tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10209454307859646902024-03-12T23:05:52.554-05:00live love {scrap}An "everything" blog about life, scrapbooking, JMC, photography, and other things I find interesting.scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-24488258294166994892012-08-05T18:56:00.001-05:002012-08-05T18:56:28.895-05:00<br />
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Have decided I need to take more pictures of myself. Here's one. </div>
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This is my cat Sparta.. yeah I know, the quote is lame, but I couldn't resist. </div>
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Have been able to get more pictures recently, which is nice. Keep thinking about scrapping some, but.. yeah. Not really there yet. Need to work on the mini for Jason.. need the inspiration to clean off the desk first.. maybe later.. </div>
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Kinda hate this "want to do all this stuff but.. don't feel like it" feeling.. hate being depressed. Hate knowing there's a lot of things going on that I can't change right now. Maybe I'll go off and write.. sometimes it's nice to live in a fantasy world for a while.. </div>
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<br /></div>scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-19660549439412377462012-08-01T20:23:00.000-05:002012-08-05T18:37:07.653-05:00Current reads<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Reading two books currently.. Both new-to-me authors, so we'll see how it goes.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Tarnished, by Karina Cooper </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Described as "Sexy steampunk intrigue" (Kady Cross), Tarnished is about Cherry St. Croix, a woman who "collects" people to support her expensive tastes. Set in an alternative Victorian London, the novel includes scientific gadgets as well as the intrigue of a double life. Have only read partway into the first chapter, am hoping it will be a good read. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-color: black;">From GoodReads :</span><span style="background-color: black;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The little girl appeared in Central Park: red-haired, blue-eyed, smiling, perfect-except for the blood on her shoulder. It fell from the sky, she said, while she was looking for her uncle, who turned into a tree. </span><em style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Poor child</em><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">, people thought. And then they found the body in the tree.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="background-color: black;">For Mallory, newly returned to the Special Crimes Unit after three months' lost time, there is something about the girl that she understands. Mallory is damaged, they say, but she can tell a kindred spirit. And this one will lead her to a story of extraordinary crimes: murders stretching back fifteen years, blackmail and complicity and a particular cruelty that only someone with Mallory's history could fully recognize. In the next few weeks, she will deal with them all . . . in her own way.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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</div>scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-86628620278458136462012-07-28T02:12:00.000-05:002012-08-05T20:44:04.473-05:00<i>(What can I say...? Aside from work, there have been lots of other things going on, including a trip to the ER. Not sure anyone really cares to read this anyway.. but, feeling a need to write, and to get it down, here it is anyway.)</i><br />
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Rhi and I usually were stop at the merchandise table after one of Jason's shows, mostly to look for new t-shirts and things. Sometimes, if there isn't anyone else around, we'll stay and chat a bit. So after the Rushville show, we stopped by. One of the other things I wanted to find out was if there was a way to arrange a Meet and Greet with Jason at the Kirksville show.. we've been following him around this area for the last four years.. and while we haven't been to as many shows as some people, we've still been to quite a few. Spoke with Jonathan, who is a very nice man, who unfortunately didn't really have an answer for us. The radio stations mostly arrange the meet and greets. But, he said, he could check with the tour manager and see what he could do. He couldn't promise anything of course, but he said he wanted to try, since we were such big fans. He asked if we were going to for sure be at the show in Kirksville - I said absolutely, because it's only an hour or so away from us. Bought a tank and another copy of Numbers, and we left, because we still had a couple of hours drive ahead of us.<br />
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I didn't want to get my hopes up. I tried not to think about it, because sometimes, when you want something that badly, something happens to mess it all up. My daughter didn't ask, and as she had been paying more attention to the lights of the carnival rides I'm not sure how much of the conversation she followed. And I certainly didn't want her to think it was for sure going to happen, because, honestly, I didn't think it would.<br />
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So we had planned on spending the whole day at the fair, but the temperatures were really high (103) and we opted not to go early. My mom and son opted not to go at all, so once again, it was just Rhi and me. and a couple of hours before the show we headed out. Didn't want to drive into Kirksville, and I knew there was a way to get to Highway 11, which is the road the fair is on, so when we got to the sign, we turned. Yeah. Never trust the shortcut. Rhi had fun, as the road was all hills and curves... me, not so much. Had her take a picture of the road at one point.. I swear, this was the model for all those S-curve signs..<br />
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Got to the fair.. and figured what happened next pretty much clinched the "ain't gonna happen" feeling.. gates were not clearly marked and we ended up trying to go in the handicapped only gate. Got directions to go to where we needed to go.. aaand yeah. ended up with bad directions.. and more poorly marked gates. ended up not really lost, but having to drive around (on some rather new construction highway - that, incidentally, would have kept us from having to drive in Kirksville anyway, had I only known it was there!) until we found a place to turn around and go back. Not the best impression of the fair to start with.<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"> I wasn't worried about missing Jason's show, because we still had an hour, but we had wanted to walk around a little bit, and see the opening act... which was about to start when we finally parked the car.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">Hopped a ride to get up to the gate, paid our way in, made our way over to the grandstand, and found the merchandise tent. Said hi to Jonathan, and asked if he remembered me (I could tell that he didn't), and said I had talked with him at Rushville. And then he smiled and said "yes! Let me go talk to Dave.." and off he went. When he came back, he told us that Dave had said that all the Meet and Greet spots were taken, but that since we were such big fans, why not? Jonathan could try to set it up. Yay! one step closer! "Come back after the opener," he said. So we went to sit and listen. Rhi was not impressed, as the guy, while new, had a more old-school country sound. Did a great job on Folsom Prison Blues tho.. At one point, she was thirsty, so we went out to get some cold water. Got an extra one for Jonathan. Not because I thought it would change anything, but I had noticed he didn't have anything cold to drink, and was hot, and I was grateful for the effort he was putting in to making something happen. He looked surprised when I handed him the bottle, and I just told him I thought he could use something cold to drink. Maybe that added a little karma point, I don't know. We sat in the bleachers and people-watched - at one point the fair queens headed back stage. I started to comment to Rhi that one of the advantages to being the fair queen was getting to go back and meet... (pause as I see Jason walking towards the bus) Jason! I fumbled for my camera, and she laughed and said she knew. And I said NO - Jason! and got a quick picture. </span><br />
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After the opener, we headed up towards the stage. We were standing about halfway between the merchandise tent and the edge of the stage. Jonathan came over and asked me if we would mind watching the show from behind the fence. He thought it might be easier to make it happen. (big grin) Of course not, not if it gave us a better chance. And, I said, we've seen lots of shows from up front. So he took us back around the fence. As we started to step over the orange snow fence that was keeping people out, a security guy asked me what we were doing, and I pointed at Jonathan and said we were with him. Jonathan said we were ok, and back we went. Walked by the bus. Bigger grin.<br />
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Ended standing near the ramp they moved the equipment on and off the stage with - between the stage and the bus. Yeah. Got a few pictures of the guys getting set up.. and then a whole bunch of people went onstage to make announcements. And here comes Jonathan again - "Do you want to try to get a picture now?" Even bigger grin.<br />
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I will never in a million years forget what happened next. We followed Jonathan around the back of the bus - and there was Jason, surrounded by the band, getting ready to go on stage. He looked up, and smiled, that awesome big grin of his. And he said Hi and we got hugs, and even though he was minutes from having to go onstage, he was not in any hurry to rush off. Jonathan got the picture for us (LOL and he had a little trouble with my camera, and Jason called out "Just hold the button down!" - yeah, I'm laughing again as I type this out).<br />
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Jason noticed that Rhi had a picture for him to sign - and then I realized I didn't bring a sharpie. And again, minutes before the show, so Jason could have just blown it off.. and what does he do? He goes back on the bus, just to get a sharpie to sign a picture. Talk about sweet.<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"> He asked Rhi her name, and made sure to spell it right! and once that was done, asked her if she wanted him to sign her shirt. Of course she said yes.</span><br />
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I told him I had wanted to bring my scrapbook for him to sign, but it wouldn't have done well with the heat.. and that I had one for him too but it wasn't finished yet. Maybe next time, he said. I said yeah, we were going to try to get to the other Missouri shows in August, and he said "Good!" We got more hugs (and I have to say - he was wearing one of the softest shirts I've ever slid my hand across.) and then he had to go. We went back up to our spot near the stage until the security guy came and kicked us out. Not that we minded. We were both still grinning like idiots at that point.<br />
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At one point, someone yelled out from the crowd that Jason should turn around more so they can see his butt. He was quiet for a moment, grinning, then said "You know, I don't even know what to say to that. But if y'all came here just for that, I'm gonna have to give your money back, cos I don't have that nice of a butt." Pretty sure there's a lot of people in the crowd that disagreed with that. </div>
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He played a lot of my favorites, including Cheyenne (George Strait) Prince's Purple Rain (His momma's favorite song. "And she'll ask me if I sang it.") He ended with Living Our Love Song and talking about Brittany - I think it's awesome that he does so much to help kids and promotes Brittany's Battle. I think every concert I have been to, in 4 years of concerts - this is always the way it ends.</div>
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Once they were done, we stopped back over by the merchandise tent, and said Thank You's again to Jonathan, who I believe went out of his way to make this happen. He could have said "eh, too bad, all the slots are full." Same for the tour manager. Jonathan had said he had really wanted to try to make this happen, and he did. Kinda restores my faith in people, a little bit. Certainly made this the best concert yet.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Rhi and Jonathan. THANK YOU for making two JMC fans really really happy.)</span></i></div>
<br />scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-5204582333659379972012-07-22T07:23:00.000-05:002012-07-22T07:23:27.220-05:00Can't believe it's taken me so long to post this.. and this is just a mini post, still going through and re-sizing and watermarking pictures.. but for those of you that know anything about me.. you know how much this means to me.<br />
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There's a story to be told, and people to thank (again), and I'll try to get to that tomorrow.scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-35036497619032679932012-07-16T15:04:00.001-05:002012-07-16T15:04:50.435-05:00<br />
Been a long time. And boy how things change...<br />
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There has been very little scrapping being done here.. Had a lovely, very special, very time consuming gift that was made, for a good friend's mother, for a special occasion. Still need to blog that at some point, because it was (forgive me if I do say so myself) it was pretty freaking awesome. Haven't yet because unfortunately that friendship, which I treasured, has somehow.. stopped... and it still hurts to think about it.<br />
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Then even more of Real Life became difficult and unhappy, and the inspiration simply dried up. And the desk piled up. And since the lens on the camera was broken, there weren't really any decent pictures to change that. It's been easier to find other mindless things to do.. Depression does that to a person.<br />
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RL is still a pain. The desk is still piled up. And I'm still depressed. But the camera lens has been replaced, and the stirrings of inspiration have started up again.. so maybe.. just maybe.. I'll get back to it at some point.<br />
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Have found myself very interested in steampunk lately. Very. Looking into doing something with that for Halloween, at the very least. One of the things I want to work on/blog about is the costume design and progress, though it will be slow. Money's tight, so it definitely won't be done all in one go.<br />
