It was such a beautiful day that we took advantage of it and cleaned out our shed and all the other junk that had accumulated around here and took two loads to the dump today. We filled up 1 pickup and the Mexicans filled up the other 1. I always love to get rid of junk. We cleaned up around the place a little bit but are going to do most of it tomorrow morning before the super bowl.
We were both just beat by around 4 o'clock. Moaning and Groaning, poor old things. I told Cliff he was too young to be sore and creaky but he just laughed and said too many years spend plumbing on his knees. I had gone to Papa Murphy's and got a pizza so we ate pizza and both promptly feel asleep in front of the TV. I just woke up a few minutes ago and it was 10:30!
Cliff is playing some old Play Station l games he found when we were cleaning stuff out and we are laughing about how bad the graphics are. It is so funny to watch him play video games. He is so competitive and just talks mad smack to the TV while he is playing. It is hysterical, Right now his character is winning so he is calling the other player his bizzatch. I love it!!!!! That tune will change when he starts losing and then he will be yelling naughty words !
We bowled our last games in league last night and won all 4 games. We are still going to end up about 5th but that's pretty good for how crappy we did most of the time!!! Just no consistency.Oh well we will get em next year. We have so much fun it doesn't matter to me if we win or not, but old Mr. Competitive Pants has a fit.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Oli Came to Visit
Teddi, Marty, and Oli came to visit last night and we had lots of fun. Grilled chicken and made homemade mac and cheese. Yummy. Cha took baby Gabbi home and we took Tony and Leo with us and went bowling. Oli was so funny, she kept lifting the bowling balls and saying , "too heavy".
While we were still at the house Oli was so enthralled with Gabbi and being so sweet to her. Gabbi was walking around and Oli climbed up in my lap. When Gabbi saw her sitting on me she freaked out. She let out a holler and headed straight for me. She climbed up on my lap and just glared at Olivia. It was so funny. It was obvious she was not sharing her Mima without a fight. Then Olivia climbed down and went over to were Cliff was standing and he picked her up. When Gabbi saw that she let out another squeal and just dove for Cliff. She is so darn cute. We had a good laugh. Gabbi is walking so well now, she just totters around everywhere. She is a little cautious on our wood floors but does really good. Olivia is just talking up a storm. She knows all her colors and can count to ten. Not bad for just turning 2. They are so sweet.
Tony is growing up so much and is such a good boy. He is getting to that age where the testosterone is setting in. He spent all night at the bowling alley trying to wrestle with Cliff or Leo. Leo finally got him down on the floor and was poking him and he started to get mad. Aunt Teddi went to the rescue and said she had been tickle torturing him for 11 yrs but nobody else was going to torment him. Then he came over and acted like he was going to punch me in the tummy. I said, " Don't punch your poor old Mima." He just grabbed me in a hug (he is taller than me now) and said, " I was only teasing Mimi, I would never hit my sweet Mimi." He is such a good boy. He did not want to go home when we left and tried to talk us in to playing Risk but it was a school night and already 8:30 so I vetoed that and sent him home to bed. Teenagers!
While we were still at the house Oli was so enthralled with Gabbi and being so sweet to her. Gabbi was walking around and Oli climbed up in my lap. When Gabbi saw her sitting on me she freaked out. She let out a holler and headed straight for me. She climbed up on my lap and just glared at Olivia. It was so funny. It was obvious she was not sharing her Mima without a fight. Then Olivia climbed down and went over to were Cliff was standing and he picked her up. When Gabbi saw that she let out another squeal and just dove for Cliff. She is so darn cute. We had a good laugh. Gabbi is walking so well now, she just totters around everywhere. She is a little cautious on our wood floors but does really good. Olivia is just talking up a storm. She knows all her colors and can count to ten. Not bad for just turning 2. They are so sweet.
Tony is growing up so much and is such a good boy. He is getting to that age where the testosterone is setting in. He spent all night at the bowling alley trying to wrestle with Cliff or Leo. Leo finally got him down on the floor and was poking him and he started to get mad. Aunt Teddi went to the rescue and said she had been tickle torturing him for 11 yrs but nobody else was going to torment him. Then he came over and acted like he was going to punch me in the tummy. I said, " Don't punch your poor old Mima." He just grabbed me in a hug (he is taller than me now) and said, " I was only teasing Mimi, I would never hit my sweet Mimi." He is such a good boy. He did not want to go home when we left and tried to talk us in to playing Risk but it was a school night and already 8:30 so I vetoed that and sent him home to bed. Teenagers!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Cold Cold Cold
It has been cold and rainy here all week. This has been an unusual winter for moisture. None of the big gully washer rains we usually get, just gentle rain that last a few days. Also it seems to have been colder than usual. Charlee and I have been walking in the morning and Monday morning it was windy and cold, we about froze. It's not pleasant at 4:30 in the morning. This morning it was only 26 degrees so we called it a day and cancelled. I did go tan and then went home and cleaned house. Trying hard not to wake Cliff up at that horrible time of day.
