I love this new template!
It's good to vary your routine...even when it's only a yearly routine.
The week before VBS is usually so crowded I don't sleep, let alone get any play time. But this year, things feel a little different. Oh, I'm still not getting enough sleep, but I am giving myself the freedom to have some fun!
So went to a concert, Los Lonely Boys at Chastain with Begs - had a wonderful time. Thank you so much. So good to relax, catch up and just enjoy each other's company. As she pointed out, we could have sat on her back porch and played the CD and had much the same experience of the music, but the people watching was definitely a top 10 event.
Speaking of watching people, our very own Vicky and Jeff told us that we would not be the demographic and that we should be ready for the torment...but we were the demographic! the ampitheater was a carpet of similarly aged if not older persons some with young children no less! As evidenced by the family of four with the children under the age of 6 who decided right next to us would be the best place for them to hear the concert. So our detractors were very much mistaken, it was a surprisingly homogeneous crowd.
We saw the advice of "dance like no one is watching" taken very literally and saw senior citizen "air guitar" solos - and our personal favorite, a table on fire - priceless!
But the best part was just hanging with my best friend. We pretty much talked through the entire concert about religion, literature, education, blogging tips, it was a feast for the intellect as well as the soul. Except of course during the song we had as it turns out all come to hear "How Far" at which point the entire crowd was on it's feet giving thunderous response.
Then Saturday I was able to spend the day with a friend's son who helped us process some of the last minute pieces of VBS and rewarded him and myself with the movie, CARS, which we enjoyed heartily. Followed by dinner with his family out on the town, or as close to it as it gets here, following up the moose - gram- bday greeting and acting as body guards while waiting for Laura and her beau.
All in all, thoroughly enjoyable. It was good to put the week of preparations to bed and to enjoy some much needed mental R & R - apparently the computer needed some recup time, so we'll try for some photos on the next go'round.
The week before VBS is usually so crowded I don't sleep, let alone get any play time. But this year, things feel a little different. Oh, I'm still not getting enough sleep, but I am giving myself the freedom to have some fun!
So went to a concert, Los Lonely Boys at Chastain with Begs - had a wonderful time. Thank you so much. So good to relax, catch up and just enjoy each other's company. As she pointed out, we could have sat on her back porch and played the CD and had much the same experience of the music, but the people watching was definitely a top 10 event.
Speaking of watching people, our very own Vicky and Jeff told us that we would not be the demographic and that we should be ready for the torment...but we were the demographic! the ampitheater was a carpet of similarly aged if not older persons some with young children no less! As evidenced by the family of four with the children under the age of 6 who decided right next to us would be the best place for them to hear the concert. So our detractors were very much mistaken, it was a surprisingly homogeneous crowd.
We saw the advice of "dance like no one is watching" taken very literally and saw senior citizen "air guitar" solos - and our personal favorite, a table on fire - priceless!
But the best part was just hanging with my best friend. We pretty much talked through the entire concert about religion, literature, education, blogging tips, it was a feast for the intellect as well as the soul. Except of course during the song we had as it turns out all come to hear "How Far" at which point the entire crowd was on it's feet giving thunderous response.
Then Saturday I was able to spend the day with a friend's son who helped us process some of the last minute pieces of VBS and rewarded him and myself with the movie, CARS, which we enjoyed heartily. Followed by dinner with his family out on the town, or as close to it as it gets here, following up the moose - gram- bday greeting and acting as body guards while waiting for Laura and her beau.
All in all, thoroughly enjoyable. It was good to put the week of preparations to bed and to enjoy some much needed mental R & R - apparently the computer needed some recup time, so we'll try for some photos on the next go'round.