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Had a chance to see Jason in concert again one June 30th, so we went, despite the 100 degree weather. Had a great time. My daughter almost passed out from the heat, but she was smart enough to say something when she started to feel funny, and that was avoided. Got some great pics - oh, Rebel, how I missed you.<br />
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So maybe, if nothing else.. at least I can start taking pictures again. We all have to start somewhere, right?<br />
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My favorite picture from the concert - Jason always signs autographs during the show - people pass up everything from pictures, t-shirts, boots, phones.. to things like skoal cans.. We have gotten pretty lucky at most shows and been able to be up front. This picture is of Jason autographing pictures taken at previous shows. And he grinned when he saw them, which totally made my night (along with him returning my daughter's "peace" gesture and winking at her, which totally made HER night).<br />
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We have another show later this week, at the NEMO county fair in Kirksville.. so excited.<br />
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Saw some pretty awesome fireworks on the 4th.. and with the new lens.. ended up with almost 1000 pictures trying to get some really decent ones. This one, from the finale, is one of my favorites.<br />
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One other thing I want to add into the blog.. is books. I do a lot of reading. Mostly I just want somewhere to record all that. Probably won't be very much in a scrappy way, unless I get a little more inspiration for that.. but.. maybe someday..<br />
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<br />scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-13461134596085205312011-03-07T08:04:00.006-06:002011-03-07T16:02:09.869-06:00On friendship... and a very special albumLast post I mentioned an album that I made for a very dear friend of mine. And while I promised him there wouldn't be a lot of personal details, there are some things I want to say to help you understand the process behind making this album, and why I made it in the first place.<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (This will be a rather long post, but I did not want to split it up, so.. deal. :) )</span></i><br />
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When I was a kid, my father was in the Air Force. The best thing about that was being able to see a lot of the country. The worst thing? The constant moving. The longest we stayed in one place was three years. The shortest was 6 months. Doesn't make it easy to keep friends for any length of time. Add into that a divorce and moving to yet another part of the country - only this time to a place where everyone else has been together since kindergarten.. well, kids can be mean to new people. When you move around a lot as a kid, one of two things will happen - you will either learn to make friends easily, and lots of them - or you will become shyer and hold back - because you know it won't last. People won't write you back once you leave, and a lot of times the kid that moves away is easily forgotten. I think it is easier on the bases - because at least all the kids understand about the moving around. In the real world, this is not the case.<br />
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I definitely fit into the latter group. More of the shy non-popular type than the outgoing sports type, it was harder to make good friends than not. Add into that that I was very focused on what I wanted to do with my life, and I wasn't much into partying and drinking.. well. I was "different". Even now, when I have been working at the same place for 12 years... it is so hard for me to believe that I have known a couple of the people I work with for that long. With my current situation though, I work the 5 to midnight shift... which is great for my family situation, but which makes it really hard to have a good friend relationship with people that work normal hours. Lately it seems I have more friends in other countries than I do here.. because they are the ones that tend to be awake when I am.<br />
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A little over a year ago, I started playing a Facebook game called Ghost Trappers (GT for short). Have met some really nice people through the game, mostly through the GT chat services - started going in to get advice about the game.. kept going because the people I found there were (mostly) just great people. One of them was Heath, who is pretty much the best friend I have right now, and has been for the last 8 months. Because of this, I wanted to do something nice for him for Christmas, and I thought an album using the fishing pictures he had shown me would be a great idea. I have done some neat things with fishing pages before.. using little hooks and line on them.. only problem with that is he lives in Australia.. so who knows what customs will let through and what they won't. Since I would have to download his pictures, I asked if he was ok with the gift before starting it, and showed him some of the other things I had made. He thought it would be a cool gift, so I started gathering supplies.<br />
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Most of the supplies came from my stash - I think it is fun to mix things from different sources and suppliers. I started with an 8x8 acrylic tabbed album from Clear Scraps - left over from my design team days, and the perfect size for a gift. Enough room to DO something with the page, but not a full sized album. I wanted to add chipboard pages in between, and found some pre-cut 8x8 chipboard pages (both kraft and white). Wanted to experiment a little bit with some of the pictures, so they were printed on other materials besides photo papers - will go over that more with each page. The album ended up way thicker than I originally intended though, because I kept finding pictures I couldn't leave out, so I also added several 6x6 chipboard and acrylic pages as well. I eventually ended up with 3 rough divisions - family photos, fishing photos.. and fun ones. I say rough divisions because since I started with a smaller album, then added more pages after I had already scrapped some.. well you'll see. All the pictures in the album were provided by Heath, unless otherwise noted.<br />
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Papers are from My Mind's Eye (29th Street Market, and Breaking Free) and DCWV (the Immortal stack, and cardstock.) I used Zip Dry adhesive almost exclusively - I wanted to make sure nothing would fall apart in transit. The only other adhesives I used were glue dots and foam tape/pop dots. Almost all the pages are distressed, using either StazOn Black (on the acrylic pages) or Tim's Vintage Photo Distress Ink (pretty much everything else). I'm an edger too, so most of the cardstock and stickers have distressed edges. I'll try to list supplies as the pages go, if I remember them :p No promises there, since a lot of my stuff is stored out of package since I don't submit anything anymore. I tried to avoid a lot of metal (a personal difficulty), and natural materials since it would have to go through customs. And, needless to say, it did not get there in time for Christmas.. but it made a nice only-slightly-late birthday present :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am proud of this album for several reasons - It is the largest "mini album" project I have done.. and the first I have done after a lengthy no-mojo non-scrappy break. And judging from his response, right on with the quotes and things. (My favorite part about giving albums to people is seeing their response when they see the pages, and Heath was gracious enough to skype me so I could watch him open it up.) But I do apologize in advance, I have been having some trouble with the autofocus on my lens, so some of the pictures are not as clear as I would like them to be. As always, click on the pictures if you need to see a larger version. </span><br />
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The photo on the cover was printed on a very light pink piece of Bazzill cardstock. I really like the texture, and I thought it would hold up better on the front than a regular photo would. (This is also one of my favorite photos in the whole album.) I found the metal letters at Hobby Lobby in the framing shop - they are self adhesive and made by Amanda Blu (who, incidentally is who makes the 12x12 page protectors I use - they are slightly larger, and much better for the super dimensional pages I make). The friend quote was sent as a RAK from a friend, a long time ago.. and I think it's from K & Co. The green strips are also Bazzill. Fish sticker was edged and placed up on a pop dot. (Quote reads: A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.)<br />
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I tried really hard not to include flowers... LOL. But.. ah well. Letter and flourish stickers are from EK Success. Flowers and screw brad are from the Paper Studio, photo corners from 3L, and the "Live out loud" sticker is 7 gypsies. (I love their 97% Complete sticker sets - awesome for themed projects)<br />
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This is one of the photos that insisted on being in the album. Lol. Why? Just because he is being silly. The B letter sticker is from Tim's Idea-ology set and is set up on a popdot. The "9/5" is making memories rubons, and the rest of the pieces are from various ephemera packs.<br />
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Every November, Heath helps with a fundraiser to help support research and raise awareness for prostate cancer and men's depression. (If you want to learn more about Movember, check out their website <a href="http://au.movember.com/about/">HERE</a>.) The "Movember thanks you" and "touch of class" were printed from their website. The edges of this page were inked, painted and distressed, and the rubons are from basic gray. The "touch of class" strip is on pop dots, and the metal "brads" are actually just metal dot stickers.<br />
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The note paper journal spot is actually a page from a Jenni Bowlin mini album - I left it blank for Heath to fill in the details. Had to make him do a little work on the album ;) The Relaxing sticker is from Pebble's Inc. Music tape and book plate are from Tim's Idea-ology collection. I have a love/hate relationship with Tim's tape... it does not like to stick well to textured cardstock, although to be fair (being the perfectionist I am...) I repositioned it a couple of times. But it is easy to use, and let me add musical bits to this page. The other guy in the picture is Scott, he is part of an Aussie band called Tripod - they are freakin' awesome! They are a great musical comedy group, check them out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IngvNUaWvck&feature=feedlik_more">HERE</a> and <a href="http://www.3pod.com.au/main.htm">HERE</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod_(band)">HERE</a>. (I suppose I should say, that while Heath and I find them very funny, people that are very easily offended may not... The first link is a very funny song, the other two are information only.)<br />
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This is one of the pages that made the album late - I wasn't happy with the original and had to redo it. That will teach me to try to scrap when I'm tired and not really in a scrappy mood lol. MUCH happier with the redo.. The music paper is from the DCWV Immortal stack. Dream ticket from Tim's collection. Wish Tip sticker is 7 Gypsies and the other stickers are from.. erm.. somewhere lol. Picked them up at Hobby Lobby - They are fabulous raised metallic stickers. <br />
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LOL these pictures don't really fit here, but I couldn't leave the pups out.. The brindle one is Molly, and the little one is Rocky. They are awesome little creatures. The title spot came in a pack. Spoiled sticker from the Paper Studio.<br />
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Molly again, wearing Heath's headphones. LOL. The sticker at the top is 7 gypsies, and reads "Life is too important to be taken seriously. The "like owner" sticker is a clear one that I put on cardstock just so it could be seen better and came from the same set as the spoiled sticker on the previous page.<br />
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The other major redo page. Took FOREVER to get the paper off so I could redo it.. that is one of the things about Zip Dry.. better make sure you have stuff where you want it, otherwise it will be STUCK. Music Maker and note stickers and flower from the Paper Studio. Music paper from the Immortal stack. Gem swirls from Prima. Ticket from Tim. The rubon border is from (I think) Basic Grey.<br />
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This picture is one of the reasons we started talking about things other than just the game. One of those fluke pictures you don't realize you got until you develop the pictures - he managed to catch a shooting star (the little tiny white line in the picture lol). The quote sticker is another clear one, so I put it on paper to pop out the dark letters. It says: "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play, and to look up at the stars." The flourish and edges are were done with paint.<br />
