Get Stoned - HINDER click title

Even though I was sick yesterday, (and still am, this flu is a duzy)  We had tickets to see Hinder, Trapt, Rev Theory and Smile Empty Souls.....we missed Smile Empty Souls and Rev Theory was awesome, they really rocked hard, Umm Trapt, not to sure about, they were OK.  The lead singer didn't find his voice until halfway into the second or third song.  But Hinder, I love them.  They really remind me of 80's rock,  and for those of you who know me, I am all about 80's rock.  After watching them on stage last night I felt like the lead singers main inspiration had to be Steven Tyler.  Very Aerosmith, from the scarves, to his look and the way he moved.  I have seen Aerosmith in concert and he definitely doesn't give me chills like Steven Tyler does, but I think they are well on there way,  I have their first album and I will definitely buy their second.  The title video I posted "Get Stoned"  is my favorite song by Hinder and was the last song they played. He had pretty much thrashed his voice by then, but during "Lips of an Angel" and "Get Stoned" me and Stevi were standing and dancing and singing............If they are coming your way, it is the Jagermeister Music Tour, and it was a great show, Stevi loved it and was shocked (which made me laugh and think she is so cute) that girls were actually throwing their bras up on stage!  OMG That is so Gross!!

Trick or Treat!

It is funny to me that Liz and I both made our kids Halloween Costumes this year, who'd a thunk it.  This year for Halloween, I was sick SICK, SICK SICK!  I got the flu with a vengeance.  Oh well, Jay was awesome and let me pretty much sleep for three days and I still feel like crap. But I made Jayson look like Kurt Cobain, Guoda look like Courtney Love and Stevi is a dead poodle skirt girl.....(?)  I don't know but she looked cool anyways and Chrissi had a Star Wars theme, so Jack Jack was Chewbaka...I was someone that looked and sounded like I was dying.  I will survive, tonight we have tickets to see Hinder and Trapt at Grand Sierra Resort, I am going to try and "Bubba" up to go,  I had to call today to get my paper and 3 times the damn computer said.."I'm sorry I didn't get that....."   I SAID " Beliberry Isnue......!"  Duh

Hope to see you on Turkey Day Jack Jack!

My Grandson Jack Sparrow, is Studious, a Streaker and a Dog Trainer.  We were lucky enough to have him for a couple of nights last week and he is also a wonderful "cuddle bug" in the morning.  I had all these grand plans to sweep him away and have pictures taken and go to Aunt Liz's house, but time flies by then he is napping or we are having fun and it's too late, or I haven't gotten out of my jammies yet.  I remember how hard it is to get a schedule going with a baby, it takes a lot of planning and time, umm, I guess I am a little out of practice.  He definitely is a streaker, at one point he ripped his diaper off and ran to the door, was he going to streak the neighborhood?  If he could have reached the doorknob I bet he would have.  And it is amazing how much attention he got from all three dogs.  They followed him everywhere, I am sure it is because he is just so sweet.  My favorite time those two days though, I would have to say, we made him a comfy little area to sleep downstairs and Stevi and I had a camp out with him, in the morning when he woke up, he was so quiet, but I noticed he was awake so I got him a bottle and cozied up on the couch with him and we cuddled and fell back to sleep together.  Ahh.......True Love, pray for us that Jack can come back at Thanksgiving, a month is too long as it is!

Congratulations Lucky Shamrocks!

Wow, we got the call Thursday evening that Stevi's soccer team made it to tournament.  When we first saw this team, we were not sure they would ever win a game.   They were all the late sign ups and left overs from other teams and had enough to barely form one more team.  And they were amazing.  We had to win the first game Saturday which was at 10:00 to battle for first place and we tied so the girls had a shootout.  Stevi had an amazing goal kick during the game that was halfway down the field into the goal over everyone's heads and during the shootout, she was one of the goal kicks that won them the game, everyone calls her blaster and legs, rightfully so, she kicked that ball and Jay said it was a 90 mph fastball, the goalie moved out of it's way.  So then we had time to kill so we ran into town because the next game didn't start until 3:30 and Stevi needed shoes for her costume because we had Halloween Bunko at 6pm.  I didn't even think about the time because we were so excited that they were going to battle for  1st place and I didn't realize that afterwards was the trophy and awards ceremony for the whole league.  So needless to say, we missed Bunko, with good reason though, even though we all had our costumes ready for Bunko, it was obviously worth it to see the smile and happiness on my little girl's face as she and the team received a SECOND PLACE TROPHY! for the U12 girls, second only to the team that Stevi used to play on, Shane's team, which has never been beaten.  We didn't get home until almost 6:30 and poor Stevi was exhausted and her legs were throbbing but what a wonderful day!  They now have their after party on Tuesday evening with their individual team awards....go go go!  All in the life of a soccer mom!  I'M SO PROUD OF YOU STEVI!!!

