And he smells good, too.

I may be a first-time American Idol watcher, but I have watched Nashville Star from the start. So last night I was thrilled to join my friend Michelle at a benefit concert for St. Jude's starring Chris Young. I voted for Chris many times during his season on Nashville Star. I was happy to see all my hard work pay off.

Michelle and I rarely get to see each other. She and I met online about six years ago, and this was the first time we had gotten together without our kids. We were right up against the stage. As in, my shins are sore from being pressed into the stage. Aside from being deaf when I left, it was a lot of fun to be so close to such a tall, handsome, talented and fantastic smelling man whose career, let's face it, got a boost from yours truly. I mean, my votes could have made or broken his shot.

The event raised $10,000 $12,000 for St. Jude's!

He plays one of these things.





Singing to me. He probably just couldn't bear the emotion of looking in my eyes at that moment.



One last shot for the paps as we head out to Hawaii for the weekend.



What?!? Ok, I'm awake, I'm awake. Dang, what a dream I just had!

I should add, Chris is Michelle's guy, much as Jimmy Wayne is my guy. She has dibs and I was just having fun. No hard feelings Michelle!

Seriously, he smelled really good.