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i know this is supposed to be wordless but i just have to say that all of these pix are made entirely out of food! how cool is that?!

I'M BETTER!!!

i think! :) don't want to tempt fate. the cough was the worst. that lingered on forever. we had 2 gig's yesterday and i think i coughed up a lung! but maybe i got all the bad stuff out too! :)

my kids are sooo glad i'm feeling better. they were so tired of taking care of me. especially big c. what a great kid he is. he fetched and toted and took care of me and his brother like he was born to do it. i would wake up from a nap and he would have made them both lunch!

like i said we had 2 gig's yesterday. (i feel like such a rock star saying gig!) the first one was at a huge ice skating rink. they were having Christian music day and wanted a live band. they loved us! the guys in the band didn't think it went well but they are so critical. my theory is, if i enjoyed myself and the audience enjoyed it, then we did a good job. but it was cold!! i was smart and took a hoodie. and they booked us for june and july! :)

then we went to a little country church to play for a youth group's fund-raiser. the band on before us was a bluegrass band made up of 4 really old people. they were amazing! and all of the old people in the church were sitting up front. once we got started they moved to the back real fast! and all of the kids moved up front. and they danced and sang the whole time. it was great! they raised over $800 for their trip. we were glad to help.

we had tornado watch here today. we got the closet all decked out with pillows and flashlights just in case. monkey was really scared. so we prayed about it and he calmed down a lot. we just kept telling him it was like a fire drill in school. i don't think he believed us!

when are you getting your stimulus check? are you excited?!! what are you going to do with it?
ours will come in the second round. i'm excited about paying bills with it! :)

thanks for all of your kind words and thoughts while i was out of commission. i have a contract that has to get done by wednesday so i will be checking out everyone's blogs while i'm on hold!

oh and some sad news. one of my favorite bloggers has decided to go underground with her blog. feel free to leave her some love here to let her know that she will be missed and to reconsider her undergroundness.

it's official. i have the flu. i finally went to the dr on saturday and she was shocked that i had the flu this late in the season. lucky me.

and yesterday was my 17th wedding anniversay. i celebrated by laying on the couch all day and having a peanut butter sandwich.

oh and friday was my 1 year blog-a-versary. i can't believe it's been a year already. and i still haven't finished the 100 things about me. gotta get on that.

hope to be feeling better soon.

hot blooded

i have a fever of 103!

sick as a dog.

the only reason i'm here is i turned the computer on for the kids so i could nap.

how can i be sick again?!

yuck

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to my sister after her birthday

i have a sister as many of you know. her birthday was sunday and i (the slack sister) didn't do anything about it. i think Wicked messed up my brain. so i just wanted to send a little happy birthday (late) shout-out to my favorite sister!

sis and i are only 13 months apart so growing up we were very close. and that is not always a good thing. look at how messy she was. i mean some of that had to come off on me too right? i spent a lot of time in my crib because i had bitten her or maybe put a match in her mouth or something. she was always whining that i had hurt her in some way or another. (liar)

as we got older we started to get along a little better. and i think that lasted about a year. she was constantly making ME do the brunt of the chores. all because i was older. like changing the sheets with the cat in them or vacuuming the stairs with my hands because she was too lazy to pull the machine out.

then i went to high school while she was still in middle school. finally! a break from the sis! but that only lasted a year too. then she was in high school with me. following me around, wanting to hang out with me and my cool friends. sneaking behind my back and wearing my makeup and listening to my music. oh yes. she wanted to be like me.
after high school she went away to collage. boy. i never realized how much i would miss her. the place was empty. no one to fight with. no one to talk to. no one to hang out with. hey wait a minute! i love this person. probably as much as you can love a sister.

ever since then we have been close. best friends close.

i don't know anyone who has ever met her that didn't like her. she is funny. oh my gosh, so funny!! and talented. man the girl has ideas that would blow you away. smart. runs her own super-successful business. beautiful. (inside and out!) i mean look at her! tall, blonde, blue eyes. gorgeous! and generous to a fault. would give you her last cute t-shirt off of her back. not to mention that she is the best aunt EVER!! my kids adore her. and she loves them something fierce.

so here's to you melissa. my sister. my best friend. happy birthday! i love you!

the wonderful world of WICKED!!!

saturday night was a fulfillment of a dream let me tell you!! what an amazing show! we had super-great seats right on the isle so i didn't have to worry about anyones head being in my way! (being short has it's disadvantages!) the stage design was larger than life with this HUGE dragon hanging over the stage. his head moved, blew smoke and his eyes glowed red. and the singing was outstanding! those people can really belt it out! we laughed, i cried and i got goosebumps. even my DH who is a man of few words said he loved it. if you ever have the chance to see it, GO!

because the show is a sell out the place where it is being held kept back 20 tickets for each night. and if you show up 2 hours before curtain you can put your name in a lottery to be able to buy 2 orchestra seats for $25 each. i would really like to have big c go to see it. so we are going to put our name in the lottery and see what happens. good thing it's not too far from home!

i just keep thinking about it. since the soundtrack is in my car i have been going over it in my mind too. i'm even dreaming about it. i can see how people can get obsessed with things so easily!