Has it really been . . .

Almost a week since I posted last? I must admit though that I have been a little under the weather. Just found out today that I have a nice little case of Bronchitis. Hopefully tonight I'll get a little sleep with the codine cough syrup the doctor prescribed. Between that and working late every night last week, it's been a little challenging getting the blog up.

The big news is that Jessica did not pass her driver's test. She is going to retake it on Thursday. Wish us luck. The lady in Fayetteville who tested her was very rude and actually yelled at her in the car. If anyone needs to take their driver's test the word on the street (unbeknownst [SP?]to me) is not to take your test in Fayetteville, but Newnan or Griffin. Jessica failed on account of her bumper being over the white line and that constituted running a stop sign. No problems parallel parking or backing up into her parking spot. So, hopefully Thursday will go well in Griffin.

Speaking of Jessica, it's amazing to see how much she's grown over the last 16 years. Don't tell her I posted the picture of her with blue lips.

Quote of the day: "Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward."

Two More Concerts:

If you’ve spent anytime with me these last few months you know that I’ve been to quite a few big concerts. So far I’ve been lucky enough to see Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood on my birthday. I’ve missed Keith the last two times he’s been to Atlanta so imagine my joy when he was here just for my birthday! The Wednesday after Keith Urban was Bon Jovi. I’m telling you seeing two great looking guys who can sing and play guitar in 5 days was fabulous. The Friday after Keith was Huey Lewis at the Fred in Peachtree City. There was another concert at the Fred the following Friday, but for the life of me right now I can’t remember who it was. You can tell I was excited about that one, huh? The following week was Kansas at the Fred. Mitch and I were lucky enough to get passes to the after party. We were excited, but it turned out to be more like a meet and greet with some of the band members. It was interesting getting to know some of their backgrounds and how Kansas got it's name.

The biggest for me and the one I looked forward to the most was on Saturday, May 17th . That was the long awaited return of The Eagles. I have wanted to see them for years and was never able to secure tickets. It was so worth the money and was by far the best concert I have ever been to. They were so professional and didn’t miss a beat during the three hour show. The sound system was outrageous and the big screens were very clear. The weather was perfect and the sun setting in the background was amazing and made the perfect backdrop for some of best music I’ve heard live.

Well . . . as the title mentions there are two more concerts for me coming up this summer. Nichole has never let me live it down that I took her sisters to see Keith and Carrie without her. So since it’s her 30th birthday in September she asked that I take her to see another concert. So what can I say to that? It hurt when she twisted my arm so I had to give in. We will be seeing Gary Allan, LeAnn Rimes, Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney in Houston on August 15th. We’ll be picking up my sister Shelley in Austin and having a girls weekend. We are so excited. That means I will have seen my favorite singer 3 times in 13 months! Sweet!

The second concert will be to see Trisha Yearwood at the Fred on Sept. 12th. We have 8th row seats as a friend who has owned these seats for years just doesn’t want to go any longer. He purchases the tickets as long as friends want to buy them from him. It’s a great set up.

So Debra, you’ll have to tell me how the show is this weekend. I’ll want the full story and photos as well.

Quote of the Day: Life's music is ever-changing, but how beautiful the dance.
~Unknown to me.

Finally Friday

TGIF Baby! Don’t you just love Friday’s? Best day of the week for me. However, this weekend will be very quiet. Just working around the house and getting a haircut. Nothing too exciting. That’s a good thing. I may even get to work on my concert scrapbook that I started last week at Scrap Club.

As promised earlier in the week, I did do the ring on the string baby test. They say it works for babies that you’ve already had. And for me the old wives’ tale was true. All the tests for the 4 kids turned out like they should. Circles for the girls and back and forth for Matt. It’s at least a fun thing to try.

Here’s hoping everyone has a great weekend.


Quote of the Day: “A diamond is a piece of coal who stuck to it’s job”
~j.c. Penny

Perfectly Normal Day

It's unusual, but aside from having to be to work before 7 am, I've had a perfectly boring normal day. A little busy at work, but otherwise normal. This really doesn't happen very often. After yesterday it was a welcome relief. Also, thanks to all of you who read my entry from yesterday and left such wonderful comments.

As many of you know, we will be going to Hawaii for our 25th anniversary. The 4th of July will actually be here before we know it. We've been busy discussing the logistics of Meghan's air travel to see Nichole and where Jessica will be staying. But we have also been discussing some of the things we will be doing on our visit to Hawaii (the Big Island) and Kauai (the Honeymoon Isle). Scuba diving at night with the Manta Rays (no stingers), sailing and snorkeling along the NaPali coastline, visiting the beaches and possibly stargazing on top of Mauna Kea. Would love to see some real lava flows since Kilauea is still erupting. That's been one of my dreams. Maybe this trip it will happen. Even though we lived in Hawaii for 4 years, there is still alot of new things to see and do. Can't wait to take photos and Mitch bought me an 8gb memory card to hold all of them.

Speaking of Hawaii. . . here is a recent photo of Noah in his surf gear ready to go into the pool.

Quote of the day: "The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."
~ St. Augustine

What a Crazy Day

Well today was one of those crazy days again. Another logistics nightmare sprung on me just before going out the door for work. Here’s how things went. Thinking that Jessica needed to work at 9:00 it was no problem to drop her off on my way to my cute little cubicle at NCR. (Not an accurate description actually) Little did I know she meant she had to wake up at 9:00. Aghhhhh! Thank goodness my 23 years of past experience came to the rescue again and allowed me to solve the dilemma in record time. Jessica was to take the golf cart to work. Then I was going to pick up Meghan at 11:30 and take her to get the golf cart. To reward her for her good behavior (she hates for anyone to use her golf cart) she was treated to lunch at Beef O’Brady’s. Meghan was allowed to pick the restaurant with no argument from me. That’s probably a first!

Tonight, I have to leave work at 3:45 to pick Jessica up from her job at Flat Creek and take her to the first day of cheer practice. Of course I realized this morning that her physical is expired. Totally forgot about that. Had to schedule an appointment for that. We can’t stop there, it’s not as easy as it sounds. Turns out the physical is scheduled for the same time as her driver’s license test. Had to reschedule the driver’s license appointment for the 12th. Now I have to break the news to her that we had to push that back two days. She won’t be happy. Oh and she couldn’t do it on the 11th because of a dentist appointment. However, the good news is she may have her little car by then and can take the test with her own car. Do you see scrapbook and photo opportunity potential? It’s really funny how I look at things from the angle of “can I scrapbook this?” these days.

Hopefully tonight I can relax a little. Oh wait! Forgot that I have teach myself to use Quicken in order to keep track of the Cheerleading Booster Club treasury monies. Always something . . . . And who said “ . . . Summer is fun and the living is easy . . . ?

Quote of the Day: “Sometimes a good quote is the best advice you’ll ever get.”

I did it!

Well, I finally did it. Started a blog. A few of my friends have blogs and I really enjoy reading them. Thought it would be fun to start one of my own. As if I don't have enough to do with the booster club treasury, a full time job, 2 girls still at home, scrapbooking and all the daily chores of running a household. But maybe it's a good way to just write and have some of the events in our lives recorded for later. It should help with those journaling spots in the scrapbooks too.

My friend Jamie is pregnant and by doing the ring on the string test decided she is having a girl. I so hope it is. Promised her I would try it too to see how it works out with my kids. Will post the results tomorrow.