It was nice just to sit and drink coffee in the quiet of the morning. I was thinking about some of my friends who are having sorrow in their lives. Kenny and Claiborne are in Florida as Kenny's Dad, Robert, passed away on Sunday. My heart and thoughts are with them so much this week. They are old and dear friends. Claiborne is like my sister and such a warm loving person. Kenny is just her rock, such a fine man. I hope their hearts are comforted as well as the rest of the family.
Then my other old friend Karen called this morning. Her ex-husband called her and told her he is dying of liver cancer. It just broke her heart. They really only divorced because he had such a drinking problem and she was trying to shock him into sobriety. He has several children most are grown but he does still have a 16 year old daughter at home. He has asked Karen to take her when he passes. Luckily Karen's new man friend Roger, (that she lives with) is willing to have her and help finish raising her ,which speaks volumes for him. It is just a sad situation and is really breaking Karen's heart. So my thoughts and prayers are with her also.
Just thankful today for all our blessings and for my sweetheart, Cliff. Talk about God's gift to me. It makes life so wonderful to have someone as funny, sweet, charming, tuff, smart, and sexy: a cowboy who is a damn fine dancer. Larry McMurty has a line in his book "Duane's Depressed" (an excellent read for anyone interested) that tells it all. One of the books main character's, Carla, is talking about one of her friends and states, "She's so damn dumb she married a man who couldn't dance." Glad I was smarter than that!!!!
It was nice just to sit and drink coffee in the quiet of the morning. I was thinking about some of my friends who are having sorrow in their lives. Kenny and Claiborne are in Florida as Kenny's Dad, Robert, passed away on Sunday. My heart and thoughts are with them so much this week. They are old and dear friends. Claiborne is like my sister and such a warm loving person. Kenny is just her rock, such a fine man. I hope their hearts are comforted as well as the rest of the family.
Then my other old friend Karen called this morning. Her ex-husband called her and told her he is dying of liver cancer. It just broke her heart. They really only divorced because he had such a drinking problem and she was trying to shock him into sobriety. He has several children most are grown but he does still have a 16 year old daughter at home. He has asked Karen to take her when he passes. Luckily Karen's new man friend Roger, (that she lives with) is willing to have her and help finish raising her ,which speaks volumes for him. It is just a sad situation and is really breaking Karen's heart. So my thoughts and prayers are with her also.
Just thankful today for all our blessings and for my sweetheart, Cliff. Talk about God's gift to me. It makes life so wonderful to have someone as funny, sweet, charming, tuff, smart, and sexy: a cowboy who is a damn fine dancer. Larry McMurty has a line in his book "Duane's Depressed" (an excellent read for anyone interested) that tells it all. One of the books main character's, Carla, is talking about one of her friends and states, "She's so damn dumb she married a man who couldn't dance." Glad I was smarter than that!!!!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
40's Review
The show was fun but I am glad it's over. I have done way too much lately. Working full time, kids, grand kids, rehearsal, I am tired. I decided not to do the musical "Cowgirls." Just didn't feel like spending the time, plus it comes off the week of spring break when we will have the kids. I just didn't feel like taking it all on. I am still doing the Cowboy poetry festival in April and they have asked me to do a new benefit concert they are having at the Casablanca showroom the end of March. I think it is going to be an annual thing. Should be fun they are going to televise it on Channel 9 so should be fun. I need to lose some weight before then. Back to walking and starving. Boo Hiss,
This is Mr. Guiterrez. He is the sweetest little man and blows a mean Saxophone. He played with the 47 th Fleet Orchestra during World War Two and still plays a swinging sax. He played a medley of 40's music and then all the theme songs from the 5 branches of the military. He asked all the veterans to stand when their branch of the military's song was played. I was surprised at how many women stood. It was really touching. He was my favorite part of the whole show. So here is a shout out to Edward Guiterrez, soul man, old school rocker, and a snappy dresser to boot.
Irving Berlin's "White Christmas"
This is Mr. Guiterrez. He is the sweetest little man and blows a mean Saxophone. He played with the 47 th Fleet Orchestra during World War Two and still plays a swinging sax. He played a medley of 40's music and then all the theme songs from the 5 branches of the military. He asked all the veterans to stand when their branch of the military's song was played. I was surprised at how many women stood. It was really touching. He was my favorite part of the whole show. So here is a shout out to Edward Guiterrez, soul man, old school rocker, and a snappy dresser to boot.
Irving Berlin's "White Christmas"
Friday, January 23, 2009
Back in the Swing
Well I am finally recovered from our Idaho trip. Nice to be home. It is a nice rainy day today and I am enjoying it. Justin and Lana, Cliff's brother and sister in law are in town and we have been having a ball visiting with them. We really have a lot of fun together. Cliff and Justin are a lot alike, Lot's of fun, and Lana is such a sweetheart. We have been casino hopping and eating Chinese last night, then home to cook bacon and eggs at midnight, good stuff.
