Why does my macbook give me the option to choose Macintosh HD or recovery HD at startup every time?

Why does my macbook give me the option to choose Macintosh HD or recovery HD at startup every time?
It never used to do that before until now.  How can I get it to just start up to the regular Macintosh HD again without clicking on the HD at startup?
Im running a new macbook pro 13 inch with lion and everything is fully updated. 
Thanks.

Next time you boot, go here to make sure there is "something" selected:
That's all I can think of...if nothing is selected in this box, strange things do happen

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