NOLA

When James found out that he had a company car waiting on him in Baton Rouge we decided that since we had never been to New Orleans we should make a little vacation out of his car pick up and that we did!!!!

To Be Posted

Daddy-Mobile

While I am still waiting on getting a new car for myself :-(
James has been desperately wanting/needing a company car...and yes he won!
He picked up his car this Friday!!! (more about that trip later)

He is very happy !

Lyrics of The Week 13

Threadbare Gypsy Soul - Pat Green

Got myself a threadbare gypsy soul,
Like to dance and drink and go wherever the wind blows.
Got a little threadbare gypsy soul,
Got a little threadbare gypsy soul.
Got a little wild streak in my heart.
I guess that I have had it since I heard the music start.
I got a little wild streak in my heart,
I got a little threadbare gypsy soul.

I like to hear the highway sounds,
And I don’t think that I’ll ever settle down.
I can’t change and it’s a sin,
Hope St. Peter gonna let me in:
Come on, Pete, won’t you let me in?

I wear this cowboy hat upon my head,
And you can take it off me some time after I am dead.
Got a cowboy hat up on my head,
Got a little threadbare gypsy soul.

I wear these crusty shoes down on my feet.
I could write a book about the places that they’ve seen.
I got these crusty shoes down on my feet,
I got a little wild streak in my heart.

An' I like to hear the highway sounds,
Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever settle down.
An' I can’t change an' it’s a sin,
I hope St. Peter's gonna let me in:
Come on, Pete, won’t you let me in?

Instrumental break.

An' I know this crazy livin' just ain't right;
Most of the time I’m smoking, drinking, looking for a fight.
But I’ve been talking to Jesus everyday;
Well, I’ve been talking to Jesus every day.

An' I got this girl back home I call my wife;
If you ever met her I swear she would change your life.
She’s got a little wild streak in her heart,
But she’s been saying hallelujah everyday.

I like to hear the highway sounds,
An' I don’t think that I’ll ever settle down.
An' I can’t change and it might be a sin.
Hope St. Peter gonna let me in:
Got my gypsy soul to bury, Amen.

TV Time at Our House

Thankfully, as James' work schedule readjusted in the Spring we are easily getting the hang of us both being at home at night. It is absolutely wonderful to basically be on the same schedule. He is awake when I leave in the morning...he gets home right after me...and we both want to go to bed early!
We have found ourselves in a nightly routine. If one of our shows isn't on and the DVR isn't stocked we definitely hit up the RedBox, but it has been fun lately to get into some shows together.

What we have been enjoying:

Our Favorites that have made it to the finals:

Landau Eugene Murpjy Jr. (singer)

Audition NY - Under My Skin

Audition Hollywood - Fly Me To The Moon
Snap Boogie (dancer)
Zuma Zuma (tumblers/dancers)
Team iLuminate (glow dancers)
POPLYFE (band)
Melissa Villasenor (comedian)

Love In The WildThis has been our late night show. Yes it is hard for us to stay up to watch it...but its really fun and I love all the challenges!!!!
Tosh.0
James loves this show so he DVRs it as our back up. It can be pretty stupid and pretty gross at times, but we usually get a good laugh from it.

Lake Time!

Under 30

So, yesterday while on the boat with Jay and Cheryl...enjoying the day I take a look at face book and see this:

Amy Winehouse, 27, found dead at her London flat after suspected drug overdose

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Aaliyah, 22, 1/16/79-8/25/01

In August 2001 she flew to the Bahamas to film a video, "Rock the Boat." When her crew piled into the plane to return home, they insisted on taking all their heavy equipment, so the plane was hundreds of pounds over the weight it could carry. The pilot had also obtained his license fraudulently and was alcohol and cocaine in his system. Two hundred feet from the runway, the plane crashed into a marsh. There were no survivors.

Kurt Cobain, 27, 2/20/67-4/5/94

On April 8, 1994, an electrician arriving to install security lights found Cobain lying on the floor. At first the electrician thought he was sleeping. A coroner later estimated that Cobain had shot himself three days earlier.

Jimi Hendrix, 27,11/27/42- 9/18/70

He recorded hundreds, maybe thousands of songs, yet just a handful of albums, quite content to leave much of his work in the studio where he spent most of his adult life.

He wasn't known for taking more drugs than any other rockers, but on Sept. 18, 1970, after drinking some wine and taking a big handful of sleeping pills, he choked to death on his own vomit. The exact details have never been clear. Only the fact he was gone.

