GoPayment & Idol Finale - Better than expected!

If you've been to any of our recent shows and paid with a credit card, you've seen our new credit card swiper.  It attaches to our phones (My excuse to get an iphone) and processes the payment immediately through the Intuit Go Payment system.  The fees for us our low (no monthly service charge) and it has worked well... so far.  All of our shows have been outside, so we'll see if it works for a show where we are inside.  (Luau next Saturday)  I will probably be processing all of our online orders through it (on my new iphone) as well!

Despite there being no drama as to the winner of Idol last night, (the judges tried to create drama by proclaiming Lauren the winner the night before, but we all knew Scotty was going to win.) it was a fantastic finale.  I thought they did a great job with all the performances and Scotty capped off the night with a great finish.  (hugging everyone was a great way to end the season.)

Children's Day tomorrow, AI, and 2 1/2 already?

Tomorrow, we will be a late addition to the Children's Day Festival in Japantown in Los Angeles.  The Chibi Run is early and we will be there from 11am to 4pm.  (7am if you count set-up... we have to get there before the run starts!)  Lots of food, kid crafts, and entertainment.

Surprising that James got the boot on American Idol.  I would think the producers would've wanted a James/Scotty finale.  I am not surprised that Haley survived as the judges kept picking on her on Wednesday.  (Great way to incite her fans and make them vote twice as hard.)  It could be an all Country Music finale...

Cam went to the doctor today for his 2 1/2 month check-up.  He now weighs a little over 30 lbs and is almost 37 inches tall.  (No wonder he can reach so many more things on the counter...)  By the way, his shoe size is now 9 or 9 1/2.

Cinco de Mayo y Boys Day

Happy Cinco de Mayo and Boy's Day.  And did you know that Mother's Day is this Sunday?  Isn't it usually next Sunday?  (We need to go shopping, Cam...)

Who's going home tonight on Idol?  (I think it is time to say goodbye to Jacob.)  Right now, the final should be James v. Scotty.  Although, Lauren could sneak into the final...  (Sorry, Haley.)

Krafty Delites Recap & Who got voted off?

Krafty Delites surprised us and the customers as they were not taking credit cards.  (I had to run home to get our credit card swiper)  Looks like for future shows, you can pay the individual vendors with credit cards, but cannot pay for everyone's items with plastic.  (Hope that made sense...)

On American Idol, how is it that Pia was voted off?  Now, I know she didn't have the best personality, but she had one of the best (if not the best) performance on the show last week.   The judges wasted their save on Casey, who has done nothing since the save.  (And deserves to go...)

American Idol-ing

Are you watching American Idol?  We're down to the final 13.  The next few weeks will be spent getting rid of those contestants that don't have a shot at winning.  (Unless they pull off a performance like Pia did this past week.)  The early favorites are probably Casey (the bass player), Jacob (crazy voice), and James (the rocker).  I'm not sure what girl will make it deep into the competition, maybe Pia (if she can find some more performances like the last one) or Thia Megia (She is really young, but has the best sounding name)

In honor of American Idol, we will have our music note zipper pulls on sale for $2.00 each!  (half price!)

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