Somebody left behind.....

Ahhh, 840 miles down 1160 to go to reach my 2000 mile goal on my Harley.  

We started out on Friday morning, Jay and I left the house at 6:15 am to get gas and meet the rest of the HOG group at the Carson City dealership.  We had 20 bikes show up to go on the last ride of the year which is called "Sierra to the Sea"  We end up in Point Arena, just outside of Mendocino.  It really is a beautiful ride, it took us 11 hours to get from Reno to Point Arena and as we rode through the mountain ranges to finally get to our destination, all I could to was suck that beautiful smell up into my nostrils, whether it was pine, cow manure or skunk, I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I have had such a busy summer with Stevi being involved in everything under the sun we have not been able to get more than 3 rides in this year, coming from last years Head Road Captain and the Ladies of Harley Director, that is pretty sad.  I guess as your children get older, they actually require more time and attention when you thought it would have been the other way around.

  We rode into Point Arena just after 6pm on Friday evening and stopped at their version of a grocery store and Jay, Denise and I split out groceries into thirds for the weekend so we would have healthy snacks and breakfast while everyone else raided the liquor isle.  I guess they were in a hurry to get their party on........because they left me and Jay at the store.  We ended up catching up, but in my book that is a no no, kind of like when you and your girlfriends our out on the town, you go out together, your stay together, you leave together, right?  RIGHT!  So we arrived at the lighthouse keepers quarters and Jay was really worried about getting stuck in the party house but we lucked out,  we ended up staying with Lori, Mark, Ray and Janey, Denise was supposed to be locked in as our roomy but it didn't work out, she stayed next door, (their are 4 houses that sleep  6 each)  and just came over every morning and afternoon to snack and have breakfast.  Saturday we rode up to Bodega Bay.  We went in 2 groups and we rode in the last group, it was really foggy and we decided after going to dinner the night before and not being able to see a car length in front of us, it was a little too dangerous on those windy roads.  We ended up meeting our friends Mike and Debbie  in the morning and they rode us in, the roads are so windey it takes almost 2 1/2 hours to go 80 miles or so.  The highway we were on is highway 1 which is the road I was on when I crashed my Dyna 3 years ago.  I'll tell that story in my memoirs at a later date...ANYWAYS.....we are in Bodega Bay and we went to the old school house where they filmed "The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock, which I have never seen, but have been told around 50 times this weekend that I HAVE to.  Then as Mike and Debbie where getting on their bike, Jay, leading the group took off like a bat out of hell, and left me there AGAIN!  I am a road captain, and we are never supposed to leave anyone behind so I patiently waited for Mike and Debbie and we arrived around 15 minutes after everyone else, Jay was freaking out because he had no idea he left us, next time check your mirrors dingbat!  So then we had lunch and as we were leaving the wharf, Cat and Jerry got stuck in the parking lot and were around 6 cars behind the group.  I kept checking in my mirrors and couldn't find them, over and over, the road was so curvy I wasn't sure if I was missing them because of the trees or because they weren't there.  After around 45 mins. we got to a stop sign and signaled Sena who was our road captain back to Point Arena and signaled her to pull over at a safe spot.  We told her we were missing Cat and Jerry and Jay headed back to find them, around 15 minutes later he came back and said "Nothing"  We told them to go ahead because they had tickets to go see Janiva Magness at the Blues Festival and Jay, Mike, Debbie and I made it all the way back to Bodega Bay were we found them.  They had taken their eyes off the road for just a second and a car stopped right in front of them, and instead of breaking, he accelerated and slammed right into the back of the car.  We sent Mike and Debbie back to the lighthouse to let everyone know what was going on, none of us had phone service and Jay and I stayed with them until a tow truck got there around and hour and a half later, in the meantime all the locals were coming to see what was going on and we watched three young boys break into the Grange Hall and steal champagne and chug the bottle down while we were fixing what we could of the bikes.

