Too Damn Hotit

This is the worse most hateful time of the year and I'll be so glad when the temperature drops into the 50's!!! We have really had such a hot summer and it's not even August yet. Usually, Kenny's birthday is the hottest day of the year - august 6th - but we've already broken a record here in Atlanta so I hope not! I'm still reeling from the fact that I got all my stolen items back and you bet I wore those shoes to Beluga this weekend. We had a great time but it was also so hot in the club and I only had one fan and tried to share it with the band. We all almost passed out - remember we DANCE and even though the air was on with the doors opening it was almost unbearable on stage. BUT!!!!!!!!!!! *************** I MET EVANDER HOLLYFIELD - YES, THE REAL DEAL HOLLYFIELD and actually had my picture taken with him. It's on Dehra's camera and we hope she can find a cord to fit the computer to get it. He was sooooo nice and sooooooo beautiful. If you don't know I've always been a big boxing fan -from way back when me and my DAddy watched the Friday Night Fights in the 50's. My boxes was always Smokin Joe Frazier but I do love me some Evander. He lives here and is a friend of our "door" guy, Rick at Beluga. We hope to get the photo - Kenny took one of him with me and Dehra - of course, it was after the second show and we had sweated so bad we probably have on no makeup but I don't care.

My friend, Jolene surprised me today by driving up from the southside of town (that's a big deal) in Atlanta traffic and we had a wonderful lunch and catch up girl time. We go all the back to when I lived in Arkansas and she's here now and married to a great guy. It's just we live so far apart it's hard to get together. It was just such a nice day - everyone should take time for friends.

A note for Christy - I'm soooo pissed - I cast on a HUGE purse (160 cast on) and knitted about 20 rows before I discovered I had twisted the yarn - I had started over 3 times - I'm not sure I can get that many stitches without the twist thing. I want a big purse but I want to felt it and you know you have to make it so big - Maybe, I'll try a smaller one......

That's all the news - Kenny is still having a LOT of pain from the Shingles - we don't know how long this will last and he just keeps working. We're trying to plan our vacation in the NC mountains for my birthday week at the end of sept and I hope it snows!!!!!

See ya on the next blog....

Been So Long

Since I have posted to the blog - it seems with FaceBook you tend to forget but I still like having my blog. It's nice to go back sometimes and see what all has happened. And believe me, it's been a whirlwind and a doozy! I'm typing on my new Laptop and the keyboard it much smaller - which I love - but still getting used to it. I got a Toshiba Statelite which is very nice and only weighs 3 lbs and has a 13 inch screen. I've been wanting a much smaller computer forever and thought I wanted an Ipad but this is a real laptop and does so much more. Probably not quiet as "cool" but need to wait for a future generation of Ipad anyway. This one doesn't have a CD Rom which is why it's so light but it's not a mini either - it's got 4G and tons of memory so you can tell I'm very excited! But there may be lots of boo-boos in the typing but then again I usually do that too! Kenny is STILL recovering from his bout with Shingles and it looks like the post pain may be here for a while. He says there is no way to describe it and that is what I've always heard too. I'm going to get the vacination very soon because I do NOT want shingles! He's really had a rough summer with illness and I hope he can get back to normal very soon. I hate it when he feels so bad. The other big thing (if anyone has been on FB you know) that a bunch of stuff was stolen from my dressing room at Belloo's last Saturday night. It's too long of a story but a friend of mine was talking to a friend of hers and she said a girl told her she found some shoes at Belloo's. Anyhoo....turns out my friend had seen my post about the stolen items and long story short they went to this girl and "recovered" all my items. They mailed them to me and believe me it feels good. I'm so grateful to my friend for not only thinking of me but acutally doing something about it. Unbelieveable!!!! The worse thing that was gone was my keyring. Not to mention it would have cost a lot of money to replace the fob key and change all the locks on the house and cottage in Columbus but when my Daddy passed away last year I got to have the "Coca-Cola" bottle opener that he had carried on his keyring since my Grandfather died in 1969. It had belonged to my Grandfather probably since the 1920"s. It's those kind of things that mean nothing to anyone else but irreplaceable to me. I just cried when I found out I was getting it back. Also on the keyring is a pewter Yorkie key chain head that my mother gave me when I got my first Yorkie, Lacy, in 1981 and I've have it all these years. So it's nice to have my new shoes back, my jewelry, my body glitter and my knitted vest but it's the keyring that was so important and I thank God I got it back. Everyone says it was my Daddy looking down on me and saying hey, my little girl needs some help! So Thank you God and Thank you Daddy!!! Let's see, I'm writing a book here but it sure has been a while. It's so damn hot here and I'm ready for fall. We are trying to plan our first vacation in 3 years and I think we're going to the mountains where we hope it will be nice and cool. I had really hoped to spend my 60th birthday on Cape Cod but it's just too much right now. I WILL get back to the Cape someday - wish it was to live there!!!! I did get to paint a little the last two weeks (only a couple of days) but it sure was nice. I had to do a couple of gifts (cigar boxes) but I did start a nice "Blue Ridge Mountain" painting from a photo from our Anniversay trip. I sure feel my Daddy in the painting and wish he were here for me to give it to him. I still miss him every single day of my life and I'm sure I always will. My mother at least is doing fine and she just works too much but she sure has some hard times too without Daddy. I can't imagine how it feels for her because I know how much I hurt. It's friday again and off to Beluga for the weekend gig. At least we are in town and I don't have to pack any bags!!! I hope to keep up with the blog more but if not see ya on FB!!!!

