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I’ll catch up with you when I can!

Lotsa homework. Due Thursday. Worth 50% of my grades.

Big conference on Friday at work.

Later tater!

October 6th, 2008 | Category: Job, School | Comments (5)

Our Little Piece of the World Tour

So, I’ve been there, done that, bought a t-shirt - and loved every minute of the B.B. King concert! What an entertainer. A sweet, sweet man.

The opening act was Joe Bonamassa, who was smokin’! B.B. King discovered him at the ripe age of TEN. Joe’s been opening for B.B. King for 20 years. I’ve never heard a guitar do what that man could make a guitar do. It was amazing!

After a brief intermission, the band for B.B. started setting up. One of the band members held a resemblance to him, and there was a bunch of people down in front of the stage taking pictures. Apparently they thought this man was B.B. King, because they kept taking pictures of just him! Now, really, did they think that he would be out there setting up the stage?! And besides, that guy was in his late 30’s-early 40’s. It was just crazy.

Finally security had to come and clear out the people. Thank goodness, because I was starting to think I would have to stand up to see, and I was going to get testy about paying for front row seats and having to deal not being able to see because of all these people. As it was, there were still people coming up and being allowed to take one picture, as long as they kept down low. Although some of them sneaked by the attendant.

We were in a section over to the left a bit, not smack in the middle, so my pictures are not as clear as I would like. Part of it is I still haven’t gotten this camera figured out. Either that or it’s just not that good of a camera. But I’ll show you the best of what I got!

Telling a story. He told quite a few, and they were VERY entertaining!

At the end, many people went closer to take a picture, and he was throwing out guitar picks or something. I got this picture:

And right after I took the picture, he threw me a necklace! So now I have some souvenir B.B. King World Tour bling!

I also have a small clip of the concert to share with you. It’s not much, and the quality is of course, not nearly what you would have heard at the concert, but it’s a taste of what I was able to see.

B.B. King

October 5th, 2008 | Category: Entertainment | Comments (6)

Yellow - The Brenda Photo Challenge

Just floating along in a creek, a nice yellow autumn leaf…

We saw this sign when we were out meandering last weekend, and thought, “It’s yellow, and… it’s just funny!”

That sign has certainly seen some abuse, hasn’t it?

For the third photo, I had to go back and get something I had done in the past, because I didn’t have time to go hunting anything else yellow. This is a flower from my backyard, taken when I was testing out the new camera.

Many thanks to Tabitha of Twinkle Twinkle for choosing the Yellow theme for this go around for the Brenda Photo Challenge!

October 4th, 2008 | Category: Brenda's Photo Challenge | Comments (8)

Countdown

Tomorrow night, Hubby and I will be in the presence of the King.

B.B. King.

Front. Row. Seats. Yeah, you read that right. Front row, baby! And permission to take pictures.

It’s gonna be so sweet.

If you’d like to hear a bit of the King himself:

October 3rd, 2008 | Category: Interesting | Comments (5)

Tandem Itching

Hubby and I went out meandering on Sunday, and went to check out a wooded lot that was for sale. We also went to a nearby state park that we’ve been going to since we started dating. It was at one of those two places that we brought home a whole lot more than we realized.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t until I was getting in the shower on Monday morning that I noticed anything. I happened to see a little spot on my skin, and when I tried to flick it off, it didn’t flick. Upon closer inspection… yep, you guessed… a little tiny tick.

I started looking all over myself, and they were everywhere. But so tiny, I could hardly see them! They are barely as big as the period at the end of this sentence. And not as dark, as they are somewhat transparent.

When Hubby got home from work, he and I inspected each other and found that we both had ticks all over us. Our daughter was over, and was laughing about how there’s a country song called “I Want To Check You For Ticks” and we really ought to be playing it in the background.

On Tuesday, I called the doctor to ask what symptoms I should look for in case of Lyme disease. It’s a problem in our area, and nothing to fool around with. The nurse suggested we come on in to be checked on, as sometimes the doctor would begin preventative medication before symptoms show up.

This morning, Wednesday, Hubby and I are covered with red spots everywhere, and they itch like mad! We only took about 20 or 30 bugs off, but we each have hundreds of bites. The doctor tells us they are turkey mites, and heaven help us, the bites won’t go away for 4-6 weeks!

We are still supposed to watch for Lyme disease symptoms in the next week or so. If we have any skin left!

October 1st, 2008 | Category: Health | Comments (10)