Over the weekend I went to our City's Kipona Festival. (Kipona means sparkling waters). The event is on the river and it's beautiful. Boat races, food, art, lots of bands. This band, "The Martini Brothers" is a fun rockabilly band and I've seen them several times before. (Someone uploaded this from last nights concert to UTUBE so I posted it.) I did not realize until today the story behind the young boy who played guitar with his father during a song. Toward the end of the show an announcement was made about a benefit for someone who needed a kidney. I didn't hear who it was so I went online today and found it was the adorable little boy!! Area benefits are being held to help this child with his future needs. If you want to read more about him and go to www.4cruz.com.

The weekend was a good one but I always feel like Labor Day is the entranceway into the long winter. As much as I like the changing of the seasons I'm a bit sad to see the summer go. Both my kids are are going to the local college and living at home in our new house. Our other home has not been put up for sale as yet but that's another blogstory.

Hope you all had a lovely summer and Labor Day Weekend. I'm blog sneaking at work!!!!!



Take Care.

Thought I'd drop in here on the blogstream for a bit. I have my guinea pig in my lap and if my daughter hadn't taken off with my camera which I know by now she's ruined by carrying it around in her purse out of the case I would take a picture of her, the pig that is. Her name is Patuoli and last year I spent 250.00 getting her skin disorder under control. Well over the last couple of months she's grown this huge cyst right out of her left ear (it's like the elephant man or something). She's also got one growing on her side. Nasty looking but they don't seem to have any affect on her at all. We know she's blind, this was confirmed by the vet. Now we think she's deaf as well. This poor creature. She's actually a sweet little thing but I am not taking her to the vet and paying something like $1200 to have this unsightly lump removed. Ok, enough of the pig.

I saw "Wanted" the other night. It's actually pretty humorous. I think the previews don't really give you an idea of what kind of movie it actually is. Angelina Jolie is so skinny. I've always thought she was beautiful but she's starting to look like just these big lips and eyes. She has a lot of tattoos in the film, I wonder how many are her real ones. I'd like to see her eat a couple of burgers or something.

I spent half the time I had at this computer trying to find reservations in Chincoteague VA for a weekend. Between the internet and phone calls to all the rental places I finally found a place. "Uncle Joe's Cabins" -- The lady that runs the place told me she's been doing it for 45 years. She was really nice and "down to earth". Anyway, I think I've got a weekend in a mobile home that's easily going to be 45 years old. Hey, it's got two bedrooms/AC and a picnic table and grill. What more can you ask for? Next time I need to plan better. My husband and I are going to take my daughter and her new boyfriend along. This oughta be good. All her girlfriends have already had summer vacations and are leaving to go to schools away. So she wants to bring him. Lydia will have to start community college the day after we get back. The new BF, looks about 14 but he's 19. Nice kid... he'll be on the couch. We might even have a boys room and a girls room. We shall see.

Gotta run. TAKE CARE EVERYONE!!!! I MISS BLOGGING!!!!!

For some time things have run rather smoothly for me concerning work, or at least I thought they did. Last week I apparently was not the star performer and made all kinds of errors (could it be the line up of the planets? Who knows?). I screwed up invoices, ordered 200 ribbons for a horse show with a word misspelled. (I'm still sweating as to whether the replacements will be delivered in time for the show this Saturday.) Last week the pc's were running slow at the auction I work at which caused a lot of incorrect amounts and I.D.s. The girl I was working with got yelled at for my mistakes because I forgot to put my name in when I switched with her. I felt really terrible about the whole thing (sick is more like it). Since this new company took over we're on pins and needles. No one is happy and the morale is low. Today I was not stationed with her. I'm sure she requested I be at the other end of the building or something.

I'm loving the new neighborhood and can finally walk my dog. The houses all are from the 40s up. So many different kinds of architecture. All the residents have put their own character stamp on their landscaping and outdoor space. HUGE HUGE trees growing everywhere along the sidewalks. Lots of plants. Nice people. Now if we can just get settled in.

I went to see the new Batman movie. Very good, Heath Ledger is phenominal.

That's all for now folks!

Hi, I'm alive and well. Just busy and no internet access to speak of.

Have FUN and enjoy the day!!

(I've got my sore ankle propped up. I'm out of the bootcast and in an ankle wrap with stints now.)

Today I am forced to paint. Hubby actually paints really well. One of the many jobs he had in his life. I am not a house painter, but I am trying. So we are painting a neutral color over the green. It's a lot of work to prime the walls, prep the rooms and paint all this stuff. Of course it's BEAUTIFUL out and there's all kinds of free outdoor concerts and events to go to.........but not for us tonight. Tomorrow night we're going with 2 other couples to a Vineyard to see a Big Band play. Picnic foods on nice china, bottles of wine, sitting outside, it'll be grand. We still have the rest of the house to go as far as painting.

Speaking of my husband's many jobs. He's had quite a few careers. Probably what attracted me was his diversity in the first place. He's been a painter, landscaper, bricklayer, owned his own jean and turquoise store, owned his own Pizza and deli, sold cars, sold insurance, handled county permitting for a construction company. From 1990 to 1999 he had his own construction business. The truck driving job came along and he's been doing that ever since. I've left out numerous other things. He's always worked and been on his own since he was 17. I worked on the boardwalk at Twin Kiss one summer, was a window dresser, a secretary, office manager, Guest relations manager, babysitter, home care provider to the elderly, and now sales and auction simulcast operator. Nothing too extraordinary. Oh I forgot, I was a hotel maid for two months when I was 18 -- that is one HARD job!

Take Care Everyone.