JOURNEY Rocks!!!!!!

I don't think i can put into words adequately how totally awesome the concert was Friday nite! Oh my, we, Mindy and I, had the time of our lives! It was sold out, but we didn't really know that until Journey came out to play. First was Cheap Trick, and the place was half full. They were good, but i don't know as much of their stuff. After them, Heart came out and were fabulous!!! More people had come in by this time but still not overly crowded. Ann, the lead singer, is 58 and still sounds the same as she did when she was in her 20's!!! Awesome concert from them. But the best was yet to come, and JOURNEY did not disappoint! This is when the rest of the fans came in filling up the place. You could tell who they were there for! OMGosh. We were blown away. Arnel, new lead singer, is a Steve Perry sound-a-like but added enough of his own style to make the experience PHENOMINAL! He sang for 1 hr. 30 mins. straight! His voice was impecable and stayed strong until the end. He is doing a wonderful job honoring Journey's legacy and starting a new one with them. I can't wait to hear them again! One of the best times I've had in a VERY long time.

With Alaskan cruise, Journey concert, and NYC to come, i've had one BLAST of a summer.

Here are a few concert photos:

I did it!

I joined WW this morning. I'll be attending weekly meetings and doing their etools, so with those two and some exercise, here's hoping to see some pounds fall off. I've had success before with just the online tools, so i know i can do it. But since dr. said i needed the "pack mentality" and support of others, i joined for the meetings as well.

I've so enjoyed the bits or rain we've had; wish we could have had more area-wide, steady rain, though.

Just about done going trough pics - at least the ones from 1990-current! Older ones may have to wait. Now to finish binders and begin filing other pics into category drawers. Love this Photo Freedom concept!!!!

Seeing JOURNEY tomorrow nite and it should be FAbUlouS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CIAO for now!

Que Pasa?

Translated - what's happening? Used to be a show back in the 70's in the DFW area; kinda like a weekly talk show.

Anyway, not too much new, but a few things that are coming my way or things i'll be doing soon:

*JOURNEY concert in 3 days! Get to hear HEART and CHEAP TRICK also, which i've probably already mentioned somewhere below.

Making layout(s) for SBF's latest contest; due the 27th. It's just a one page layout deal.

New York (and NYC) the first of August. Going to visit a dear friend for a few days before the school starts back up for us teachers on the 14th.


Right now i'm trying to figure out why my coveted MP3 player can't be recognized on this laptop but is on our older one. Weird! Frustrating, too.

Well, that's all for now. Here's another little bit of Journey eye candy - or at least it's eye candy to me - LOL!

P.S. I'll be signing up for Weight Watchers tomorrow morning. Dr.'s orders, but something i'm wanting to do as well. Wish me luck!!

Making things look 'purty'

I've spent too much time today trying to do something different and pretty to this webpage. I'm so not knowing how to do it well, but did get a new header and template. But it's still not want i want exactly. I don't know how to edit what i have; don't know if i have the stuff to do it right. If you have any tips or videos on SIMPLE ways to decorate a blog page, i'd appreciate it. Key words being 'purty' and SIMPLE.

See, isn't that pic to the left 'purty'? I want fun, pretty stuff like that. Maybe one day . . .

Motivation

Or the lack thereof! Have you every just not been motivated to do much of anything, even participate in your fave hobby??? It's seems for quite some time i'm just not motivated to do much of anything. Now, i'm not a totally lazy person, but i'm also not a go-getter, hard working type either. But, i tend toward the lazy end than the working end. Unfortunatley not the best traits, i know. But really for a year or so now, i just don't seem to get too much gumption to do much. Sometimes i'll just veg in front of the TV and i know i need to do something, but just don't. It's caused some conflicts and i'm working on it. But i just don't understand why i have the want to but not the motivation to just do it! So one place i'm starting is with the computer. I've told myself today that i'm going to choose at least one day a week where i'll check no other blogs, message boards, websites, facebook. I'll allow myself to check email and only open those that need to be. Summer break is halfway gone and i don't want to say i did nothing. I'd like to have something to show for it in addition to the Alaskan cruise. So, off i go to do something productive.

July 4th Eve

So i'ts already July and can't believe how the summer is just moving along. I am grateful for such a break from work, but i always hate that it comes to an end. I try not to complain, for i know any other job would not afford me such a break. Just hope it'll slow down just a bit before August comes zooming in.

We've pretty much been home bodies once the boys returned from their beach trip. With gas prices, heat, and some lack of motivation, we just haven't ventured out for summer activities. Not even to the pool. I've found that in the past few years, the boys would seem to get bored at the pool! It seemed i needed to entertain them. Which i didn't mind for some time, but i also enjoyed just laying out in the sun. Guess that's where they need to invite a friend to join them. Maybe we need to do that. I've also thought that we need to go bowling or putt-putt. I don't mind staying home, personally, but i'm sure it's not the best for the boys. You know, i wish they had summers like i had. Not that i didn't do my share of watching TV, but we played outside quite a bit. Rode our bikes all over the neighborhood, to Mr. M's for candy and soda, to the Mini Park or to a friend's. I remember on thing we enjoyed doing was riding our bikes to the water tower. It was uphill going but once we got there and began our trek back, it was downhill with no hands! That was always fun! We'd even stay out after dark with no worries. It was fun, safe, and just the norm. Kids can't seem to do that these days; plus i'd worry about mine too much. We didn't have all this electronic stuff to entertain us. We either played alone in our rooms, played with siblings or friends. Or, usually the last resort was TV. I often wonder if i'm a bad mom for not entertaining them more, but at the same time i want them to learn what i had to, and that is sometimes you have to entertain yourselves. I used to hate not having someone to play with or something to do, and it took me a loooonnngg time to learn that. Now i enjoy time alone; but i guess a hobby doesn't hurt.

I'm finally starting my photo organizing the PF way. Because most of my photos were already in chrono order, i pretty much skipped a few steps and am now putting photos that i want to scrap soon into the Storage Binders. The ones i kept but don't make it into the binders will go into Cold Storage (drawers with multiple tabs labeled according to Stacy's system). I'm getting excited as i look back through some of these pictures and can't wait to start scrapping some - IN ANY ORDER I CHOOSE! It sounds so liberating. What a way to celebrate the 4th - celebrating our freedoms in America and Photo Freedom!

Bye for now . . .