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This is Heath with his best friend - so a "must be included" photo. A really simple page - just the photo and the sticker (from Deja Views). Edges are inked with StazOn.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another super simple one - the rubons are from Making Memories. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another fun picture.. I printed it out on canvas which I think made it look even cooler. The urban legend sticker is 7 Gypsies. Don't remember who made the other one. (I know, I really should keep track of these things better...) It reads: In the true man there is a child concealed who wants to play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stamps and key plate are from Tim's collection - the man with umbrella stamp is one of my favorites. I used Tsukineko Brilliance black ink - has just a bit of a shimmer to it. Stickers from the Paper Studio and Pebble's Inc. The corrugated strips were actually cut from some packaging from some chipboard letters. The wildlife sticker made us both laugh. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next two pages are picture-less because he didn't get me pictures of his mom and sister. So.. in an effort to not get in trouble with his mom for not including her ;) I made the pages and told him he had to add the pictures later. The squares with the roses are really old - they look dimensional but they aren't - but it lets me get the look of dried roses without the mess. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like the layered look, and tucking things beneath photo mats is a great way to do that. The flourished piece at the top is just a small piece cut from a frame - I like cutting them up because then I can stretch them farther, especially since I don't use frames often, and it keeps the pages from getting TOO thick. I added the black gems - they were cut from the same Prima flourish as the bits by the flower. Flower and gem from the Paper Studio.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the acrylic divider pages. Quote is from a vellum pack and reads "It is the sweet simple things of life which are the real ones after all." (Laura Ingalls Wilder). The flourishes are also from Tim's collection and were stamped in the Brilliance ink. Letter stickers are Thickers. The flourish behind the letter stickers was a printed acetate piece that I cut in half, and placed part on each side of the acrylic tab. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More flowers - sorry, I tried. lol. Rubon is from Basic Grey - an older one, so it didn't transfer well, but sometimes I like when that happens, I think it adds to the distressed look. The grids are another of Tim's stamps. Letter stickers from Making Memories (they say "drinky drinky"). The one in the upper corner of the photo is another 7 Gypsies one and says "It seemed like such a good idea at the time."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The stickers on this page were all from the 7 Gypsies collection. The strips say "Part of being sane is being a little crazy. Janet Long". The book page cracked me up - I found it in an ephemera pack. Just one of those great finds, it was perfect for these pictures. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A fun page - and an awesome theme for a party! The cards paper came from the ephemera pack and was originally from a Bridge pad. Another Basic Grey rubon, Deja Views "fun" sticker, 7 Gypsies "silly" sticker. The heart is made from grungeboard and covered with paper from the Immortal stack, which is where the checkered paper came from too. Letters are the Heidi rubons from Making Memories. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my favorite pictures :) Heath made the catepillar costume - rather clever, I think. Another piece of the flouish, a card from a RAK, a bit of mulberry paper, and more 7 Gypsies stickers. Used paint on this one as well. The quote is George Carlin (RIP) "Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More Bridge paper, 7 Gypsies stickers and PLAY ticket from Tim. The hand is a chipboard sticker from a Basic Grey pack. Quote " What makes life worth living? to be born with the gift of laughter & sense that the world is mad." Fitting for a March Hare. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The "fun" tab page. Would have been earlier in the book, but it was done before more pages were added. Love the Peekaboo Effect on this one.. makes you want to turn the page and see what's next. The rubon is from Basic Grey. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pictures on the next few pages are another reason this isn't just a fish album. Heath was lucky enough to see Metallica in Adelaide, and I couldn't leave that out. The words were cut from a transparency frame - they didn't quite set in the right place as the whole frame. But again, totally perfect for the pictures. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This page was originally supposed to show more of the background, but.. oh well. I used a large music stamp and paint to make the background page. The blank spot is for his ticket. He suggested scanning in the ticket so I could print it out instead. (chuckle) I said no, just put the ticket there. Another effort to make him scrapbook lol. I thought if he didn't want to place the ticket there, he could journal about the concert instead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my favorite pages. I went to Metallica's website hoping to find a logo to print out. I not only found the Death Magnetic logo - I found the set list for the show he went to. How awesome is that? The picture of the drummer is one that Heath took - all I did was paint the edges to set it apart from the other picture. Letter stickers are Thickers, with a bit of paint over the top. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another simple page, but the photos speak for themselves. The Metallica logo was printed from the Metallica website. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next few pages really show why I like working with acrylic. Clock face and arrow are from Tim's Idea-ology collection. Canvas piece and the sticker from my stash. I didn't want to use a lot of ribbon in the album (too girly) but this strip is hiding a distressing technique that I tried.. and really didn't like. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fish acrylic tab page. The compass acetate came in a pack, and the sticker is from Tim's collection. The flourish rub on is from Basic Grey. The postcard journal spot and the quote are from K & Co. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back side of the acrylic page, another quote (Laughter is the best medicine), another journal spot, another Tim compass sticker. When I asked Heath what type of fish that was, he laughed and said "That is the world's smallest trevally!" So I had to quote him :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another favorite.. I use Paint.net a lot, and one of the things you can do is change pictures to either ink or pencil drawings. Depending on how it's set, it can look like anything from a barely there sketch to a very accurate almost black and white photo look. This one is about in the middle. I printed it on water color paper for a bit of texture and inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. I almost didn't add the letter stickers at the top - I like that they are hidden when the acrylic page is over, but I also thought the page needed just a little embellishment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had fun making this page. Lots of layering. The photo at the top is a pocket, and the tags were left blank for Heath to add information/thoughts/etc. The flourish rubons are from the Bohemia collection. Letters from Making Memories. Kind of a funny story behind this one.. when I first made the page the letters were just on the paper. He had been bugging me for pictures of the album, so I sent him one of this page to see what he thought. He told me it was excellent, and he loved it, but after a bit asked what the letters were. Rubons, I said. Which made him comment that they would not be easy to change then... yeah, it was spelled wrong. HIS fault, mind you, since I copied the information directly from his facebook gallery. He told me not to worry about it, it didn't really matter, but.. yeah. Me: "I'm a perfectionist, it matters." Him: "I'm not. So no, it doesn't." (that might be a misquote lol I can't remember exactly what we said, but that was the gist of it.) But, again, being a perfectionist, and knowing he would be showing it to other people, I had to try. Luckily it was fixable, and I actually like it better this way anyway. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gorgeous photo of the ocean.. definitely "off the beaten path"... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this picture of the poles from the charter trip. And as I was looking through a travel quote sticker book, I found the perfect quote "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." (Doug Larson) This is one of the few times that I have bought a sticker set just for one quote - usually I make sure I will use at least 50% of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty much the same supplies on this page. I love the "How am I going to get this home?" sticker. and from the conversations we've had about fishing - "It just doesn't get any better than this" is SO appropriate. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More fish pictures :) The top one was Heath's facebook profile picture when we started talking. The bottom fish is an elephant shark. The date circle at the top is from Tim's sticker set. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another favorite picture. Rubons are from Fancy Pants. Beach bum sticker from 7 Gypsies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another word I double checked the spelling on before doing - at least this one would have been easier to fix since it was on a title block and not just on the background paper. (which, naturally meant it was spelled right). Used a little magic mesh on the sides just for something different. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another fun layered page. The blue part with the quote is a bit of chipboard which is covered with paper then sanded and inked. It fits right under the photo which I put up with foam tape. The quote was very fitting - the place they were fishing was just around the corner from his house. I hate the glare on the bottom photo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another photo pocket - and this is one of my favorite pictures of him - especially since it is at the beach. The quote to the side says "the only normal people are the ones you don't know very well." All the words on the background page are a rubon - I can't recall who made it, but it was one I had been saving for a while. I like how it just barely shows up on the dark paper, it's almost like a watermark. The tag was hand made from some chipboard and covered with lined Basic Grey paper - I wanted to have something more personal in the album, but I put it on the tag so he could take it out if he didn't want anyone else to read it. The "dear friend" rubon is from Deja Views. The coffee stain stamp is my favorite - I can't remember who made it, but it came in a "thanks a latte" set and I picked it up at a stamp convention in St. Louis several years ago. I put it on with paint, and actually had people ask me if that was a mistake and had I set something on the paper. (chuckle)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back page is mainly just a protective cover - the only thing one it are the two 7 Gypsies stickers, one which says "Limited edition 1 of 1" (the 1's being Making Memories rubons) and ""Made with love by:" which I signed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The album turned into quite an ambitious project, but one I am definitely glad I made. It took fully 2 1/2 months for me to get it done (tho keep in mind I work 40+ hours a week). Much of it was actually done at work, as I was stranded there due to bad weather and being on call - In fact the day I mailed it out, they had predicted the worst storm in the area for a long time. The album made it out of Quincy, but got stuck in Chicago for 5 days due to the snow. Still, after 10 days it got to Australia, made it through customs without any mishap, and was delivered safely to his door. He loved it, and that's all one can ask for. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-71668999845405116622011-02-21T01:58:00.001-06:002011-02-21T02:13:54.295-06:00A long break.. and Lamington CakeIt has been a long time since I've written anything for the blog.. It has not really been a very good year.. and most of it I don't really want to go into. <br />
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There have been a couple of good things though - the kids are doing well.. the car is still running.. and I finally can play a few things on the guitar. Finally got back into scrapping a bit, making an album for a very good friend... but that will be another post.. <br />
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Speaking of said very good friend.. we were talking the other day, and he was telling me about the dessert he was having that day.. which was a lamington cake. Showed it to me via webcam (did I mention he lives in Australia? No? Well, now you know..) and was telling me how awesome they are, so I thought I would make one. Not that I'm the greatest cook on the planet, but hey, it's a cake, right? <br />
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So here is what I have learned about lamington cakes... <br />
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Lamington cakes have been made in Australia for years. They were named after one of the govenors, Lord Lamington. There are a couple of stories regarding how they came about, but they quickly became a favorite. Australia declared National Lamington Day in 2006, and youth groups have Lamington drives as fund raisers. <br />
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They are made of sponge cake, dipped in chocolate, and covered in coconut. Some are made with strawberry jam between the layers, some with raspberry, some with whipped cream. <br />
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The other thing I have learned about them? They are MESSY to make lol. But very yummy, especially when made with homemade strawberry jam. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6Rni4kSOKs/TWII64YWvSI/AAAAAAAAC7M/mWhl43bC6ZQ/s1600/lc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6Rni4kSOKs/TWII64YWvSI/AAAAAAAAC7M/mWhl43bC6ZQ/s400/lc.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Photo from Taste.com.au)</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></i></div>The recipe I found was from <a href="http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/23200/lamington+cake">Taste.com.au</a> - The recipe seemed simple enough, but again, not being of the chef-ly persuasion, I had a few other things to learn.. for one thing "caster sugar" is a super-fine baking sugar. Also, I wasn't able to find any desiccated coconut, so I used what I could find.<br />
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<li style="font-size: 13px;">75g (1/2 cup) self-raising flour</li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;">40g (1/4 cup) plain flour</li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;">35g (1/4 cup) cornflour</li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;">4 eggs, at room temperature</li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;">155g (3/4 cup) caster sugar</li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;">170g (2 cups) desiccated coconut</li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;">115g (1/3 cup) strawberry jam, warmed</li>
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<li style="font-size: 13px;">300g (2 cups) pure icing sugar</li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;">35g (1/3 cup) Nestle Baking Cocoa</li>
<li style="font-size: 13px;">125ml (1/2 cup) water</li>