wierd day

I'll explain later

Vougue Vest Pattern

This is only the 2nd pattern I've ever bought (for $1.99) off the net and I had no idea what it would look like. It was very boring (yes Christy I like a lace pattern) and you knit all these squares then attach them together. As it turns out I really really like it - it's funky and fun! I plan to add buttons where all the squares attach and I've got 100's of buttons but I'm going with a grey and can't find enough of them tonight. I think it will be cute with jeans but you KNOW I'm gonna wear it on stage for one show this weekend - I'll put rhinestone pins on it and really funky shoes! Thank you thank you thank you Christy (and Doc) for teaching me how to knit -just need to get better so I can move to more harder stuff!!!! I love it!

House Cleaning Day

You know how I hate to clean house but I did it today - even scrubbed the kitchen with a brush and rag - my knees hurt now dammit - but try mopping the floor when there is a thunderstorm and Tatiana is freakd out and just wants to be held.....well, pull out the ole "Puppy Pouch" and keep mopping so you can be done with it....

Tatiana is 6 years old

I can't believe our baby Tatiana is six years old --July 10th. It seems like yesterday we brought her home and put her in a Tea Cup for a picture! She is truely Kenny's Baby and she follow him like a shadow and sits in his office everyday with him. Sometimes she's "ugly pants" to Matilda but then again they play and kiss each other - sounds a lot like "sisters" to me! We love you so much Tatiana and you bring such joy to our lives - Happy 6th Birthday....

Bath Time

Matilda Mae says poo poo on you Mommy
Grrrrrrr I hate my toenails being trimmed!

No picture of Tatiana - she ran off and hid in her Daddy's office and would NOT let me take her picture!!! Matilda wasn't really mad - she actually feels soooo good after a bath except she hates the toenail clipping and when I pull her hair with the brush. They are both all clean and smell so good. Oh, while I had hair all over the bathroom I cut mine, colored it and THEN cleaned the bathroom! Cut mine really short and love it.

Our wonderfull 22nd Anniversary on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Morning Coffee

The Lodge and our Room

Yum chocolate cake from Granny

Happy Anniversary to us!

My Wedding Dress 22 years later....

Ahhhhhh , Relax

The Mountain Laurel

Daddy's Rainbow

View from our Room

The Pisgah Inn - Daddy's favorite and ours. Mother treated us to one night (and kept the babies) to this beautiful magical place. The temp was low 60's/50's and slept with the windows open. It was so peaceful a great place to "re-charge" - just needed about 4 days of it...

wow too much to post!

Me and Dehra and Kenny

So much has been going on and I haven't even had time to do a post - I think I'll do a picture post!!!

Video shoot at Belloo's - great fun and can't wait to see the final project from Spiro~ more later...