURDAY MORNING I LANDED BOX SEATS TO THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND/OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW CONCERT ON JULY 4th IN CHARLESTON, SC. HOW EXCITED AM I!!! THERE IS ONLY A 6,000 SEAT CAPACITY. AND IN THE EVENT YOU ARE NOT AWARE WHO OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW IS, ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM AND TO WHY THEY ARE SO POPULAR HERE...

PLEASE NOTICE THE OUT OF NOWHERE "JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE" LINE. LOVE IT!!!



IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WATCH THE WHOLE "WAGON WHEEL" VIDEO SKIP AHEAD TO 2:50 TO HEAR THE LINE I SPEAK OF. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU HEAD WEST FROM THE CUMBERLAND GAP YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF JC. BUT NOBODY HERE CARES ABOUT THAT ANYWAYS :-)

A DIFFERENT MANDY...

WE ALL KNOW I LOVE MANDY MOORE. I THINK SHE IS THE EPITOME OF CLASS AND THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT ALL THE OTHER LITTLE STARLETS ARE IN HOLLYWOOD. SHE'S NORMAL, AND SO NOT A PAPARRAZZI TRAINWRECK PLUS SHE PUTS OUT GREAT MOVIES. WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS HOW TALENTED SHE IS VOICE WISE...

ALLOW ME TO SHOW YOU.

COVERING RIHANNA'S UMBRELLA



HER OWN SONG THAT SHE WROTE (ABOUT EX-BOYFRIEND ANDY RODDICK WHO I ALSO LOVE) CALLED GARDENIA



HER GROWN UP VERSION OF HER CLASSIC "CANDY"



CHECK IT OUT! I THINK YOU WILL BE VERY PLEASATLY SURPRISED :-)

LOVE AND HAPPY SUNDAY OUT THERE,
BAXTER

ON A LIGHTER NOTE, LETS TALK HOLLYWOOD!!

Okay I am sure that y'all know this already, but it's just news I can't handle... SERIOUSLY!! Tonight, at 9:00 pm the VERY LAST new episode of this show will be aired. Not ONLY does that mean that the writer's strike has to end, but then we have to wait for the new episodes to actually BE filmed!!

In addition, I heard from my Husband Vinnie Chase that my VERY favorite show may not be back at all if the strike doesn't end soon!! Are these people totally unaware that they are ruining my life?? I am a single girl with no kids, no dating life to speak of and a healthy obsession for my beloved television shows! So, to the writers and whoever they are striking against I ask... "WHAT ABOUT ME DAMMIT!?! WHAT ABOUT ME?!?!"

At least I am also a Reality TV junkie and my favorite shows in this genre are not only undisturbed, but several are coming back on significantly quicker than they would otherwise!! There is, of course, my favorite of them all that sadly only has a few episodes left. But Thank GOD that this starts this month, to be followed by this and this in February!! I might live after all!! If only This, my other absolute favorite, would come back with it's Paris plus some episodes, I could be sure of it!!

...So, while we are on "favorites", I thought I would share some of mine with you (aren't you just brimming with excitement!!). First up are my absolute favorite female trendsetters and celebrities in Hollywood. They are, in no particular order I might add:

MANDY MOORE





LAUREN CONRAD

REESE WITHERSPOON

KATHERINE HEIGL

DREW BARRYMORE

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

And as you surely know, ALL women have a "Top 5" List!! Well, mine is more like a top 8 List, which I make no apologies for because I am Single... ETERNALLY SINGLE... therefore I have the right to have 8 Celebrity Men on "My List". They are, in absolute particular order:

VINNIE CHASE/ADRIEN GRENIER

(EITHER WILL DO)

ANDY RODDICK

NICK LACHEY

KANYE WEST

ANDERSON COOPER

DAVE GROHL

BRODY JENNER

JEREMY PIVEN

So, there you have it... my glorious lists!! Glad to have that off my chest :-)

ALRIGHTY THEN!! So after pausing, saving & actually accidentally posting this post prematurely- all in an effort to STOP what I was doing to watch the Grey's final new episode... all I can say is that it was so sinfully good that I fell asleep right after and just now awoke to finish what I started on here. But I have a question here about Grey's people...

who the hell is "rose"??