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<li style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 10px;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sift the combined flour and cornflour into a bowl. Use an electric beater to beat the eggs and sugar in a large bowl for 10-12 minutes or until thick, pale and creamy. Sift half the flour mixture over the egg mixture. Use a large metal spoon to fold until just combined. Repeat with remaining flour mixture.</div></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 10px;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Divide among the prepared pans and smooth the surfaces. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden and the cake springs back when lightly tapped. Set aside in the pans for 5 minutes to cool slightly before turning onto wire racks to cool completely.</div></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 10px;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To make the chocolate icing, sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl. Stir in the water. Pour into a large shallow dish.</div></li>
<li style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 10px;"><div style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Spread the coconut over a large tray. Dip the base and side of 1 cake into the icing, allowing any excess to drip off. Place the cake, icing-side down, onto the coconut and turn to coat the base and side. Transfer to a serving plate, coconut-side down. Spread with the jam. Dip the top and side of the remaining cake in the icing, then in the coconut. Top the jam-covered cake with the remaining cake, coconut-side up. Serve.</div></li>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Had planned to go to three JMC concerts in September, but was not able to make it to the one in Sandwich, IL. Too far away, didn't have the money to go, and working overtime made for a very tired Julie. Still, Rhi and I managed to make it to the other two that weekend. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">The first concert was held 9/11/10 in Jacksonville, IL. It was the first Concert in the Cornfield, and one of the last shows for the Lost Trailers. Didn't get very good pictures of them at all.. I don't know WHO had set up their lighting, but quite honestly, I thought they needed to be fired. Most of the time, the singer was in the dark, because the lighting sucked. Did manage to get a couple halfway decent pics though, and the music was still fabulous. Rhi didn't know who they were though, and kept asking when Jason was going to get on stage. {Which had one of the guys standing near us asking her if she had seen Jason before. Which made me laugh a bit.} LT not only mentioned 9/11 during the show, they brought up the firefighters and policeman that had sponsored the show and gave them a round of applause. {which I thought was cool - since this was not a memorial concernt, it just happened to be on 9/11)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmGwiwLMpI/AAAAAAAAC34/ZjDRTZ-6BTk/s1600/lt+silhouette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmGwiwLMpI/AAAAAAAAC34/ZjDRTZ-6BTk/s400/lt+silhouette.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmG1cbmjlI/AAAAAAAAC38/U-LGQMaNso4/s1600/lt+singer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmG1cbmjlI/AAAAAAAAC38/U-LGQMaNso4/s400/lt+singer.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmHEdUKKpI/AAAAAAAAC4I/OIDwHltrOak/s1600/LT+guitarist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmHEdUKKpI/AAAAAAAAC4I/OIDwHltrOak/s400/LT+guitarist.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmG_zQByuI/AAAAAAAAC4E/Z61fZbn4stI/s1600/LT+drummer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmG_zQByuI/AAAAAAAAC4E/Z61fZbn4stI/s400/LT+drummer.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmG6b03lFI/AAAAAAAAC4A/8kOw86WC69w/s1600/LT+keyboardist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmG6b03lFI/AAAAAAAAC4A/8kOw86WC69w/s400/LT+keyboardist.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then Jason played. He came out wearing his leather coat and a hat, luckily that didn't last long. lol. he started out with With You and Honky Tonk Friends. Of course all the girls screamed when he got to the "I love the dances they dance" part ;) And thank goodness for cameras with continuous shooting ;) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">He usually jumps up onto the drummers risers for I Can Sleep When I'm Dead. This one was no exception. He can be hard to photograph when the lighting is not really good, because he moves around so much. But man, he does a great show. LOL And has a lot of fun doing it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmJ23yEwlI/AAAAAAAAC4s/h7syV3qkhr8/s1600/jmc3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmJ23yEwlI/AAAAAAAAC4s/h7syV3qkhr8/s400/jmc3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">He also sang Patrick Davis' Numbers, which is another favorite song. The gist of the song is about all the different numbers that affect us, and how some are mean nothing.. and some mean everything. 9/11 is one of the numbers in the song, so after the song, Jason spoke for a few minutes about that day and the people that have done so much to help {firemen, police, military}, thanking and asking us to be thankful for the people that have put their lives on the line, so we can still live in a free country. {I thought it was very cool that both bands had said something in remembrance of that day.}</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmKI5HGRaI/AAAAAAAAC4w/F31KygEPk5U/s1600/jmc4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmKI5HGRaI/AAAAAAAAC4w/F31KygEPk5U/s400/jmc4.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The guitarist tossed a pick at Rhi.. who was not expecting that. It hit her in the chest and then fell on the ground. She was stunned, and tried to look for it, but since it was dark, was not able to find it. Several people started trying to look for it, but gave up when it wasn't easily found. One of the guys in the crowd started looking for it too, using his lighter to see better. And when he found it, he gave it to Rhi. Amazing, how nice people can be. {And we passed him in the parking lot as we were leaving.. and he said "Hang onto that pick now!" as we walked by.}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is one of my favorite pictures from the whole batch. He was signing autographs for people again. It's really amazing too, usually if there are kids in the crowd everybody will try to get them up to the stage so Jason can hold their hand. Several people made space for Rhi so she could get to the front of the stage. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep, that's Rhi's hand on Jason's boot. I can't say anything, she was just copying me ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmJrUWigEI/AAAAAAAAC4k/Q7AYRBnmu4Y/s1600/jmc+handonboot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmJrUWigEI/AAAAAAAAC4k/Q7AYRBnmu4Y/s400/jmc+handonboot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">He also sang Angel of Broken Hearts, from the first album. This is another one of my favorite pictures. Was a little frustrating trying to get it, had a couple of drunk girls in front of me that kept getting in the way. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jason climbed up the lighting supports again, like he did at Burlington. Crazy man. I actually have a whole series from that, but this one is my favorite. Love the pout lol. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> He sang Randy Travis' Nothing At All, which has been a favorite song of mine for a very long time. And Jason's version is fabulous - it's a perfect song for his voice. A very large portion of the audience sang along. Love this picture. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> One of the funnier moments happened when he was singing "Hurry Home" - During the pause at the end of the song, right after the line "He walked in just in time to hear her say... " all the drunk girls hollered out "WOOOOOOOO!" Jason laughed and said "No, she didn't say WOOOOO!" before finishing the song. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">He took pictures of the crowd for twitter again, including this one of the guys in the band. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Had left my little notebook in the car lol so this is how I kept track of the playlist.. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And since I didn't have anything else for him to autograph... lol yep, that's my phone. It's amazing the stuff people hold up for him to sign - not just cds and photos, but purses, boots, guitars, shirts, you name it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday we drove out to Arcola, IL for another show.Took us about 4 1/2 hours to get there with the construction. Ended up being about 15 minutes late. Ah well, I'd do it again, in a heartbeat. The photos turned out much better {daytime shows are much easier}. Had only the second bad experience with audience members.. and realized later, ironically, they both involved the same people. The first one was at the Sauget show {the fight during Suzy Q}. For this one, we had gotten up as close as we could to the stage, and were actually blocked from getting any closer. Rhi wanted to try to get up to the stage because we had something we wanted him to autograph, but I told her just to wait, we could try later. Saw someone we had seen at many other shows, and I touched his shoulder just to say hi. He asked me if we wanted to go up to the stage just to take a picture or if we planned on staying up there the whole time. Well, I wasn't going to lie, and I said we would like to stay up there if we could, but really, I was just saying hello. He started getting mad and complaining about why should I expect to come late and get in front of people who waited for hours before the show started, etc etc. Which, ok, on the one hand, I can understand. HOWEVER. First of all. All I did was say HELLO. I was NOT trying to get past him or push him aside or anything like that. Secondly, this family had been to a TON of shows. They have traveled all over to see Jason sing. So he should KNOW that people are going to wind up close to the stage to touch Jason's hand and get autographs and pictures. To expect people not to move up to the stage for that is completely unreasonable, especially since Jason will spend half the show signing autographs for people. This guy not only moved his chair to block people from getting by {myself included}, but he tried to get the police involved with moving a small group {4 or 5} teenage girls who had gone up to get pictures and hadn't moved yet. The girls were standing near a part of the stage that was not even obstructing his view AT ALL. The cops basically blew him off. Not 10 minutes later, he pushed his way in front of some kids so he could be close to the stage. Jerk. Made me wonder who really started the fight at the Sauget show. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aaaaanyway. That aside, the show was fabulous. I couldn't get through the crowd at all at that point, so I gave Rhi my sharpie and the car I wanted him to autograph {a matchbox type car, a 1969 bronze GTO - a replica of the one he drove in the video for Hurry Home}, and she slipped through the crowd and up to the stage. Held it right up for him to sign. Which, of course, he did. And took a minute to look at it before giving it back to her. {When I got home I saw that I had caught him smiling as he looked at it. One of those great shots you don't realize you got at the time you took it}<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">At first I thought the yellowy orange tent would be a problem, but it turned out to be a pretty good background. I ended up {eventually} getting fairly close to the stage, so the pictures turned out pretty nice. It always amazes me when I see how hard Jason works to get everybody an autograph. His concerts are the only ones I have been to where the artist signs autographs during the show. He really interacts with the crowd, answering people that holler stuff at him, and telling jokes and stories between the songs. It's no wonder he has so many fans. He didn't get to do all the dancing and jumping he usually did, since the stage was much smaller, but he still had a lot of fun. </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">People always ask me, since I have been to several shows, if he recognizes me. Well, of course not, he doesn't really KNOW me LOL But there have been a couple of times that he has seen me, smiled and waved, because he had seen me at other shows too. One of these days.. maybe someday we'll actually get a meet and greet. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is one of my favorite pictures from the show. :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmhg2LtGhI/AAAAAAAAC5c/u9Zy6B92pZ4/s1600/favorite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmhg2LtGhI/AAAAAAAAC5c/u9Zy6B92pZ4/s320/favorite.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The funniest part of this show, was, again, during Hurry Home. There were probably 5-6 kids in front of me holding up things for him to autograph {pictures, their hands, flip flops}. None of them had a sharpie with them, so I held out the one I had. He smiled and nodded thanks, then sat down on the speaker to sign things {yup, right in front of me, so I had a GREAT view}. Never did get the sharpie back lol. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmhYUbh74I/AAAAAAAAC5U/aTp5EymmBMM/s1600/autographs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmhYUbh74I/AAAAAAAAC5U/aTp5EymmBMM/s400/autographs2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">.. still singing the whole time, of course. I like how he uses the microphone to steady what he's trying to autograph. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And when he got to the pause at the end of Hurry Home, they all yelled "Jason! Jason! Jason!" Jason laughed and said "For those of you in the back, that can't see, there's a bunch of kids up here, going Jason! Jason! Jason! I get that all the time at home too. I get home, and the kids are all Daddy, Daddy Daddy! It makes you want to change your name sometimes." But laughing as he said it. He also commented, as he sat there signing all those flip flops, how "later in the day, there was going to be a bunch of kids with JMC in reverse all over the bottoms of their feet". </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmhrFUtQhI/AAAAAAAAC5k/R4g9bCedqao/s1600/hh+laugh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmhrFUtQhI/AAAAAAAAC5k/R4g9bCedqao/s400/hh+laugh.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Then he finished the song. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmhlayRNjI/AAAAAAAAC5g/pL6YDmpCyn8/s1600/hh+end.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TKmhlayRNjI/AAAAAAAAC5g/pL6YDmpCyn8/s400/hh+end.