Let The Concerts Begin!

There is something I learned last summer about living in this place called Noblesville, Indiana.  Three words:  Verizon Wireless Center.  Yeah.  Anybody heard of it?  Well, if you're reading this from, say, Utah, you probably haven't.  But around here, everybody knows what I'm talkin' about.  What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?  Ha!  Had to do it!  Anyway, I live oh, about 2 minutes away from said Verizon Wireless Center.

So last night kicked off the first major concert of the season.  There may have been others while we were out of town.  But last night brought Jimmy Buffett and all the following "parrotheads."  It also brought lots of traffic and loud noise!  We live so close to the Center, we could actually hear music and the crowd cheering last night.  Don't get me wrong; I'm not complaining.  I love a good concert!  And while not a huge Buffett fan myself, I've been known to get down to "Cheeseburger in Paradise" every now and again!

Anyway, when there are concerts around here, I have learned that I must have many alternate routes to getting home.  Why?  Because getting stuck in the freeway traffic (with concert goers) around here is madness!  So if I want to go to the mall this summer (on the weekend), I better have lots of ideas on how I'm going to get there AND get back home.  Sitting in traffic is so not cool.  I know you all can feel me on that one!

I've also decided that I need to go to a concert this summer.  It's been way too long.  And yeah, I might be kinda old for all that.  WHAT?  I'm never too old for a concert!  Sheesh.  So let the concert season begin, I say.  Oh, and here is my dear friend, Rochelle and her sweetie, Aaron.  They rocked that Buffett concert last night like it was nobody's business!!!

Our Fish Called Mike!

Mike?  Who names a fish Mike?  I'll tell ya......BLAKE MATTHEWS does.  Remember the school carnival we went to a while back?  Remember how upset he was that he didn't win a fish?  Well, this is our fish.  First Blake named him Cesc (after his favorite soccer player).  Then he decided he liked Mike better.  So Mike it is.

Let me tell you a little about this fish.  He's crazy.  For reals.  I've never had a fish like him.  He follows after two other Betta fish we have owned.  Wanda (yes, we had a fish called Wanda) lived over a year and traveled all over the country.  She rocked.  Then there was Didier (my favorite soccer player).  He wasn't so cool.  Not so cool at all.  He didn't live very long.  At all.  Now we have Mike.

Mike goes nuts when we enter the room.  I guess he can feel the floor shake when we walk around (like we're giants or something).  He puffs his face out when we approach the bowl. I love the attack mode.  We aren't scared of him!  When we feed him, he splashes out of the bowl to retrieve the food.  Yeah.  Weird.  Then, if you are standing by the bowl, you can hear him eat.  WHAT A PIG!  He is quite entertaining.  I think he's a better pet than our dog.  And by "I think,"  I mean "I KNOW" he is a better pet than our dog!

So that's Mike.  He's not just a fish.....he's a friend!  HA HA!  Just kidding.  He's only a fish! ;)  But he is pretty cool!

My Mother's Day weekend!

I went to Louisville!

I had lots of fun! 

I got to see some of my high school friends!  We had a blast!

I helped my sister with her wedding planning business.  These are the flowers that were centerpieces at the wedding Saturday!  They were also a Mother's Day reward for my "hard work."

I loved being able to see my family!  I loved being able to catch up with dear friends.  I loved celebrating Mother's Day in Louisville.  What a wonderful weekend it was!  But man, oh man, I'm STILL tired!!!

BOW Winner IS.......

Amy Clayburn!  HOORAY!  If you e-mail me your address, I will send the bows to you! :)  Thank you for all of your comments (everyone else who, sadly, did not win)!

And just in case anyone is interested (and you totally should be), here are some more bows my sister can make!  But don't forget about the bows from last week's post!  You can order those, too! :)

$4.50

$3.50

These bows would be $4.50 for this size...or she can make them smaller (for pig tails) and they would be 2 for $6.00.  Just so you know, these are my ALL-TIME favorites!  She made the red, black, and white one for U of L!  Well, for Lola to wear with her U of L cheerleading uniform!!!  I love it!

$4.00

Let me know if anyone is interested in purchasing any bows!  My e-mail is yadons@gmail.com.  Maybe there will be more giveaways soon.......:)  Or maybe someone should give something to me!  HA!  But seriously.....

What We Do.....

When we are bored:  we play with the camera.  Lola was not wanting to participate but I kept taking pictures anyway.  It made me chuckle, even if she was throwing a tantrum!  What else can you do when your kid is being a turd?!?

This is a pretty awesome expression, I must say!

Then she got even MORE angry!

Then I tried to show her that taking pictures is cool!

She totally didn't believe me!

Then I made Blake get in on the fun!

Yeah, Lola still wanted out.  So I stopped.

And that's what we do when there's nothing else to do!