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The Tournament of Roses Parade president (hereafter referred to as "The Pres") is here for a visit. Every year The Pres travels all around the country visiting all of the high school bands who have been chosen to march in the Rose Parade. He gets VIP treatment while he watches the band perform and...
I let Hailey take the car alone today for the first time. It was SUCH a strange feeling watching my car drive away from me knowing that my BABY was behind the wheel. She's had her license for 3 weeks but has yet to go solo. I knew I had to start somewhere, I couldn't put it off forever. She needed...
With the visit from the Tournament of Roses Parade president just next week the whole state is buzzing about our band and the media are starting to show some interest. Our local CBS affiliate showed up at practice yesterday afternoon and did an interview with our band director, Mr. Pence (with the...
If you have a teenager or have a kid that will eventually be a teenager you will eventually find yourself going through what I've been going through the past 2 years. The teen driving dilemma! My daughter drove on her permit for almost 2 years before I would even let her go take her road test to get...
I got this collapsible chair as a gift at work during our IT Appreciation Week a couple of weeks ago. I opened it up and sat it in the living room. Fatso just immediately took to it and 'claimed' it his new chair. He's just such a beautiful cat. I was looking at him Sunday and decided to snap a few...
when Hailey and I sent Wally our version of You Are My Sunshine this is what he sent back... i still love to listen to it.
Hailey is now 6, but these were recorded when she was three, and they make me wish she was three again!
Hailey is now 6, but these were recorded when she was three, and they make me wish she was three again!
For the second year in a row we have had to take the band's yearbook photo in the gym rather than at the stadium due to the EXTREME heat. There is just NO WAY these kids can stand out in 98 degree temps wearing heavy wool uniforms for the duration of time it takes to get this photo. The precision of...
So my daughter's final band camp is finished. She has 2 rehearsals next week (Monday and Tuesday 6-8:30 on the field) then they will settle into their normal rehearsal schedule once school starts. How do I feel about it? Well, kind of bittersweet. This year, for some reason, took a lot more out of...
I've been wanting to use that expression and it's perfectly fitting to describe yet another year of band camp. It started this week. I know I'm not in the band myself, but my daughter is and this is her final year and I want to be as involved as possible. It's rough on me because I have to do so...
I was surfing around and came across this article about the worst building (architecturally speaking) in NYC. And I saw a building that looked familiar. I actually saw this building when I was there and took a picture of it because I thought it was weird that it had no windows. Here's the article...
So I was perusing my blog today and saw nothing but text for the last few posts...I'm all about lovin the written word, but I loves me some multi-media...where's the photos, where's the vids, where's the tunes? So, without further, whatever....here's a photo blog I call 'Bad to the Bone'! It...
Are we intrigued by the death of someone that we don't personally know. I think that we are. I know that I am both intrigued and deeply affected, sometimes for reasons that I cannot explain. For example: When Dale Earnhardt was killed in the 2001 Daytona 500 I was not a Nascar fan. This particularly...
I haven't blogged much lately except about a couple of reality shows I'm following. I just haven't had much to blog about. Things have been slow as we inch closer and closer to the beginning of football. But today, I do have a few things to say: Today is the one year anniversary of my Father's...
I love my fur babies. They are like my children. I ESPECIALLY love Fatso. We've had this big furball of a cat since he was born and he is just so sweet and loving, he has a very special place in my heart reserved JUST for him.Although he can be very sweet and loving, he also commands a certain...
Since we live atop Red Mountain we have a pretty good view of the fireworks that are shot from Vulcan Park on the 4th of July right from our own yard. We have stayed home and watched them for the past 2 years. Homewood also has a nice little carnival, street thing in downtown and we've gone down...
Eli, Don and Hailey are also some of our friends that visit Childreach too.
Yes...THAT'S why I haven't blogged in over 10 days! Amazing! It finally dawned on me about a month ago that if I didn't get it in gear and work some serious overtime we could just kiss this trip to Cali goodbye (myself at least, fund raising has already paid a big chunk of Hailey's costs). I make a...
On Tuesday and Thursday evenings, a girl named Hailey usually comes to Childreach too. We play a lot together. She is about one year older than I am.
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