Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do...

I will explain the reference in a moment. Here is a recap of my busy weekend!

Friday night I went with my church family to Eden for their Raise the Praise concert. The proceeds went to Beverly Farm and it was incredible. The vocal and musical talent that some of the performers had I can only wish for.

Saturday-I saw some little movie called TWILIGHT!!! Yes, I've been so excited reading just about every review and/or article that I could get my hands on regarding this movie. My friend Sara and I arrived at the theater over an hour early to ensure good seats. I took great pleasure in knowing that the other people that were there super early were just as old if not older than we were. I will give my review of the movie in another post because, well, I feel it deserves it. We then went to eat Mexican and I proceeded to eat my body weight in chips and salsa.

Sunday I went to church as usual, but the evening proved to be a bit unusual. As I was watching NKOTB on the AMAs, I heard a loud noise. Now, knowing how I feel about the Kids, I'm sure you aren't shocked to know I ignored said noise. Then I heard some yelling. I thought this was strange so I got up to investigate. Apparently, some guy was trying to outrun the police in his car. He hit the street sign in front of my house and then ended up on top of the curb a little farther down. The guy then jumped out of his car and ran through my yard. THe police caught up to him in front of the guy who lives behind me's house. They cuffed him and dragged him through the alleyway to meet a police car on the other side of my house. CRAZY!!! I felt like I was involved in an episode of COPS. Of course I call my mom telling her all about it with my dad asking if I'm still in my house in the background. I may be a bit silly and naive sometimes, but seriously? Why would I step out of my house when there is a police chase going on outside of my house? Yeesh, give me a little credit!

All in all, an exciting weekend!

One of those days...

Ever had one of those days that just starts off so bad you want to get back in bed and start all over again? I had one yesterday.

It started off innocently enough Tuesday night. I was attempting to get ahead of my cleaning and dust and pick up the living room so I wasn't rushing around like a maniac this weekend cleaning (you know, so I could go see Twilight without any guilt). I'm not sure why, but I dusted off the thermostat and in doing so accidentally turned down the heat to 50 degrees!!!! Needless to say, I awoke Wednesday FREEZING!! It was 55 degrees in my house when I woke up. Luckily I had added another blanket to my bed the night before so it was only when I got out of bed that I froze. Ceramic tile + no socks= unpleasantness.

So, grumbling about the cold I head for the shower. I had just purchased some new shampoo and was hoping that was going to make me feel better. Nope. I purchased a second bottle of conditioner instead. So, not only was I cold, but I also had no shampoo to wash my hair. Luckily I had an old bottle of Philosophy shampoo/body wash and was forced to use it.

I'm happy to report that the day got better and I even ended with a great run at the gym. I broke my best personal time for 3 miles! It is only a matter of time before I'm running well enough for a 5K!

WOOOHOOO!

I just purchased my ticket for Twilight on Saturday! WOOT!!!!

Baby, It's Cold Outside...

Brrrr....I feel that winter weather is coming! Poor Sophie is now being rushed to do her business as quickly as possible so I don't have to stand outside very long!

I'm quickly running out of time to get my house ready for my Thanksgiving guests. My cousin and his wife are staying with me for the holiday and I've now got about one million things to clean and get ready for them. Yeesh! This is when I wish I wasn't a pack rat.

I've started to reread a book on visioneering. I've decided I need to start working on what God's vision is for me. I feel like perhaps God needs to send one of those lightning bolts my way soon, 'cause I'm not getting it! Am I the only one who feels that way?!

On a final note: I'm SUPER pumped for the Twilight movie to come out this weekend! I only hope that I can stand being around the crazy teenage girls long enough to actually get to see the movie! I better not be disappointed!

Lots of Pictures

Warning! This post is going to contain a lot of pictures. I am finally getting around to posting Halloween and now I'm also posting NKOTB pics from last night.

The concert was AWESOME!!!! It is probably the best concert I have ever been to in my life. Sure beats the nosebleeds I had the first time they came to town...20 years ago! (Thanks Donnie for reminding us all of how old we are with that, by the way.) Alison and I dressed up, got lots of stares, and felt a kinship with the other crazy dressed up people. I almost touched Donnie (well, not quite, but if I had been one row up I would have touched him for sure) and that makes me happy!


Ok, first here are a few Jamby Crawl pictures:
Me as Sophia Petrillo from the Golden Girls! I even shuffled as I walked!
Me and Punky Brewster AKA Kathy

Ok, there are a lot more, but I've got to move on to the fabulous concert from last night!
This was me trying to decide if this sweatsuit was appropriate to wear in public. I decided they pants were a little much.

Apparently, I decided this was just enough. Notice the vintage sweatshirt borrowed from Amy, the fanny pack borrowed from Alison, as well as leggings and leg warmers. I'm sad to say that hair is all mine.

Alison and I waiting for the New Kids to come on stage.

The mullet sitting in the next section as well as some of the Hangin' Tough boys who thought that they were celebrities.

Here they come!!!!!


And here they are! They've still got the moves from back in the day!

And then they came really close to us and sang two or three songs.

This may have been my favorite song: Tonight! Some dumb girl next to us kept flashing the Kids. I think she thought we were at Mardi Gras. At one point Danny took a beer from someone in the crowd and he and Jordan drank from it before giving it back.

Jordan sining Baby I Believe in You with his shirt open. Looks pretty darn good to me!

I don't remember what they were singing here.

I'm so glad I got to go to this concert! Long live the New Kids!

Odds and Ends

First: OMG the NKOTB concert is tonight!!!!! I am super excited and will be out in full NKOTB fan attire. Pics will follow shortly!

Second: Jamby Crawl was great. Lots of good costumes and I will probably post pics of everything tomorrow. In the meantime check out my Facebook page to see them.

Third: Thank goodness this election is over! I didn't have to wait in line and now we don't have to hear about it every second of the day!

Fourth: I will be posting soon about a conversation my friend Julie had the other night. Let's just say that I didn't realize such hypocritical, racist, unChristian-like Christians existed in such proximity to where I live. I was completely disgusted by what these women were saying.

Fifth: NKOTB is Tonight, Tonight, La la la la la la Tonight!