  The ride back was miserable, Cat and Jerry on my bike with no foot pegs and me on the back of Jays with no back rest almost sliding off his barhopper seat for the whole 2 1/2 hours, my legs where shaking from squeezing and my back was killing me from just the tention I am sure.

Sunday we decided to rest, we were all sore and the four of us were exhausted from the long day, but I announced to the group that I was training in honor of Kathy Taylor who was a HOG member and I would be walking/running the 2 1/2 miles up to the diner and they were welcome to join me.  To my surprise 7 of the group showed up in sweats and tennies or leather and boots and ran/walked the 2 1/2 mile to breakfast!  I was so excited and a couple of the girls may do the marathon with me!  After breakfast Ray was the only party pooper and road bitch (on the back of a bike, for all you civilians out there), back to the keepers houses which was hilarious because he ended up riding on the back of the only Honda that came with us.  He got so much crap for that the rest of the weekend it, was funny.  That day the men watched football, we watched seals, whales, napped and read books until dinner which Heidi cooked in their house, lasagna, salad, german chocolate cake and mint chocolate chip ice cream.  Back to bed and up bright and early to leave by 7:30.   Then Sena blew her stater in her Dyna and had to ride up to Santa Rosa in an Envoy with Cat to go to the dealership and make arrangements to get her ride fixed, so now Jerry and Sena both have a bike at the Santa Rosa Harley Dealership getting fixed, and as they are riding off, Mike dropped his Heritage and broke the mirror off, cracked his windshield and bent his foot peg.  It's always and adventure, there was much more drama but it is almost midnight and I am done!  So we are back safe and sound, in one piece except for maybe some of the bikes, gotta love it, always somebody left behind, but we are always retrieved!

Accomplishment!!!

Off to Joanne's today, I need to finish Sage's quilt by putting on the binding and backing.  I spent around 5 1/2 hours on the top yesterday and finished it! I already had some strips sewn together but all the pictures are from yesterday.  I am so excited, it turned out wonderful, so now my two beautiful nieces will both have quilts from their Auntie Beautiful.  My mom came over in the afternoon and we did day 2 of our marathon training.  It was easier and I must admit, I was looking forward to the running part.  I am going to train again this afternoon and Stevi is going to run with me before gymnastics,  I know I am not supposed to over train but I need to get my 3 days in when I can, the rest of my week will be too busy and Friday-Monday we are riding the Harley's up to Highway 1 to see the coast and the lighthouses, hopefully not through snow!  I will try to run a couple of times along the coast, that will be pretty, and easier too considering we live at 5200 feet above sea level.  After today my training will be 3 days of 5mins. walking and 2 mins. running.

Poor Stevi"punkin"Lynch.........

We were looking forward to a quiet evening.  Stevi was spending the night with her friend Cierra and wouldn't be home until 9pm Sunday evening.  They had a whole girls weekend planned so after Stevi's soccer game ( which was in 34 degree weather I might add)  I brought her over the hill to Cierra's house and then had a nice quiet shopping experience at Costco.  Came home and unloaded groceries then planned on making seasoned flank steaks and stuffing for a nice relaxing dinner.  Jay and I tag teamed and cooked dinner together and sat down to eat when the phone rang.  You can always tell by your child's voice when something is not going well.  

Stevi: Mommy, I am having an allergic reaction to something!

Me:  Ok well, do they have Benedryl?

S: Yes I already took one but my eye is swollen shut and I can't see! (Stuffy voice, sounding like she just stuffed to wet cotton balls up each nostril as far as they would go)

M:  OK well you can take one more take one more and call me back if you need me to come pick you up.

Phone rings 10 minutes later.........she is coming home.  She is 11 and is not usually over dramatic, but she is an 11 year old girl at her friends house so I thought she might be milking it a bit..............I WAS NOT PREPARED TO SEE THIS!  She looked like she had just lost a UFC fight with Kimbo!  Her eye was swollen shut and looked like she had a golf ball crammed under her eyelid.  She has been having allergy problems for the last few months and she is taking Nasonex, Naphcon A and Allegra D,  I think we will be making another trip to the Doctor to see about a Kenalog (sp) shot..........Like Father Like Daughter!