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This was the first show that Rhi was not by my side the whole time. Normally that would make me very nervous, but I knew she wouldn't be leaving while Jason was on stage, and she was standing within a group of kids. And it was a daytime show, so I could see where she was. I think she enjoyed it, but it was also nice to see her look over at me every so often to make sure I was still there.{She's the one wearing the camo JMC hat}</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">We left right after the show, since we had another 4 hour drive to get home, stopped at McDonald's for something to eat, and listened to Jason singing all the way home. </div>scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-44107295607755714232010-07-09T22:27:00.000-05:002010-07-09T22:27:53.742-05:00Fireworks<div style="text-align: center;"><i>{Posting a little late.. but for what it's worth.. here are some of the fireworks photos I took this year.. } </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For the last couple of years, I have been trying to get some decent fireworks pictures. Last year's were so-so, which maybe 6 or 8 decent ones.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This year is different. This year, I'm really pleased with a good number of the photos. I think they are better for a couple of reasons..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We were closer to the shoot off point this time. I didn't want the bridge in the photos this year, so we actually sat under the bridge. They shoot off the fireworks from Quinssissippi Island, near the American Flag. Which made for some great photos. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDfUi2178FI/AAAAAAAACz4/xY_fSW-pOyM/s1600/flag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDfUi2178FI/AAAAAAAACz4/xY_fSW-pOyM/s400/flag.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Also, I know a little more about using the camera for lowlight photos. Have gotten some really nice lowlight photos at some of the concerts, and these are no exception. I took almost 300 photos (love getting serial photos with this camera), and 75% of them are nice pictures. Which makes me very happy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Probably still would have gotten better pictures if I had remembered to bring my tripod.. but oh well, there's always next year. And I know some of the pictures my friends have posted on face book are better... but consider this... I didn't cheat by using a fireworks setting LOL </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is one of my favorites... which is hard to admit, because I like so many of them! LOL </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is another favorite.. I love the smoke trails, and the tails on the colors.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">One of the things I like best about this shot... is that you can see the boats on the river. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">One of the series shots.. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another series... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Simply beautiful... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This one was a great catch! </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The spider fireworks.. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This one makes me think of warp speed... lol </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> And the finale... I so need to figure out how to do animated images.. it would look SO cool! Not posting all the ones I took, though, there are a ton. My favorites are the last ones, where again, the light is so bright, you can even see the boats on the river. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Had a choice of driving up a shorter route, that was likely not going to be, due to river flooding, and a slightly longer one which were on roads that I know better... as I've driven them for years while in school. Took the better known roads. Didn't want to mess with flooding and detours.. yeah.. more on that later..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Car was being a bit finicky, going through transmission fluid kinda fast so I stopped periodically to check it and make sure everything was ok. Listened to Good Charlotte, Glen Templeton, and Adam Lambert most of the way up. LOL Have to say.. listening to Adam's songs (especially Strut!) in the middle of rural Missouri almost-towns is a weird experience. Had the urge to stop at Hasting's in Kirksville - and so glad I did! Finally found a Living End CD (an Aussie band that a really good Aussie friend introduced me to). Also picked up a couple of other things (Green Day rubon for the car window, note pad, and a Scott Cunningham book - there were several more I would have liked, but I didn't have that much money.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">One minor difference in roads was to use highway 149 in Missouri. Not a road I'm very familiar with, but it shave about 30 miles, so what the heck. Not too bad until I saw this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>{And noooo before y'all start yelling at me - and as I've said before! - I never take my eyes of the road! I point the camera in the general direction of what I want a picture of, take a couple of shots and hope for the best. LOL It's one of my favorite things about having a digital camera! Can delete all the really bad pictures, and they don't cost anything or waste film!}</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So anyway, I think the sign was designed from this road. Because first it went this way</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDAUfrccnEI/AAAAAAAACxo/KxRbSci_y2Q/s1600/road2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDAUfrccnEI/AAAAAAAACxo/KxRbSci_y2Q/s400/road2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then it went this way</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then the roller coaster fun started!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDAUk03mJlI/AAAAAAAACx4/bdEHoibbwzc/s1600/roller+coaster+road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDAUk03mJlI/AAAAAAAACx4/bdEHoibbwzc/s400/roller+coaster+road.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep, that's all the same road... LOL <i>{and no, I wasn't crazy enough to get pictures in the middle of it LOL}</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ended up driving through some of my old stomping grounds. Made me think of Rick, who was a very good friend... and found several years ago murdered in his van {unfortunately, they never figured out who did it} Kinda made me sad to think about all those fun times we had - he was definitely a good ol' boy.. Was also very sad to see several of the places in Corydon were closed - my favorite gas station (though I would have had to boycott them, since they were bought out by BP before they closed down) and the Windmill Cafe.. nice little restaurant that made some of the best food.Drove up through Chariton.. where part of Hwy 34 was closed, and they had a detour. Well, apparently, DETOUR in Iowa means "Include part of every road in the county." Turn here, turn there, yet another road that was NOT 34.. it was crazy. Longest freakin detour I've every been on. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Got to Des Moines about a half an hour before the show was to start. Got directions from a gruff little old lady at the gas station. She said a lot of people were leaving early because of all the mud. Not a big deal for me.. I was wearing old jeans and my old ratty shoes anyway LOL Found a place to park - behind the stage incidentally.. lol nice.. and locked the doors.. headed up to get a ticket.. realized I forgot my hat, so went back to the car.. and realized that yes, the keys were sitting right there in the front seat. *facepalm*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ended up spending most of JMC's show trying to get back into my car. Checked with security - they were very nice, but could do nothing. They called over one of the cops.. who could/would also do nothing. "Call a locksmith." (to which I replied - "great, do you know one, I don't live around here!" wandered over to Jiffy Stop - nope, no coat hangers. Got a banana, since I hadn't eaten anything all day, and nothing else appealed. Even asked a guy with an RV if he had a coat hanger. I'm sure he thought I was a lunatic. Stopped at McDonald's to get a cheeseburger.. wasn't really hungry but figured I'd better eat something. Told her I wanted a cheeseburger with no onions... "oh, and I don't suppose you have a coat hanger?" She looked at me, a little blankly, like she thought I was joking. So I told her what happened, and she asked the manager. Who not only found me a coat hanger, he actually came out to my car to try to help me get into it. Wasn't very successful, but man, talk about great customer service!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Was rather bummed. Didn't want to get a ticket til I knew I wasn't going to have to call a locksmith (since I only had about $65 on me). Then these two good looking, half dressed cowboys came over to see if I needed help. Nice. Did I get a picture? Of course not. They were cool, and luckily managed to get me into my car so I could get my keys. I was grateful. There was something to like about Iowa after all. LOL. Started walking up to the gate... singing along with Jason the whole time. He had a shorter set, since he wasn't the headliner. Sang Where I'm From, George Strait Cover Band, Hurry Home, Drinking to Drink, Meet Me in the Barn.. and a few others. By the time I got to the front gate he was singing Stray. I was a little unsure about getting a ticket - really had not planned on staying for anyone else (since I had that lovely 4 hour drive home!), so I waited a minute. And then he started talking about Brittany.. and that was that. He said he thought that Brittany was the reason for the beautiful weather, then starting singing Livin Our Love Song. I snapped a couple of quick shots (I did actually see him.. lol he was about an inch tall! and can't be seen in the pictures because I was so far away.) So I started walking back to the car. Got razzed a bit when I got there, but oh well. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF1uNZYkJI/AAAAAAAACyA/UyES-NKyBTc/s1600/country+bash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF1uNZYkJI/AAAAAAAACyA/UyES-NKyBTc/s400/country+bash.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Went to Target afterwards (since we don't have one around here) Picked up a couple of new books, something to eat, and a Journey CD... seemed appropriate.. Took a different way home.. ran into some flooding, but nothing bad enough to block my side of the road (at one point, the other side was closed). But several fields were simply covered with water. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I don't know if this bridge is normally used, or if it is just an old one... but it was under water. Yep, there's a road down there somewhere too. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Saw this cloud on the way home... made me think of a flying dragon.. The rest of the trip was rather uneventful. Stopped a couple of times to check the transmission fluid, but everything went well, and I got home around midnight. Long day, but worth it.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Would I do it again? Hell yeah... already have 2 shows lined up in September.. LOL </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spent one day out in the yard with Rhi.. just being lazy. Was chatting with Chris (my Aussie friend - isn't the internet great?) while we were outside.. One of the things I love about my new phone (a droid) is that I have internet outside. So I sat out there for a bit. Started out by the sandbox and the mint garden, but that wasn't very comfortable, so went to lie down on the front porch for a bit. Which was fine.. until I moved the black grass barrier thing and a skink ran out from under it. Now, I realize he was just looking for something else to hide under.. but the something he picked was me.. which startled me, and I screamed. Silly skink. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF2GZD73kI/AAAAAAAACyg/eK8AL3wAiNQ/s1600/skink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF2GZD73kI/AAAAAAAACyg/eK8AL3wAiNQ/s400/skink.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">This was my view.. the first picture is the porch ceiling - the house is old, and the paint is peeling. The windchimes have been there for a couple of years, they are really beautiful when it is breezy. The second one shows how lovely the sky was. </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF2MYwAEUI/AAAAAAAACyo/6f8zuoDqBGs/s1600/porch+ceiling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF2MYwAEUI/AAAAAAAACyo/6f8zuoDqBGs/s400/porch+ceiling.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF2bAho9dI/AAAAAAAACzA/ba3-EMzHM_g/s1600/my+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF2bAho9dI/AAAAAAAACzA/ba3-EMzHM_g/s400/my+view.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sat up when Rhi said she wanted to take some pictures.. so here's a pic of me messaging on the phone.. lol. Yeah, I know, the porch is a mess.. we were going to work on the flower garden.. but we didn't. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF3SKr-4MI/AAAAAAAACzI/lDhH8LtXnJk/s1600/me4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF3SKr-4MI/AAAAAAAACzI/lDhH8LtXnJk/s400/me4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lost the connection after a bit, so moved under the tulip tree, which Rhi kept trying to climb. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF2Y7NUaoI/AAAAAAAACy4/Ij7CpLhe7N0/s1600/rhi+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF2Y7NUaoI/AAAAAAAACy4/Ij7CpLhe7N0/s400/rhi+tree.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She took some more pictures.. LOL yep still messaging.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDGWtW-k33I/AAAAAAAACzo/5r9t8pI7x5M/s1600/me2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDGW4nzECVI/AAAAAAAACzw/P-6A-j-iC7k/s1600/me3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDGW4nzECVI/AAAAAAAACzw/P-6A-j-iC7k/s400/me3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">me and Rhi</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF3UmHtlOI/AAAAAAAACzQ/gbpL5DTsWYU/s1600/me+n+rhi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF3UmHtlOI/AAAAAAAACzQ/gbpL5DTsWYU/s400/me+n+rhi.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">lazy barefoot kind of day </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF2TVI-9PI/AAAAAAAACyw/1QLD9jfTg2c/s1600/barefoot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TDF2TVI-9PI/AAAAAAAACyw/1QLD9jfTg2c/s400/barefoot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Room for one more... lol</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Was very excited, because shortly after the April concert, a gal had contacted me, saying she was a JMC fan too and was going to have extra VIP tickets for the show, and did I want them? Naturally I jumped at the chance. Unfortunately she bailed on me, but not until AFTER the VIP tickets had all been sold out. I was so mad - not because of whatever reason she had for not giving me the tickets - but for not telling me I couldn't have them. Instead of saying something, she ignored my messages and said absolutely nothing. Rotten. