This I Know is True

Here I am in St. Louis. I am having a great time, of course. So much I have to tell and so much I have seen! I just got in from the Panic show. Might I say it was a great show! A lot of old Panic songs, like back in the days........the past few shows have been so-so. Tonight they blew the roof off of the Fox Theater! Mom had a groovy time as well. My old roommate and good friend Heidi met us there from TN. Her and her husband, Jay came us to see the show with me and some of their other friend. I have not seen Heidi for at least 2 maybe 3 years. She has not changed at all. She's wild and crazy! We go back a long way in SC and I so miss her now that I am in Iowa. I also LOVE Waffle House! There is NOTHING like greasy, bad food after a long night of partying w/ Panic. I remember the one by my old house in Charleston. It was kinda rough sometimes, but there are still a lot of good memories there. One time I was drunk w/ Eli amd I walked in, sat at the bar and ordered a Bud Light......lol. Today I went to the Bud Brewery and had a tour. Free beer at the end! I also got to see the St Louis Arch. WAY COOL!! Oh year, and the BEST thing of all.......my Cubbies SWEPT those nasty St. Louis Cardinals in 4 games @ Wrigley. YEAH!!!! GO Big Z!!!!!!! It's really interesting to be in red Bird Country when you are a Cub fan. This I Know is True. CIAO!

Tanning Obsessed

I'm sooo obsessed with my tan! I lay out at the pool almost every day and then go to the tanning salon. There is this bed called the "Matrix". It's so big and powerful..it claims to have a 1% burning rate. Anyway, I was the skeptic, as always. I'm blonde and blue-eyed, Irish descent, so I burn like nobody's business. Anyway, it was a dollar a minute (July special) so I went for 10 minutes AND DID NOT BURN!!!!! I LOVE the MATRIX!!!!!! I bought 45 minutes worth, and now they are gone. I am going for 15 minutes a session. Now, I also have like 400 regular bed minutes that I have to use up every other day. I have this bronzer lotion that I also use and I may say I am pretty tan. I am not as tan as my construction-worker brother, but I am catching up. I want to be as tan as my friend Naomi who is Native American. I love slathering my body with The Body Shop Coconut Body Butter. Yummy!!!!! One week from today I will be traveling to St. Louis to see Widespread Panic! I am soooooooooooo excited! I'll be seeing Heidi, one of my old roommates from SC, and her hubby Jay. I guess Blues Traveler is playing there somewhere too, not sure if I can make it! It'll be a fun time for all! And, I can get a Route 44 Cherry Lime-ade. ROCK ON!!!!!!!

Dogs Daze of Summer.....

It's hot here! I just spent a few hours at my parent's pool. I love just floating on a raft and getting sun. All I need out there is a tv/music and I'm happy. Temps are almost in triple digits, and tons of humidity. I don't have AC in my car which is no big deal.....I never had AC in my car in Charleston (when I had a car...lol). I just open all windows and the sun roof and off I go! All I need is a Sonic (please, please send me a cherry lime-ade!)and I'm happy as a clam. I'm sure Mom and I will find one when we go to St. Louis in a few weeks. Yes, another Widespread Panic show! Sooooo excited! I wish I had enough money to do the whole tour. I am thinking of going camping on my day off. I have to dig out the tent to make sure it's up to par. it's so hot though...lol we'll see. I'm drooling over the thought of a Route 44 Cherry Lime-ade.

Thinking of a Title.......

So today I go back to work after having almost 2.5 days off. I really, really, wish I was rich so I did not have to work. I could think of so many other things to do besides that! Alas, that is not the case. It's overcast and frickin' humid, so no gettin' in the pool. I know you can get sun when it's cloudy, but how fun is that? I guess I'll go going to Tan World later. Also, there is a baseball game tonight that I'd like to go to. Oh well. I think if i were in Charleston right this minute, I'd be a Folly Beach, by the washout, getting tons of sun. I'd have my Rt 44 Cherry Lime-ade by my side w/ a good book or maybe I'd stare at the surfers. How fun that is!

Happy Belated Birthday, Mom!

Yesterday was Mom's b-day. According to my nephew Logan, she's 38. LOL! I like that number. That makes me younger than my 29 years! I made spaghetti and meatballs, caesar salad, garlic bread and then for dessert, tiramisu. My Mom LOVES my tiramisu. it's a pain to make it, but soooo good. Everyone had a great night and a full belly when they left. Anyway...it's hot here, and humid, too. it's funny to hear people bitch about it, as I spent almost 10 years in the deep south. I miss it like crazy. I think I'd sell my soul to be back there. Alas, some things don't work out like they were supposed to. "Even the best fall down sometimes...." a line from a Howie Day song called "Collide". I'm digging him, along with Keane, The Dixie Chicks, and as always, Widespread Panic. We're off to St. Louis on the 28th of this month to see them again. Sadly, it'll be my last show of the summer tour :(. BUMMER!!!!! I'll do more shows in the fall though.

Busy, busy!

Well there, hello from hot, sticky Iowa. Not as hot and sticky as Charleston, but close. Damn, I miss those hot as hades-humid days of the south. Why did I move back to Iowa, you ask? Hmmm...not sure. I think I was on crack that day. Well here I am. Let me catch you up to date:

My friend Stephen stopped by as he drove from Delaware to the Grand Tetons (WY and ID). He's got a job as a bartender at the Grand Targhee Resort(awesome place!) It was nice to see him since I did not get to see him before I left Charleston. Even though he was only here for a few hours, I drove him around town and we had killer Mexican food @ La Casa's.

I got 2 cards from friends in Charleston. One from Leslie and one from Janelle. These 2 girls are best friends, live 10 min from each other and ask me how the other is doing! LMAO!!! I guess they are both so busy to pick up a phone. Whatever works, eh? Either way, it was killer to get snail mail (no bills)! I hope Janelle keeps off her feet for a few weeks.

I'm going to see a free concert Monday night in town. The Charlie Daniels's Band is playing and since it's free...well, I'm excited. Granted I only know ONE song...........lol.

My Cubbies are not doing well, but today they finally beat the White Sox. My boy Zambrano had a HR and got the win. God I love baseball!!

Well, I guess that is all for now. I am going to a water park on the 4th, so that should be a fun time.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL!!!!!!