We bought a used truck today for Cliff to have a work truck. It is a 1997 GMC, and not a bad little truck for hauling plumbing pipe. When I called the insurance to add it to our policy, she asked if there was any damage. I just laughed and said "it's a plumbing work truck you'd be better to ask if there is any where on it that's not damaged." Scratches in the paint everywhere. It is one of the trucks Tri-Force Mechanical had and was liquidating so I got a smoking deal. It was so filthy inside, I don't know why construction guys can't seem to clean out a vehicle once in awhile. There was receipts, food wrappers, junk parts, old coffee cups clear up to the seat in the floor. Not to mention soda spilled everywhere with dirt ground in. It took me an hour just to half way clean up the inside of it so we could drive it home. This weekend we will have to do a complete clean up so my baby can have a clean truck.
I do my little thing for the community tonight in the Tribute to the 40's night for the Arts Council. Should be fun. There is the cutest little man who is playing the sax in the show. He was in some kind of military swing band in the 40's and can really "cut a rug". I am going to get a picture with him tonight in my Marilyn Monroe dress. He is 85 and so cute; Mr. Gutierrez.
Now I am off to have lunch with my sweetheart!
We bought a used truck today for Cliff to have a work truck. It is a 1997 GMC, and not a bad little truck for hauling plumbing pipe. When I called the insurance to add it to our policy, she asked if there was any damage. I just laughed and said "it's a plumbing work truck you'd be better to ask if there is any where on it that's not damaged." Scratches in the paint everywhere. It is one of the trucks Tri-Force Mechanical had and was liquidating so I got a smoking deal. It was so filthy inside, I don't know why construction guys can't seem to clean out a vehicle once in awhile. There was receipts, food wrappers, junk parts, old coffee cups clear up to the seat in the floor. Not to mention soda spilled everywhere with dirt ground in. It took me an hour just to half way clean up the inside of it so we could drive it home. This weekend we will have to do a complete clean up so my baby can have a clean truck.
I do my little thing for the community tonight in the Tribute to the 40's night for the Arts Council. Should be fun. There is the cutest little man who is playing the sax in the show. He was in some kind of military swing band in the 40's and can really "cut a rug". I am going to get a picture with him tonight in my Marilyn Monroe dress. He is 85 and so cute; Mr. Gutierrez.
Now I am off to have lunch with my sweetheart!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Me & Miss Marnie
I didn't get a picture of Marnie and I together but wanted to add her to this page. How could I not ? This is the promotional press photo that was used for the show. She is fabulous and so funny. Such a hoot and a true professional. We had a ball and hopefully not for the last time. I love ya girl!!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Home Again Home Again Jiggity Jog
Lawson sent me a couple more pictures so here they are
Patsy and the Bodacious Bobcats! The guys had taken off their costumes but I still had to have a picture. From left is Steve Wall- bass guitar-Hoss Bob-band leader, Roger Kennedy-lead guitar, Lawson Hill-drummer extraordinaire, The chunky little country girl Patsy, Robert Sutherland-keyboards! They were fabulous and walked that tight rope without a net!!!
Me telling some BS story or giving direction, what a laugh!!!!We got home from Idaho this afternoon about 1:00 . We were both so glad to be home it was unbelievable. It was wonderful to see everyone and the show was great, but it was so cold and dreary the whole time I could barely stand it. It was just foggy and misty and you couldn't see 100 feet. We did not see the sun for 4 days. Yuck!
It's so wonderful to be back to the sunshine. It is 70 degrees and we have the doors open watching the football game. Every once in awhile Cliff will look over at me; smile and wink and say, "Man is it good to be home." Amen. I am going to cook us a nice steak for dinner and life is GREAT!
The show was fun but nerve racking. I am too old to do that show with no rehearsal. We got there Thursday and ran through the show 1 time with the band, then opened Friday night. We had a great crowd and they just loved the show, in fact we got 2 standing ovations. If they only knew!!! It was a train wreck but we got out of every mess in a way that made it even funnier.
Then on Saturday, Marnie and I were both so nervous because of the screw ups on Friday that we were having a fit. The fact that the crowd was wild and it took us over an hour to get out of the meet and greet after the show, seemed to have escaped us. But, the Sat show went off perfectly. It was great but probably not as much fun. Amazing how that works. I think they video taped it so hopefully I can get a copy without too much trouble.
The bad thing is our camera batteries (rechargeable) would not hold a charge so I only got two photo's, that will make the video even more important as we can take stills off that. But until then here are the two photos I have.
I got a nice surprise while in Idaho. My girlfriend Shirley Martindale that I have not seen in 15 years called and then brought her family and came to the show Friday night. It was so nice to see her again. We met her for coffee on Saturday morning and got to reminise a bit. She looked great and hopefully we can keep in touch.
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