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Luckily I work with a very nice girl (Danielle) who had season passes and let me borrow them so I could still go to the show. So Cindy and I headed up there. The drive was relatively uneventful, though it involved driving in a bit of a circle to get a picture of The Pink, and another for a detour due to a road closing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2zLYqtpvI/AAAAAAAACrQ/g_t8LO5RGRs/s1600/the+pink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2zLYqtpvI/AAAAAAAACrQ/g_t8LO5RGRs/s400/the+pink.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This motorcycle was parked outside the Pink. Thought it was cool looking :D</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2zZg2HZ-I/AAAAAAAACro/6qKzAp_3Jwc/s1600/bike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2zZg2HZ-I/AAAAAAAACro/6qKzAp_3Jwc/s400/bike.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looked for parking - nothing really close by. Ended up parking near the church that had been burned down a couple of years ago. Arson. Which is something I just don't understand. Good grief, nobody says you have to like every one else's religion, but geez. It's a CHURCH. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2zV4gFtRI/AAAAAAAACrg/WelAZlk2gsM/s1600/church.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2zV4gFtRI/AAAAAAAACrg/WelAZlk2gsM/s400/church.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wish I'd taken more time to get some other photos.. some of the angles were just amazing..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Got to the riverfront just in time to enter the giveaway for backstage passes. We both about passed out when they called out "Cindy.... " but the last name was different. So bummer - 7 concerts.. still no meet and greet. Ah well. There will be more ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stopped at the merchandise tent to get tshirts (including one for my daughter, which she will get for a birthday present) and the latest keychain, then headed up to the stage to find a spot. We ended up right up against the barrier, about as close to the stage as we could get without being in the VIP section. The barrier turned out to be helpful for steadying the camera too, for some better low light photos. I am actually pretty pleased with most of them. And, yeah, I ended up taking a ton - good thing I had a new card LOL. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">As it got closer to concert time, 2 guitar players and a drummer came on stage.. and I started to get a little confused.. I knew Jason had new band members, but I certainly hadn't heard that Sean was leaving, and I didn't recognize these guys. There hadn't been any mention of an opening band either. When the announcer came out he was talking about Jason... then said "But first - " and introduced Glen Templeton, a new singer from Nashville. LOL At least I knew I wasn't crazy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2zpu2FPQI/AAAAAAAACsA/gqMX7bmpopk/s1600/Glen2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2zpu2FPQI/AAAAAAAACsA/gqMX7bmpopk/s400/Glen2.jpg" width="337" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, let me just tell you.. Glen is Hot. LOL. Great voice. Nice.. jeans ;) He portrayed Conway Twitty in a movie, and learned a lot of his music. At the show, he sang "Slow Hand" and oh my, even if it hadn't been 90+ degrees out the ladies would have been melting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2zkOL_uzI/AAAAAAAACr4/3Mm_b0t2uqU/s1600/Glen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2zkOL_uzI/AAAAAAAACr4/3Mm_b0t2uqU/s400/Glen.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Musically, he is a lot like Jason - more Country Rock than anything else. Some very awesome songs. (My favorites: I Could Be the One, Fixer Upper, and I Threw It Away). He played for almost an hour, and Cindy and I both said we wanted to get his album. I think he will go far in this business. He's really fabulous. And I think he had just as much fun as we did. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Had to laugh.. one of the security ladies was having a great time listening to Glen sing.. tapping her feet, bopping to the music, singing along. This will be me eventually, I think...</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> After a 20 minute break, during which the bands changed out the instruments, and the sun went down... wasn't sure how the pictures would go for the rest of the night... definitely too far away from the stage for the flash, and no zoom lens.. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Jason finally came onstage. Silly me didn't think to bring a pen to write down the playlist (yeah, I know, I was UNPREPARED - what was I thinking?). The first song he sang was "With You" which was different.. but a good change. And one of my favorite songs. Then I Can Sleep When I'm Dead. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-QdbvQkI/AAAAAAAACvI/b0_V8y8Ka8w/s1600/jason.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-QdbvQkI/AAAAAAAACvI/b0_V8y8Ka8w/s400/jason.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Considering how far away we were, I think the pictures turned out pretty well. Most of the shots are cropped, but they are still really clear, which makes me very happy. There are a ton that didn't turn out as well.. but that is one of the reasons I love the continuous mode on my camera (that and I can get serial pictures of hip swaying ;) )</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I think this is one of my favorite pictures... meow ;)</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-m8f3lwI/AAAAAAAACvg/2mxtt2isj6M/s1600/jason+meow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-m8f3lwI/AAAAAAAACvg/2mxtt2isj6M/s400/jason+meow.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> He sang Honky Tonk Friends (of course), Where I'm From, Barn Burner.. a couple of new songs - Drinking to Drink (which is actually rather funny - "I'm not drinking to forget anything.. I'm just drinking to drink") and Meet Me in the Barn (hot hot hot).</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-aUURyAI/AAAAAAAACvY/SNAx134Xwl8/s1600/jason3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-aUURyAI/AAAAAAAACvY/SNAx134Xwl8/s400/jason3.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">New guitarist.. who is also named Jason :) </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-1FNrQBI/AAAAAAAACvw/XoQOUorC7m8/s1600/jasonx2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-1FNrQBI/AAAAAAAACvw/XoQOUorC7m8/s320/jasonx2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">He did an absolutely FABULOUS cover of Randy Travis' Nothing at All.. which has always been one of my favorite songs.. and hearing him sing it.. amazing. Something I wish I had a recording of. He also sang Garth's Friends in Low Places, which everybody sang along with. He always comments about that too, I think he really likes it when the audience sings along with him. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2_PnjnCgI/AAAAAAAACwg/-ypCEIqRVwE/s1600/jmc+lookin+at+me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2_PnjnCgI/AAAAAAAACwg/-ypCEIqRVwE/s400/jmc+lookin+at+me.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite part of the whole night? He sang Stray. Not only did he sing it, he said it was going to be on the next album! (To which I replied "About damned time!!") He also sang George Strait Cover Band. (This picture will be added to the composite picture I have on my desktop - it has one photo from each concert I've been to.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-4IX2q2I/AAAAAAAACv4/W0VUExSFM14/s1600/jmc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-4IX2q2I/AAAAAAAACv4/W0VUExSFM14/s400/jmc.jpg" width="187" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think he made the security guys a little nervous - he climbed out onto this huge speaker that was in front of the stage. Didn't surprise me at all, but they looked very nervous. Have to wonder what they thought when he was out in the audience for Drinking to Drink! (didn't get any good pictures of that, we were too far away and the lighting was terrible.) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-8r1hQHI/AAAAAAAACwA/Vup8dQdYipk/s1600/jmc3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2-8r1hQHI/AAAAAAAACwA/Vup8dQdYipk/s320/jmc3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, yeah, and you should have heard the screaming when he took his shirt off.. LOL (check out those muscles!)</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> It was so hot.. I can't imagine how hot it was onstage with all the lights. And it's not like Jason just stands up there and sings.. he is dancing and moving around a lot. It doesn't stop him though. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lookin at me :D </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2_Siip4MI/AAAAAAAACwo/nRIaA-Gk7bk/s1600/jmc+lookin+at+me+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2_Siip4MI/AAAAAAAACwo/nRIaA-Gk7bk/s400/jmc+lookin+at+me+2.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally caught this at the right time ;) yummy. Yep, lots of screaming.. and yep, I shot a series ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking at me again! :D During Barn Burner, I think. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">"Give a hand to my band!" After Livin' Our Love Song, before which he talked about Brittany, and which was the last song of the night. It was done as the encore.. after he left the first time, and Cindy asked if he was coming back - I said of course, he hasn't done LOLS yet. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">It was an absolutely fabulous concert. Oh my gosh, I was so tired when it was over.. so glad I didn't have to drive home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2_d0yt1lI/AAAAAAAACxA/mK_TNcnl594/s1600/glen+and+us+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB2_d0yt1lI/AAAAAAAACxA/mK_TNcnl594/s400/glen+and+us+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">After the show, we headed back to the merchandise tent, where Glen was for photos, and selling brand new copies of his album. Of course I got one! And it was autographed too, which was nice. And Oh my, he has a line in Fixer Upper that goes "I clean up real good" and yes he does. We listened to the album on the way home, and the songs are all really good. (And yes, he's really tall)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Glen's website: <a href="http://www.glentempleton.com/">http://www.glentempleton.com/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jason's website: <a href="http://www.jasonmichaelcarroll.com/">http://www.jasonmichaelcarroll.com/</a><br />
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Got home and saw Jason posted this photo on Twitter after the show with this comment:<br />
The one night I didn't take a pic of the crowd?!? I guess this will give you some idea of how fun it was... <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB3XcN-x1bI/AAAAAAAACxY/qMUfNPTb5bw/s1600/6.16.10.burlington.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/TB3XcN-x1bI/AAAAAAAACxY/qMUfNPTb5bw/s400/6.16.10.burlington.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(photo by Jason Michael Carroll)</i></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And.. another bit of new music.. LOL though I can't really call it that yet..<br />
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Thursday I picked up a new guitar! I have been thinking about starting to play again for the last 6 months.. and actually looking at guitars for the last 4 weeks or so.. Stopped in at the music store that was selling out, and found a great Palmer beginner electric guitar, for a very reasonable price. Looking forward to learning to play it - although WOW it's already making my fingers hurt! Will have a name eventually... for now I've been calling it Blue. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-29298189413936641962010-05-10T03:11:00.001-05:002010-05-10T03:12:28.305-05:00A couple of scrappy things, a new bracelet, and a yummy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
Managed to get a couple of scrappy things done this week. They were all done for the Scrap Sisters NSD Crop last weekend. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S-e1ZvDdtMI/AAAAAAAACpE/OBLRjH8oa_U/s1600/lilacs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S-e1ZvDdtMI/AAAAAAAACpE/OBLRjH8oa_U/s400/lilacs.jpg" width="396" /></a></div>Lilacs was done as a progressive challenge that I posted. I guess it was a litle too intimidating though, because only one person did the challenge. Oh well. I'm really happy with my layout. It's the first one I've done in a while, and I think it is really pretty. Funny thing, though, I never though Nickelback would be such a great inspiration for a frilly, girly scrapbook page. Who knew?<br />
<i>{This layout was chosen as the Pick of the Day on the Serendipity Scrapbooks site for 5.4.10}</i><br />
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Made these for dessert the other night.. individual strawberry shortcakes. And ooooh they were YUMMY.scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-75985871795831639142010-04-21T14:39:00.000-05:002010-04-21T14:39:59.203-05:00Boots, Bands, and BullsSee the article:<br />
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We collected and sent 13 frogs. And I had to take this picture.. cos my son's nickname as a baby was Froggy Baby (cos he looked like a little frog when he was sleeping) <br />
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Will hopefully be getting tickets soon to the JMC show in June in Burlington... don't want to miss that.<br />
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Have been working on a couple of bracelets lately.. yeah, JMC related.. Finished up the concert bracelets for DD and I, then did another JMC bracelet that is a rather full charm bracelet - every link has either a charm or some beads on it. I know some people might think that is too much, but I like it that way.<br />
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I have to redo the photo charms though - tried to move them before they were completely dry, and they got stuck together <i>{grr}</i>. but wanted to have them in there for the photo, cos it will be a few days before I can get replacement charms. Each charm, and even the beads, stand for something related to JMC.. there were a couple of charms I wanted but couldn't find <i>{a small house, and something from NC, probably the NC logo from the Tarheels}</i>, so there are extra hearts.. if/when I find the other charms, the hearts will have to go!<br />
