So I wanted to post really quickly that we went to the Kenny Rogers concert on Saturday night. It was not too bad. And I wasn't the youngest one there!! I saw a 10 year old and a few babies there too. LOL. It was quite different than all the other concerts I've been to. First of all the average age was at least 60. He had no opening acts or anything, it was just him. He sang about 10 of his "hits" of which I recognized about 8 of them but only knew the words to the chorus of 4 and I knew all the words to "The Gambler". So it was a bit quiet where we sat. LOL. And the show was pretty quiet. I didn't wear ear plugs at all. And he was FUNNY!! He was cracking jokes about the audience and it was just great. If he hadn't been so funny the concert would have been a bore. So, after he sang his "greatest hits" he went and changed his clothes into something more formal and sang about 10 Christmas songs. They were all good. He pulled 12 people out of the audience and he had them sing the 12 Days of Christmas. It was hilarious!!! We were laughing so hard. It was a nice stress reliever. (Although I kept thinking, this guy hates mormons?") It was a lot of fun and I'm glad I went. Would I go again? No. But it was a good show.

Now tonight is the show we've all been waiting for. Yes, that's right. Tonight is Carrie Underwood and I'm so excited!! And I've also received word that this summer at the Calgary Stampede we're having Kenny Chesney, George Strait, AND Taylor Swift. I'm so excited! I would like to go to all of them, but we've seen George Strait and Mike doesn't want to see him again (I DO!), and Mike says Kenny Chesney's tickets are too expensive (after all, he has been voted entertainer of the year 4 times so he can charge the arm and a leg to have a show). And we have seen Taylor Swift when we saw Brad Paisley, but I LOVE her music and so I really want to go. I told Mike we need to go and see George, stay the night in Calgary and then spend the day at the stampede and then see Taylor Swift and then we can drive home. And he said to me "And who's going to watch the kids?" At this point I'm thinking "Hmmm, the stampede is in the second and third week of July. By then we'll be less than a month from our 10 year anniversary. And in these 10 years, besides the first year and a half of being childless, we have NEVER gone away together without the kids. EVER. And in that first year and a half, we were so dirt poor that we couldn't afford to go anywhere and we were managing a house in Rexburg and we couldn't even take off to do some camping. So I'm thinking that it's time for his family to step up and watch the kids for two days and a night so that we can have a little alone time. Sheesh. (At this point I will not mention that we're hoping to go to England and Ireland for 2-3 weeks at the end of July beginning of August. We're hoping to fly mom up - or you can drive mom - and going on our first vacation together without the kids. But this adventure of ours depends upon THE TEST. If we pass, we go. If we don't...we don't. BTW, we find out about the test in less than 2 weeks. I get butterflies when I even think of it. Dec. 5th.) Ok, so I'm done blabbing. But I do promise to bring a camera to Carrie. I totally forgot for Kenny Rogers, but I swear I was there. LOL. Anyway, I'm going crazy trying to get ready for UT!! Yay 2 more days! So I'll ttyl, L

Yup, today is the day. The big 2-9! (So next week, after show choir is over and I have a bit more time on my hands I will change the annoying blog layout. LOL. It was fun while it lasted.) Anyway, I haven't had any time to post anything because I've been SO SO SO busy this past week. But since today is the big bday day I thought I'd take a few minutes and catch up with everyone's blogs and let you know what I'm going to be up to on my day.

So yesterday was my 2 year birthday of being on blogger. Yay! I've come a long way baby! THIS was my first post and even though I've changed the name, and the purpose it's still me and I'm still enjoying blogging as much as ever. This is my 262nd post on this blog and between both blogs I've got a whopping 418 posts. I had a measly 26 posts in 2006 (but I started in November, so that's ok), 109 posts in 2007, and 112 posts in 2008 (with 8 weeks or so to go until 2009). So it seems that I have more to say with each passing year. LOL. Thanks to all who have been here with me every step of the way! And thanks to those who are new! Anyway, I've enjoyed the journey and hope that there are a lot more posts to come!!

Well, it's a Friday night and I'm sitting here at the computer. Snore. But I've been SO busy lately that this is the perfect way to spend the night. I've been feeling like I haven't been posting quite as much. I've been up to my eyeballs in Show Choir and the fun has just begun. Starting next week I will be doing choreography every day from 4 until 7. So that will just add to the fun. But funny enough, today has been my "slowest" day all week and I have found that today I have been on edge about EVERYTHING. Ky has been driving me up the wall. She has a tendency to act without thinking first and I've just had it. She doesn't think things through and it just irritates me to no end. So today I found myself biting my tongue over and over and over, until I just about bit it off. Then I just couldn't hold it in any longer so the evening has ended on a downer because I hate it when I'm like this. My kids shouldn't have to suffer because I'm stressed out. But I'm working through it, so hopefully it will eventually get better. I've told myself that I'm not allowed to yell at the show choir kids and I'm hoping I can control myself. LOL. Can you tell I have yelling issues? My sister thinks that I should go to anger management counseling. Mike just agreed. He thinks I have issues. Hmmmm, maybe something to look into. Cool. One more thing for me to do. :) Anyway, I'm trying to be positive. Happiness is a choice. (My sister does vinyl and I'm having her print that out for me so I can put it on my bathroom mirror to see every time I look in the mirror.) Next week is actually not as crazy as this week has been. On some days choreo from 4-7 is all I have. Which will be nice. I'm also hoping to get back on track with the diet thing and the exercising...again. It's time to get serious again. But on the weight front I've been warned that if you lose it too fast that you can get "stuck" at a certain weight. Well, I've been down 20 pounds for about 2 months now, so I think my body is ready for the next step. LOL. The gym has been a good thing, but I've decided not to rejoin in the new year. I might join the other gym, I've heard it's a lot cheaper. But it is co-ed. But I haven't noticed anyone there at 6a.m. So who the heck knows. I don't know. Now I'm tired and rambling and I doubt I make sense. So, wish me luck in the upcoming week!!! No yelling!! (I bet you I don't last a day without yelling. A "teaching" day where I"m actually up on the block teaching. LOL.) But I'm still going to try really hard. I'm going to have a game plan. Woot. :) ttyl, L

You know, even though I am not overly thrilled that *Barack*Obama* won as president, I must say that I am proud to live in a day and age when a black person has the opportunity to be president of the US of A. Maybe one day we will have a women president (kill me if it's Hillary Clinton. Then we'd REALLY know it was the end of the world. What better person to lead us to hell in a hand basket then her?) Anyway, I just wanted to say that I'm pleased that a person of color was chosen as president. And that it's exciting to be apart of history in the making.

So, for all those who know me, and love me, know that I have a HUGE fetish with my birthday. I count down to my birthday every year and months in advance I let my parents know what to get for me. Birthdays were always special growing up and it has carried into my adulthood even though growing older isn't NEARLY as fun as it used to be. (In fact I am secretly petrified of turning 30. So next year is going to stink.) But my birthday is this month and since Thanksgiving (for Canada) was in October I felt this was appropriate. LOL.