Buddy Holly, 22, 9/7/36-2/3/59

Unlike some other stars who died young, Buddy Holly was quite looking forward to staying alive for a long time. He had already scored a bunch of hit records, he had big plans for his musical future and his wife Maria Elena was expecting their first child. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, he decided he couldn't take one more night on the tour bus with its broken heaters. So he chartered a small plane to fly ahead to the next stop, Fargo. Problem was, the young pilot didn't really know how to fly through a storm at night, which is what he was trying to do. The plane hit a cornfield at 170 miles an hour, killing the pilot, Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper instantly.

Janis Joplin, 27, 1/19-43-10/4/70

Janis was known as the white girl who sang the blues.There are those who say her recorded legacy is modest, and that's probably true. But when she was on her game, particularly on stage, she made the audience understand how it felt to reach for something and not quite get it.

That was also true off-stage. She reached for things she never got. On the night of Oct. 4, she reached for some heroin. Unbeknownst to her, it was an unusually pure batch. She'd probably been drinking, too, which didn't help. When her road manager found her, her psychedelic Porsche was still in the parking lot of the Landmark Motor Hotel.

Jim Morrison, 27, 12/8/43-7/3/71

He was taking a break from rock ‘n' roll fame in Paris in the summer of '71 when he died. Apparently in the bathtub. Maybe with the knowing or unknowing aid of his companion, Pamela Courson. The details will probably remain forever unknown, as Courson herself overdosed a few years later. Morrison's grave, in Paris, has become the kind of shrine that doubtless would greatly amuse him.

Otis Redding, 26, 9/9/41-12/10/67

People who knew Otis Redding still say he was one of the nicest guys ever to walk through the music business, and while some would say there's little competition for that title, it remains true that everybody loved the Georgia man with the soft touch and a voice that could propel freight trains. He and his band, the Bar-Kays, were taking a small chartered plane across Wisconsin when it crashed into a frozen lake. One man, not Redding, survived.

Selena, 23, 4/16/71-3/31/95

There was nothing self-destructive about Selena, who had built herself an extraordinary career and at the age of 23 was widely known as "The Queen of Tejano Music."

But her family found that the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, was stealing money from Selena boutiques she ran. After Saldivar was fired, Selena met with her at a hotel in Corpus Christi to retrieve some tax records. Saldivar, clearly disturbed, pulled a gun and shot Selena in the back as the singer left the room. She identified Saldivar before she was taken to the hospital, where she died from loss of blood.

Hank Williams, 29, 9/17/23-1/1/53

There's no plainer way to put it: Hank Williams was the finest country musician in the history of country music. He created an exceptional body of timeless music in just about half a dozen years, during which time he also managed to pretty much tear himself apart. Plagued with physical problems aggravated by drink and the life of a traveling musician, he was a wreck by the end of 1952.

Pulling himself together to try the road again, he had a date in Canton, Ohio, on New Year's Day 1953. Somewhere on the road to Canton, in the back seat of his Cadillac, he left this world for the next one. Hasn't been another one quite like him since, and probably never will be.

It is amazing how many great musicians we have lost at such an early age. It is even sadder when what takes them away from this world is the darkness that they walked into. I love music and I hope that over the years the true talents as the ones above learn from history and stick around a little bit longer.

Bitter Sweet Memories

So over the Birthday celebrations I got some really nice things. But one of the most special gifts I got was a compliment. Someone let me know that I had picked up just a little bit of something from this lady...

whether it be due to being a blood realative or her memory or her spirit I don't know...regardless I am thankful to have any ounce of any of her characteristics.

This is one of my most favorite pictures of all times. PCB was one of my most favorite places. I did so much growing up there and had so much fun. Spending time there with these two very special ladies is something I will always cherish.

So many of the pictures I have of Ma Cherry...Aunt LeeAnn was there too. I miss them both very much and think of them often. Even though it was way too short of a time for me I am so thankful for the time I had with both of them.

Thanks Dad for a very special gift!

29!!!! :-/

I can't believe I am in my last year of my 20's. Its a really strange concept to me...but I guess its good I am not quite 30 yet. This year my Birthday fell on a Sunday and we had family in all weekend...which was great...but for Sunday I wanted a pretty chill day with my babies and man.
We got to sleep in :-) and then headed to breakfast at Cracker Barrell. Ran a few errands and by Mom's house for some nice gifts :-) and then got back to the house early afternoon and just stayed in. We went on a walk which was one of my wishes and had an amazing dinner prepared by James...my other wish. It was a really nice day and I really enjoyed it!!! The dinner was the best ever!!!!

Sweet babies couldn't keep an eye off their Daddy in the kitchen.

Thank you for a great Birthday!