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Brown beads: for Jason's brown eyes <br />
Blue teardrop beads: for the song, Tears<br />
Frog: this charm is for the frogs collected and delivered to the kids at the NC children's hospital through Brittany's Buddies. <i>{Incidentally, this year, BB collected 1100 frogs!! woohoo!}</i><br />
Red Heart:Just because I liked it :)<br />
Angel Wing: Jason's Aerosmith inspiration. <br />
Photo charm: this picture is from the Mt. Pleasant concert <i>{the most damaged charm, unfortunately}</i><br />
Concho heart: made me think of a cowboy heart<br />
Photo charm: from the Mason City concert. <i>{Ended up with a bubble <sigh> there has to be an easier way..}</sigh></i><br />
Longhorn: Another Texas image, and for some reason it made me think of the Longbranch, where Jason has played often. <i></i><br />
Apple: for Jason's many references to apple juice on Twitter<br />
Pickup truck: he references trucks in several songs - Where I'm From, That's All I Know, Waitin' In the Country.. had to have one..<br />
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J alpha charm<br />
Heart with love<br />
M alpha charm<br />
Texas State charm: because Jason was born in Texas<br />
C alpha charm <i>{a little hard to see in the picture, but it is there}</i><br />
Tractor: "Where the truck's a Ford, and the tractor's green"<br />
Phot charm: another photo from the Mt. Pleasant show<br />
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G Clef Charm: music.<br />
Photo charm: another photo from the Mason City show<br />
Pink heart<br />
Palm tree: for Brittany. <i>{I read on the Brittany's Battle website that palm trees were a favorite}</i> <br />
Princess crown: for the fairytale princess line from Livin' Our Love Song<br />
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My daughter wants me to make one for her.. don't know what I will make one this fancy, unless I can find a less expensive place to get charms. We did talk about other bracelets we would like to make though, including a Twilight bracelet <i>{sparkly heart, wooden wolf, red heart, apple, chess piece, red and black beads, etc} </i>and a My Little Pony bracelet <i>{not just any pony bracelet.. noooo a My Little Pony bracelet}</i><br />
But if I am going to continue with the bracelets, I want to get the holder that you can put the bracelets on that makes them easier to work with. <br />
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That's about all the crafty I have been lately. Need to get Mr. Mojo back, so I can finish the 24 puzzle pieces in the next couple of days <i>{have them all started, just need to embellish them}</i>.scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-6742240116848768512010-04-04T04:10:00.003-05:002010-04-04T04:37:55.266-05:00JMC in Quincy IL!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
{I promise.. there is a bit of scrapbooking related topic in this post.... it's just near the end.. LOL} <br />
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The show was awesome.. Patrick wasn't feeling well, and he decided to stay home. so Rhi and I went by ourselves.<br />
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Before we went, we stopped at Hobby Lobby {I needed a new chain for my necklace, cos I broke it the other day}, and saw some cool silver letter charms - so Rhi and I made JMC charm bracelets. I want to add a charm for each show we go to {which means she needs 4 and I need 6}<br />
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The concert was sponsored by the fire department, as a fundraiser for several charities. The local radio station (WCOY) was there doing a live broadcast before the show - we went early and hung out with them for a bit. Everything was fine until Brian turned to me and said "You wouldn't mind if I stuck this (the microphone) in your face would you?" I said "no.... But i might stutter!" He laughed and said "no problem, Kayla does that all the time!" {Brian and Kayla do the morning show}. so I was on the radio.. LOL<br />
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After that we went back to the car to get Rhi's sweatshirt - I was on the phone telling my mom about the radio thing. Well, we had parked in the back by the bus and I looked over, and there was Jason! Told my mom "omg, I have to go, it's jason" and hung up lol. { and YES, I said "OMG" }But I wasn't quick enough to get a photo {they were got in a car and went to get something to eat before the show}. On the way in, we stopped at the merchandise booth, got new 8x10s and a new pink t-shirt for Rhi. <br />
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The opening band {the Well Hungarians} were pretty good too - they do their own songs, but also covers - and the last song they played tonight was the Devil Went Down to Georgia - it was really awesome. Dueling fiddle and electric guitar, it was great. We bought a CD and were able to meet the band and have them autograph it. {And I told the fiddle player he was awesome. he denied it LOL}<br />
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Then back in for Jason - we stayed in our seats for the first three songs - there was a pit in the front, fairly low, so we weren't going to head up to the stage.. He made some very nice comments about Quincy, even said how much it was like where he was from in NC. During one of the songs, he took his phone out to take pics to tweet {yes, while singing!}, so between songs he said "in case you were wondering.. " and said that he wasn't checking email or taking a call or anything, but he was taking pics to post on twitter and gave out the URL - then said "I'm the one writing stupid stuff all the time!" It got really quiet, and I said "Not all the time!!" LOL and he heard me! and said " ' not all the time"? What's THAT supposed to mean?" and laughed.<br />
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After that, Rhi started asking if she could get closer to the stage because she wanted him to sign her shirt, and I wasn't going to {because several people had said the artists usually will sign things after the show} - so we went up and asked the the gal at the merchandise table if he would be doing that, and she said no, because they needed to be in NC by 7am. So I told Rhi we could go down to try to get autographs after all. LOL Of course, at the time we decided to go down there, Jason had headed up one of the aisles and was signing autographs there.. we headed in that direction, and got pretty close to him, but then he went back to the stage.. DD was a little discouraged, because she wanted him to sign her shirt, but we went back to where we were standing before.<br />
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The only bummer was that I had tweeted him a couple of days ago, asking if he would play Stray (which is my favorite JMC song), and he said he probably would... but he didn't. When I tweeted about the show tonight, mentioning that, but that I was still happy, cos he signed my scrapbook page, he tweeted back and apologized, and said he forgot. I told him it was ok, i forgive him. He had sung a couple of other songs that are some of my favorites, including Let It Rain, so i wasn't completely disappointed..<br />
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The only thing I am rather disappointed with is how many of the photos didn't turn out well. I try not to use the flash for a couple of reasons - one - the flash on my camera is really bright, and two - you have to be really close for the flash to even do anything. The other shows I have been to were outside, so there was a lot of natural light at the beginning, and pretty decent lighting during the show. This show - part of the lights were set up ON the stage, instead of IN FRONT of the stage - which meant about half the time, they were performing in the dark. Not ideal for low light camera shots without a tripod {especially with how much Jason moves on the stage!}scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-91265797802979320472010-03-24T03:06:00.000-05:002010-03-24T03:06:00.701-05:00Birthday, babies, and beer (not necessarily in that order...)<div style="text-align: center;">Gosh I have been so bad at blogging lately. Have not felt like doing much scrappy lately - sometimes it is just easier to play mindless games on Facebook than to be creative.. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So.. the babies... HAHA NOOOO I am not having another one (no way in hell that would EVER happen!) but we have been having lots of 4 legged woolly babies born in the last few week. 2 were rejected by their mommas so they are being bottle fed. One is white, and she has a couple of brown spots on her head and her butt. She is really cute. Neither one has a name yet, other than DumDum (you bring me gumgum?) The little male has figured a way through the fence, so we'll be patching holes and putting chicken wire around the bottom of the fence to keep him in. Silly thing. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My birthday was on Sunday... which just happened to be the day that Josh Thompson was going to be in Springfield for a show. Didn't really think I'd be able to go for the show, since it wasn't until late, but then he posted on FB that he would be doing a mini-acoustic show and signing cd's at Best Buy from 2-4pm. So my daughter and I decided to go. Ended up leaving a little late, so we didn't get there in time to hear him sing, but in a way that was good, because we ended up being about 5th in line for the meet and greet. I was hoping to have Josh sign "happy birthday" but as I was telling someone how to use my camera so I'd have pictures, she went right up to him and said "Hi Josh! My name is Rhiannan!" so he signed it to her instead. Not a big deal. We talked just for a few minutes - I mentioned that I had talked to him on twitter before, and he asked my twitter name, so I told him. He said "Oh yeah, I remember seeing your tweet earlier - Happy birthday!" Which was nice. Then we got a picture - have to say - that shirt he was wearing is the softest flannel I have felt in forever.. Very sweet guy! (but gosh, he looked so tired!)</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We also saw Van-A-White in the parking lot! I couldn't get a better pic there though, because there was too much traffic.. Josh has a really hilarious "bus tour" type video about Van-A-White on his website. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">We were bummed that we didn't get to see the songs, so we thought we would see if we could find some information on the show that night. Stopped at a walgreen, got a paper and directions to the convention center. Drove over, stopped to talk to the girl in the ticket booth. Yes, tickets were still available, cost was $25 each. Ok. Had enough money. Called home to check in. Told my mom (who was expecting us home for dinner) what had happened with the show and asked if she would be upset if we stayed for the show. She said of course not, it's your birthday, do what you want. So we got tickets.. and then had to wait for 3 hours before we could get in. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The nice thing about having time to kill in Springfield... is that there is a lot of historical stuff to see. Unfortunately it was sunday afternoon, and a lot of places were closed, but we could still see them from the outside. We saw the old state capitol building, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nEHA-hVAI/AAAAAAAACiU/zLJmkGb9laE/s1600/Old+Capital+Building.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nEHA-hVAI/AAAAAAAACiU/zLJmkGb9laE/s400/Old+Capital+Building.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Lincoln's tomb, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the three war memorials. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nD8cMUgBI/AAAAAAAACh0/gipnKJzKW8k/s1600/Korean+War+Memorial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nD8cMUgBI/AAAAAAAACh0/gipnKJzKW8k/s400/Korean+War+Memorial.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Korean War, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nETfKfpFI/AAAAAAAACi0/vDU8PyQWmqM/s1600/WWII+Memorial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nETfKfpFI/AAAAAAAACi0/vDU8PyQWmqM/s400/WWII+Memorial.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">World War II </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Visiting the war memorials made me cry, especially the Vietnam memorial - the name of somebody my mother knew is on that wall. I had not thought of him for a long time - but remembered his name easily when I went to look for it. The letters look a little funny, but it was raining out when I took the picture. Fitting, I suppose. Rest in Peace, Keith... </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Went back to the convention center to wait to be let in.. have not seen so much flannel in one place in a while.. LOL. We took a few pics of ourselves to pass the time.. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We did get a better picture of Van-A-White too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nEQsaQppI/AAAAAAAACis/NcU9gVKRGzY/s1600/Van-A-White.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nEQsaQppI/AAAAAAAACis/NcU9gVKRGzY/s400/Van-A-White.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our seats were great in that we could see the whole stage, head on, but it was pretty far back. Just as well, since I had my daughter with me, and (since it was the Jagermeister tour) there was a lot of drinking going on in the standing room only section. So the concert pics aren't as great. But it was nice to be able to sit and watch the show. The first performer was Shawn Patrick McGraw (yep, related to Tim in some way). He was pretty good, and I want to get a copy of his CD. He has a song "Cow Tipping" which was just hilarious. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then the guy that was doing the announcing played a couple of songs (did not manage to catch his name). And then it was Josh's turn. He played almost every song from the album, and a couple of extras. Thanked everyone for the albums sales (it debuted at #9) and had a great time. (the pics aren't great, because I still don't have a better zoom lens and we were pretty far back.. )</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nDr0wVjcI/AAAAAAAAChE/4tTnWgN4qfI/s1600/JT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nDr0wVjcI/AAAAAAAAChE/4tTnWgN4qfI/s400/JT.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nDor-t1dI/AAAAAAAACg8/EtoUZo8P41k/s1600/JT.Jagermeister.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nDor-t1dI/AAAAAAAACg8/EtoUZo8P41k/s400/JT.Jagermeister.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nDujHNN2I/AAAAAAAAChM/f5EWzKiwb34/s1600/JT2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nDujHNN2I/AAAAAAAAChM/f5EWzKiwb34/s400/JT2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nD3oei5aI/AAAAAAAAChk/fYphcuZkPuM/s1600/JT3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nD3oei5aI/AAAAAAAAChk/fYphcuZkPuM/s320/JT3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nD589UTiI/AAAAAAAAChs/ttxl9i6iGIw/s1600/JT4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nD589UTiI/AAAAAAAAChs/ttxl9i6iGIw/s400/JT4.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beer on the Table, of course, was the last song he played. For part of it, he had the crowd singing the chorus, and we could hear it almost as loud as when he was singing it. It was really cool. Afterwards he said "I appreciate the hell out of you guys - thank you so much!!" and toasted the crowd.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nDxhqlDYI/AAAAAAAAChU/a1Ikjx4eg2A/s1600/JT.TY.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nDxhqlDYI/AAAAAAAAChU/a1Ikjx4eg2A/s400/JT.TY.2.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nD03xXolI/AAAAAAAAChc/rYitD-lkMaw/s1600/JT.TY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S6nD03xXolI/AAAAAAAAChc/rYitD-lkMaw/s400/JT.TY.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We didn't stay for Eric Church - it was 9pm by the time Josh was done, we were both tired, and we had a 2 hour drive ahead of us. And I didn't want to be leaving at the same time all the drunk people were leaving.. Overall, a pretty good day.. </div>scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-64818623353903884312010-03-02T15:32:00.000-06:002010-03-02T15:32:32.530-06:00Prima giveaway!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://prima.typepad.com/">Check it out!!!</a></div><br />
