Me me me me me! [read that outloud, singing]

Yeah, I stole this, as well (R)...

Favorite Song From Childhood: "Wellllllllllll, it's fun to be a sinner, but you'll never be a winner without Jesus, you're stuck in the mud! [yee-haw] So take him out of your glove compartment, put him in your love department. Keep him on the dashboard of your truuuuuuack! [yee-haw]"

Favorite High School Dance Song: "With or Without You" - U2 --- Hello, it's like all they played.

Senior Class Song: Did we even have one? Help me Beth!

Favorite Rock & Roll Song: "Baba O'Reilly" - The Who

Favorite Disco Song: Is this even considered music?

Favorite Country Western Song: "Wrapped up in You" - Garth Brooks, "Beer for my Horses" - Toby Keith and Willie Nelson, "Life is a Highway" - Rascal Flatts version, etc.

Favorite Pop Song: Sigh. I am not in high school anymore, so I can't claim any of these.

Favorite All Time Love Song: "Unchained Melody" - sorry it says, All Time, and I liked it since I was little...

Favorite Break Up Song: "I'm Over It" - Katharine McPhee (new song!)

Favorite Slow Dance Song: "What a Wonderful World" - Satchmo

Song That Always Makes You Cry: "Send Me A Song" - Celtic Woman

Songs About Your Kids: "I Love My Lips" - Larry the Cucumber

Song That Reminds You Of Your Husband: "I'm too sexy... for my hair" - Right Said Fred, "Should Have Been a Cowboy" - Toby Keith, "Sweating Bullets" - Megadeath, "What Do You Say To That?" - George Strait

Favorite Christmas Song: "Oh Holy Night" and "Sing Noel" (not common, but on a CD I have), "Welcome to the World" - Chris Rice

Favorite Gospel/Praise Song: "Sleepyhead Sun" - Chris Rice, "Angus Dei" - MWS

Websites are Good

I got my first Creative Memories booked "Get-Together" due to my website. I am pretty excited about it! It's going to be at the beginning of April. Thankfully she wanted to wait for five weeks and that makes it AFTER the musical! Anyway, I just wanted to share my good fortune.

We're online at www.wpxi.com!

Go here to see Robinson Township Christian School listed with other local schools and their high school musicals!

Purple Rain

A friend of mine is a retired hair stylist (she's home with her kids now!) and she does my hair ... for free! Actually, I exchanged voice lessons for her daughter for getting my hair done, but lately we don't have time for voice lessons with the show...

Anyway. I had my hair trimmed and also DYED! I wanted to get rid of the highlights and my brown roots growing in. Here's the color:

You can't really tell, but it's brown with purple and red in it. It's kind of turning more red than purple though, every time I shower. The water rinses purplish-red, so I know that I am losing some of those tints that I wanted to be more "suggestive" and not so "Hi, I have purple hair!" We'll see if I keep this color or not...

Having So Much Fun!

with my updated Blogger! if you haven't upgraded, you need to. it makes everything so much easier and more fun. you can do a lot more with your page...

so my son said something sweet today: "thank you SO MUCH, mom" when i handed him his cup. he's learning to be so polite!

the show closes one month from tonight. my life will soon be normal again.

tomorrow is our OPEN HOUSE for Coldwell Banker. we'll be at a sweet 16 birthday dinner during this whole thing...

hubby is in physical therapy for his back. all is good.

peace.

Yay!

We signed an offer on our new house in Idaho.
It's on Fern Street in Nampa.
Here's a picture of it: This isn't the best picture, but you get the idea. It's a three bedroom, one bathroom, house with a two-car garage and a nice sized backyard. We will be doing quite a bit of renovating on it inside -- redo the kitchen, bump out a dining room wall, wallpaper removal, new flooring, and possibly an addition. The planning starts now...

I'm going to throw up

Some people came to see the house today. We were at home because they got lost and arrived way after the time that they were scheduled to come. I had a piano student coming in 10 minutes, so I told them they could have a QUICK look around...

They are going to make an offer on our house tonight.

ACK!

V is for Valentine

Good Morning. It's a snowy day in Western PA. Hey, that rhymed.

We have been out of school four days in the last two weeks. This is getting ridiculous. Last week it was two days for cold temperatures. This week it's two days+ for snow. This is really cutting into my rehearsal time. Sigh. At least I have back up plans. I just hope that this doesn't mean that we either (1) lose our spring break or (2) have to continue school into next August.

My hubby's back seems better. He's out of pain meds, so hopefully he won't feel the need for any in the near future. He's still going to call the doctor for a follow-up.

Matt and Katie (blog to the right) had their baby on Saturday: Isabella Joy! She's cute.

Caleb did a "funny" this morning: he came running down the hall yelling a distressed "Mommy!" Then he switched directions and ran into his room yelling "Mommy! Daddy! Cooper! Caleb!" I was in the middle of sleeping, but I awoke to have a little chuckle with my hubby about that.

We are waiting for word on a house in Idaho. We put an offer on cute house on Fern St. The seller is being a dork -- so we're waiting to see if our FABULOUS realtor can work her magic... more on that later.

American Idol is good this season. Anyone watching it with me?

It's Up!

Here's the website to see the house up for sale: www.realtor.com!
You have to click on "More Search Options" and scroll down the page to enter the MLS#.
It's MLS# 657899. Check it out! It's cute!

Sluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrp

I hate slurping. Soup. Coffee. Cereal. Soda. Etc. I won't name names, but someone near and dear to me has a serious issue with slurping. It's gotta stop. It drives me crazy. It's noisy. It's yucky. It's weird to spell. And it's just plain unnecessary. Thank you very much.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

At the end of the movie, Lemony Snicket informs his "dear readers" that despite the terrible occurances in the Baudelaire children's lives, they were indeed fortunate because they had each other...

It feels like a series of unfortunate events here in Pittsburgh, PA. I won't enumerate them here because it would just be depressing. If you are involved in my daily life, you already know what they are... if you are not, then you can use your imagination...

Despite the unfortunateness of things, I am thankful for my family who remain true to me no matter what. I have dear and loving parents who put my needs before their own. I have in-laws who make sacrafices for their son and his family. I have sisters who stop their busy lives to help me buy a house and make me a poncho and plan to visit me when I need some assistance. I have loving family members who send money and cards and emails. I also have a church family who prepares meals and makes encouraging phone calls. And I have friends who just let me talk.

Thank you to these people who make my life a fortunate one.