"Rose" the Nurse... where did she come from, why is she stealing Meredith's Mojo, and why GOOD LORD WHY is McDreamy interested in a "Sela Ward circa mid-1990's lookalike"??

We need no more entries into the Seattle Grace drama arena. We like who we have already, thank you very much!! It was bad enough when "Ava" or whatever the hell her name was kept coming back, but now we have a "Rose". Two names I CANNOT stand in the first place, but more importantly two Grey's additions I consider totally lame. Maybe the writer's strike actually happened before we knew about it!!

Okay, so now on to the trainwrecks of Tinsel Town!! FUN FUN FUN!! It was bad enough when Jamie Lynn turned up preggo, but now This crazy woman is too? And rumor has it that she is also pregnant, although she may be slightly sane. When I found out about this celebrity pregnancy earlier in the week I considered it a GREAT thing, as my boy will surely make some damn beautiful offspring...

Speaking of that couple, I know we have all been-there-done-that with her ex's proven insanity, idiocracy, and the brainwashing of his formerly likable wife. Suri is actually quite cute though she looks JUST like her Momma leaving me to wonder if this story could be true... SPOOKY!!! But back to the formerly likable wife bit... WHATUP with her making this movie that nobody will go see?? I can't believe he let her out of the house to make the movie to begin with, especially when the combined forces of this awesome actress and this fabulous one could have tag-teamed her and had an intervention...

OOPS..MY BAD, LOOKS LIKE TOMMY HAD THAT ONE COVERED ALREADY!!

Now onto the FAB movies, and all I have to say is HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD Y'ALL!! I know that one of you stole my story, increased the number by 10 and sold it to make this new movie about my life!! But, I don't care who did it, I'm just super-excited to watch my life on film, with this rockstar playing me!! YAY!!! Here's a cute little shot from the film's premiere, and a fun little preview to get your juices going since it doesn't open for a few more weeks...

That's all I got from Hollywood today folks!! But back in the real world, I would just to throw in how un-fun it is to be an adult instead of a kid when it comes to parental vacations that until I turned 18 I used to be invited to. Now I'm out. That sucks! Especially since my parents have gone on some amazing vacations since then, including to here, here, here, here, here and here... and those are just the ones I remember!!

But earlier this week on my Mom's 58th Birthday, she woke up to view of this...

CHARLESTON, SC





While her beloved first born woke up to a view of this...

MY "BACKYARD" IN JC





BEING A GROWN-UP SUCKS!!! BUT I DO SO LOVE ALL OF YOU, MY ADULT FRIENDS... JUST DON'T SEND ME A POSTCARD FROM YOUR FABULOUS VACATIONS :-)

xoxo,
baxter


PS- HOW IN THE WORLD DID THE PAPS MISS THIS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT ONE OF THEM IS HER NEW BOYFRIEND?? I WAS HOPING THAT MY FRIEND RAVEN WOULD RUN INTO HER AND CONDUCT A GOOD OLE' SOUTHERN INTERVENTION ON HER WHEN SHE GOES TO LA SOON, BUT APPARENTLY BRIT-BRIT HAS FLED THE COUNTRY!! MY GIRL IS HANGIN' BY A SINGLE THREAD OF SANITY THESE DAYS... HOPE SHE MAKES IT BACK ALIVE!!!

YOWZA!! IN THE TIME IT HAS TAKEN ME TO WRITE THIS BLOG THIS HAS HAPPENED... NO WONDER THERE IS A DAILY BRITNEY-WATCH!! :-)

**Also before I continue to leave you wondering, I did NOT step on the scale yet... but technically it's early D-DAY as we speak. So, I am going to go back to bed in the hopes of losing weight in my sleep :-0 and will be back later today to let you know the results of my first Weight Watcher weigh in!! Wish me luck!!