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</div>scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-22696755681301375602010-02-21T23:18:00.000-06:002010-02-21T23:18:18.953-06:00Snow...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">It started snowing yesterday... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Took this photo last night, trying to catch how hard it was snowing. Turned off the autofocus, because that makes it harder to catch the falling snow. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPQTvhVlI/AAAAAAAACd8/d2lu4Eqm-68/s1600-h/P365.02.20.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPQTvhVlI/AAAAAAAACd8/d2lu4Eqm-68/s400/P365.02.20.10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Still snowing today... took this photo at about 3 in the afternoon. It was snowing really big fat blobs of snow, and we had hoped that meant it would stop... but no.. it's 11pm at the time of posting, and still snowing, though not as hard. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPLhsb1pI/AAAAAAAACds/oH814QObORI/s1600-h/winter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPLhsb1pI/AAAAAAAACds/oH814QObORI/s400/winter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hera, the snow dog... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPCrM-7LI/AAAAAAAACdM/ZdCLP_WG_zY/s1600-h/hera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPCrM-7LI/AAAAAAAACdM/ZdCLP_WG_zY/s400/hera.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Rhi and I built a snowman today.. she made both of these snowparts before I managed to get outside to help her, but had trouble getting the smaller ball on top of the base. So I helped. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPJjuKwzI/AAAAAAAACdk/mKbjTJrHhFw/s1600-h/snowman+in+progress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPJjuKwzI/AAAAAAAACdk/mKbjTJrHhFw/s400/snowman+in+progress.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Rhi and Mr. Buckethead</div><div style="text-align: center;">We used a carrot for the nose, a pinecone for the mouth, and leaves for the eyes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPFdqr3SI/AAAAAAAACdU/rAWnd_Bkvfo/s1600-h/Rhi+and+Mr+Buckethead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPFdqr3SI/AAAAAAAACdU/rAWnd_Bkvfo/s400/Rhi+and+Mr+Buckethead.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My snow angel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPHmRvqGI/AAAAAAAACdc/pIhwOE4f-jY/s1600-h/snowangel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPHmRvqGI/AAAAAAAACdc/pIhwOE4f-jY/s400/snowangel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Took this photo at about 10pm. In the middle of my driveway. Which was shoveled before this weekends snowstorms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPNxV30AI/AAAAAAAACd0/iJj4SSESxnc/s1600-h/P365.02.21.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S4IPNxV30AI/AAAAAAAACd0/iJj4SSESxnc/s400/P365.02.21.10.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since we live on a county road, at the edge of the county, and my tractor is currently not working... I have doubts about getting to work tomorrow. </div>scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-3906936772828557932010-02-11T02:18:00.000-06:002010-02-11T02:18:55.175-06:00SorryOh, gosh it has been a while since I have blogged. And it isn't because I haven't been online, just have been caught up with other things. <br />
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Have been keeping up pretty well with the <a href="http://www.scrappinjewlz.blogspot.com/">P365 blog </a>- check it out for the little snippets from the last few weeks. Have done much better this year than last year - have been able to get a photo every day so far - doesn't always get blogged that day, but at least I haven't missed a photo. Not sure I am going to actually scrap it - right now blogging is going to be about as good as it gets. <br />
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Been having major issues with my car - suffice it to say, if I had the money to buy a new car, I would jump on that in a heartbeat. Add in the snow, and the crappy job the county does with plowing our county road - I think I have spent more time at work this year than I have at home. Not cool. <br />
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Problems at home too - One of the guys we would get hay from was killed in a tree-cutting accident, and the other guy has become really unreliable. Do you know how hard it is to find hay that someone will deliver in the middle of February?? Not easy. Everyone is either sold out or too far away. I hate it when people say they are going to deliver something and then don't. At least the stove is working well, now. <br />
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Have done a few scrappy things - have some stuff I want to be working on, but hard to have any mojo in this kind of situation. Which is too bad - the Team Challenge is giving extra points for heartthrob layouts this month. <br />
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So I'll try to have something scrappy related to post soon.scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-59907445186688150272010-01-28T14:02:00.001-06:002010-01-28T14:04:02.280-06:00LOLJason posted this on twitter this afternoon....<br />
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scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-81486914179230716232010-01-25T08:52:00.000-06:002010-01-25T08:52:36.316-06:00April 3rd!LOL Yeah, I know that today is not April 3rd.. but man oh man I can't wait until April 3rd.<br />
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Cropped all weekend at the <a href="http://serendipityscrapbooks.com/phpBB/index.php">Serendipity crop</a> - that was awesome. Got a lot of challenges done, really happy with that. <br />
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Didn't get to bed until after 4am. Knew I had to get up early because somebody {rolling eyes} forgot to send off the electric bill and it had to be paid by today. So I was thinking what an awful day it was going to be - just enough sleep to not be able to get back to sleep, but not enough sleep to make it through work tonight. Oh, yeah, and it's snowing. Oh, yeah, and the transmission is STILL acting up. Oh, YEAH, and the electric company is 15 miles away. Joy. <br />
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So I get the car warmed up and get started on the road - for once, don't have a CD in the player.. and the first song I hear on <a href="http://www.979kickfm.com/">Kick FM</a> is <a href="http://www.joshthompsonofficial.com/">Josh Thompson's</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dtCgYRrAUw">Beer on the Table</a>. I love this song. The first time I heard it {SAW it} was on GAC when they played the video. Was really happy when I started hearing it on the radio. The song is funny, but oh so true.. Josh is a funny guy too - you can follow him on twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/thejoshthompson">@TheJoshThompson</a><br />
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Ok. Roads aren't quite as bad as I thought, and the next song on the radio is <a href="http://www.blakeshelton.com/">Blake Shelton's</a> Hillbilly Bone - Funny song. The video is HILARIOUS. You can follow Blake on twitter too, but.. fair warning - he is a potty mouth. <a href="http://twitter.com/blakeshelton">@blakeshelton</a>.<br />
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Went in, paid the bill, got back out into the snow. Turn on the car. The first thing I hear is someone requesting "where I come from". The DJ says "You mean the <a href="http://www.jasonmichaelcarroll.com/">Jason Michael Carroll</a> song." First of all, how cool that the DJ knows who he is, but what can I say - the radio stations around here play a LOT of Jason's songs. So they play Where I'm From. And after the song was over the DJ said "And Jason will be in Quincy on April 3rd for the Firefighter's benefit show...."<br />
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WHAAAAAT?? Quincy?! Like, 24 miles from my house WHERE I WORK Quincy?!<br />
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Yeah. Big grin on my face. Totally made my day. <br />
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So now y'all know why I can't wait til April 3rd. Definitely going to ask for that day off, just as soon as I get to work this evening.<br />
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{Oh, yeah, and don't forget y'all can follow Jason on twitter too <a href="http://twitter.com/JMCOfficial">@JMCOfficial</a> }scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-85401857858498346732010-01-23T11:02:00.000-06:002010-01-23T11:02:32.266-06:00CHA preorders @ Serendipity!!From Kristen @ <a href="http://shop.serendipityscrapbooks.com/home.php">Serendipity!!</a> <br />
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Some of the NEW CHA WINTER products are now available to pre order in our store!! BG will be loaded tomorrow or Monday- Maya Road may follow when & if image occur.<br />
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Please review info on how to order PRE ORDERED items- Some will be in upcoming kits (it is posted on the main info page for the line)<br />
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OH DONT FORGET---- 15% off these pre orders with a code: Winterchagoodies This code must be redeemed in the code box at the VERY BOTTOM of the shopping cart.<br />
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Make sure you mention the discount and code info when posting!!! P.S if there is not enough of any product or line ordered then we will cancel and refund--- Hence sharing with as many people as possible <img alt=":clap:" src="http://serendipityscrapbooks.com/phpBB/images/smilies/icon_clap.gif" title="clap" /> <img alt=":clap:" src="http://serendipityscrapbooks.com/phpBB/images/smilies/icon_clap.gif" title="clap" /> <img alt=":clap:" src="http://serendipityscrapbooks.com/phpBB/images/smilies/icon_clap.gif" title="clap" /> SOO excitingscrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020945430785964690.post-47629110091547174152010-01-23T03:11:00.001-06:002010-01-23T04:00:25.052-06:00Psyko and Paul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S1q4mYpf1NI/AAAAAAAACX8/9AxnylFA6Ys/s1600-h/Psyko+and+Paul.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="393" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r7IzTfko5ks/S1q4mYpf1NI/AAAAAAAACX8/9AxnylFA6Ys/s400/Psyko+and+Paul.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This layout was done for the Punk Fashions challenge at the Project Runway Crop. I knew I had this photo - I was originally going to use it for a journaling challenge, but that didn' happen, and it was perfect for this challenge. Michelle was my best friend for junior and senior years of high school. I had transferred to a new school, and Michelle and I had some classes together. Since I was new, and she was a bit of a misfit, we because friends. Michelle's nickname was Psyko, and she gave me the nickname Jewlz. {I remember it clearly - we were in Mr. Kallenbach's Trigonometry class - and I told her Jules was too boring, and too boyish} We devised designs of interconnected letters for our nicks.. I still use mine sometimes.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We used to go out in her tan VW rabbit, and spend all night driving around {she's the only person I knew that would buy 62 cents worth of gas, because that's all she had - but it was unbelievable how far that car would go on 62 cents worth of gas!}. Sometimes we would play a chase game with other people.. mostly we just drove around and listened to music. She is the reason I got into a lot of the music I still listen to {the Cure, New Order, U2, Suicidal Tendencies, Jane's Addiction, Love and Rockets}. She is also the reason I own pink combat boots, a leather coat, have tattoos and multiple pierced ears.. She wasn't really a bad influence, because we never got into trouble.. But she certainly helped me to be more of an individual, and not such a conformist.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We double dated for homecoming (she lent me an awesome black dress), we hung out at the mall, we worked together at the movie theatre and the riding stables - we even got our first tattoos at the same time {my unicorn, hers a heart with bat wings}, . I suppose she thought I was a bit of a goody two shoes, or maybe she felt sorry for me, but we had a ton of fun anyway. LOL we're easy to find in the 500+ person senior class portrait - instead of looking at the camera, we are looking to the right. Why? Why not?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{and if you're wondering, Paul was one of a couple of boyfriends she had} <br />
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<a href="http://serendipityscrapbooks.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=156">Come and join us, and have some fun!!</a><br />
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{keep in mind, you will have to join the forums, but it is free!}scrappin{jewlz}http://www.blogger.com/profile/14499003893449398995noreply@blogger.com0