Mamma Mia!

I saw Mamma Mia! last weekend and in my opinion anyone who is interested in it should see the play AFTER they see the movie or see only the play. I was really psyched about the movie and was highly disappointed. The girl who played Sophie had a good voice and I have always liked Christine Baranski. Pierce Brosnan is a good actor. I'll leave it at that.

I also saw Hellboy II and The Dark Knight. I loved the first Hellboy movie and thought the second one was even better. The Dark Knight was really good. I wish that hadn't been Heath Ledger's last movie. I've always thought he was a good actor(well, at least since I started watching his movies) but he was REALLY good in The Dark Knight. I forgot it was him after a while. He was an excellent villain. Heath, you will be missed.

I will never blog as much as Robin or Tim

This is the pot giving a great big shout out to the kettle! Yo! What up? You know who you are. Once again I don't have much to talk about but thought I should say something so here I am. The only really exciting things that have happened recently are a couple of vacations. In June my dad and I went to Las Vegas. We had a blast! And for 4th of July a friend and I went to visit my folks in Colorado. A good time was had by all.

Let's start with the Vegas trip. I think I gambled maybe $40. I lost it, of course. But I did play for a really long time on that $40. I played video poker. I would probably do a lot better if I actually knew how to play poker. You think? Other than that we went to 3 different shows: Mamma Mia!, Cirque du Soleil's Ka (pronounced "Ka" (tee-hee)) and Blue Man Group. Mamma Mia was wonderful. I can't wait for the movie to come out. I still can't believe they cast Meryl Streep in one of the lead roles, though. What on earth were they thinking? Anyway, if you are an Abba fan you need to see this play/movie.

Now, as far as Cirque goes, I loved it but dad...not so much. Of course it helps that I've seen the DVD's of most of their shows and this was the second show I'd seen live. It was more of a story than a circus which is what some of their shows are. I'm not even going to try to describe it because I just can't. Some of the things they did were SO cool! I realize that the "death defying" tricks aren't really because they have things to land on but still...I wouldn't do most of that stuff even if you put five safety lines on me and 200 feet of padding below me. Nuh-uh...not going to do it.

Last...Blue Man Group. Everyone knows who they are and what they do so they don't need much description. It was just really, really fun.

Next was the trip to Colorado. The family got back from a trip the same evening we got to Colorado. Mom cooked for us which is always a good thing. We spent most of Friday walking around downtown Denver. I really like that city. Just thought you'd like to know. Anyway, that evening we went to the Rockies game and if you want to know how fun that game was you should look it up on the net. It was the best baseball game I've ever been to. They came from way behind to win 18-17! It was so cool!

The next day we went to a winery...because we could and then we drove up in to the mountains. Well, not literally in to the mountains because that would hurt. We drove part way in to Rocky Mountain National Park and went to Bear Lake. It is a beautiful lake and I would have loved to spend more time there but someone had the great idea of hiking up to the waterfall. Let me just say that if I were in any kind of shape this hike would have been nothing. Apparently my lungs were not too happy with me. Go figger. However, the minute we got to the top of the waterfall it felt as if it were all worth it. It was gorgeous! I tried to take pictures but they don't do it justice. We had a really good time and were completely exhausted when we got back. I'll spend this weekend making up for lack of sleep and constantly going.

That's about all my excitement for now. I'm making curtains this week but I don't think I'll be blogging about my curtain making expertise in any future blogs. I hope everyone has a great weekend. Oh...and kettle, you and the Mrs. have a good time on your vacation.

Music

I went to Wilmont for the first time in a long time yesterday and I'm sort of glad I did. They had a guest pastor and guest music minister and they were wonderful. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with the current pastor and music minister (I can't say anything about the music minister as I don't know anything about him) but I was particularly touched by both the sermon and the music. Mostly the music though. The MM sang a song while a picture presentation was shown on the screens. Sadly, I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the song. What I do remember is that for the length of that song I left the building, the city, the planet. It drew me in and kept hold. It's been a long time since anything like that has happened. I loved it. If it were up to me there would be a lot more music in the worship service. But it's not.

Takyra sang at her church last night. She sang, "He's Still Working On Me." Her mama, papa and mema were very proud of her. I wish I could have been there. They took video of it so I'll get the next best thing.

We Made It!

It was exhausting! I couldn't breathe. My knees hurt. The hills were not as small as I thought they would be and I had to carry a bike across a river that came up to my waist. It was a blast!

On August 19, my sister and I participated in the Muddy Buddy Competition. Note I did not say that we "competed". Let's get real. We didn't have a chance in the world of placing. We were there to do...and we did. For those of you who do not know what the Muddy Buddy is, it's a race involving teams of two people each. One person starts the race riding a bike and the other starts the race running. There are obstacles along the course and after you have completed said obstacle you switch to the opposite of whatever you started out doing. Tam and I had discussed this multiple times and decided (well, I said) that I was going to start off running. We changed my mind at the last minute and I'm so glad we did. Tam ended up doing most of the running.

After the first obstacle I was running along and kept looking for Tam. It took awhile for her to pass me (please understand that she had to carry the bike up a REALLY steep hill!) and when she did I asked how she was doing. She said she was ready for this to be over. She did wonderfully. Technically the person who finished the race on the bike should beat the person who is running. This did not happen. Tam finished the race running and ended up waiting on me. Sad, but true. The person to "finish" first has to stay in a waiting area and when their teammate gets there you have to run (or in our case walk) to the final obstacle...a 50 foot mud pit. This you have to low crawl through. Lovely! As tiring as it was, we can now say that we did it. Why? Because we could.

Takyra participated in the Mini Muddy Buddy and came in third place in her age group. She's a quick little bugger!

Yes. I am still alive.

Just in case you were wondering. Life is still ho-hum. I have decided, though, that if you could make any money being a car singer, I would be rich by now. Yes, that was very random, but there you go. I am a car singer. I am that idiot you see in your rear view mirror just wailing away. In fact, I've noticed people staring at me from their rear view mirror. And the girl who hates attention just does not care. I noticed someone else singing in car the other day and thought, "You go girl!" She didn't make eye contact or I would have smiled or waved or something. I've noticed that most car singers don't make eye contact with those around them. Yes, we know we look like goobers. No, we don't want to know that you think so. My latest choice of music is church performance tracks. They're just fun. Except when it gets to the high notes. I know I probably scare people when I try to hit those. Anyway, that's the excitement in my life right now. Thrilling, I know. Hope you're having a good week.

Life Since October

Well, it's that time again. Time to write a new entry when I have nothing to say. Not much has happened since October. I've been to Dallas to see Cirque du Soleil's Corteo. That was pretty neat. Went to the top of Reunion Tower to the lounge to sit and view the Dallas skyline. Also very neat. Have discovered that I am worth the effort to very few people including my family and friends. Other than that, it's life as usual. Have a great day.

Tra la la

Once again, I don't have much to say, but felt I should probably write something. Okay, I'm done for now. I'm going to Tulsa tomorrow to visit the aquarium and just kick around. That should be fun. Okay, NOW I'm done.