LFDianne

Oh Good Lord, she must be really desperate for questions.

Aww, thanks Jeff. I'm feeling slightly more human. I had to do some errands this morning, but was wiped out when I got home, so I took a nap. :sleep: We're up to 33 now!

Especially after we saw those dolphins in Tampa, Denise...they were so fun to watch swimming next to our boat, with the babies they had.

:sick2: Yep, this is me. I suppose I'm glad it's just a really bad cold, and not H1N1. I haven't been sick in years, and I forgot how miserable it is. We're up to 30 on facebook now. We need, oh, 30x10? or 100?

Ok, I just emailed them again, too. C'mon people...email them again!

And the Dodgers and Angels both swept their series'! Could it be a Freeway World Series for the first time ever?

Yeah, it's tax deductible right? Charitable donation and all?

That's what I afraid of. If I go to the benefit and they reschedule Tampa, I'll have to convince my husband once again. And too much wine? Who me? Lol

I have these pics for you Chrissy-girls...

I'm nice, he can let me near him. And I can massage those shoulders and back. :bomb::heart::blush:

Yeah :wink3: You know, he said in an interview he has terrible back pain. I could massage that pain away. Ok, I need to stop now. :blush:

Zach and Cody are from the devil. Just so you know... Ok, so who thinks I should go to the Bridge School concert and see Chris solo? My husband's being a butthead, so I'm ready for a weekend away. lol. Submit your votes here...yes for the Sec. 101, Row M, $150 ticket ($171 with damn fees), yes for a $75 Sec 200something Row P or worse ticket, or lame-ass lawn seat?

Nancy, you're too funny :) Right now, my husband's being an ass, so I'm so totally ready for a weekend vacation, lol. I'll call my friend who lives in the Bay Area in the morning and see if I can stay with her.

Jeff, just curious, how big is your high school? The school, Tesoro High School, my sons attend has 2600 students. There are about 1500 at the the main middle school (grades 6-8) that feeds into it, and then there are 3 elementary schools that feed to the middle school. My daughter's elementary school has about 650 students now (K-5).

Ziggy, you found facebook, there's no going back now...it's sucking you in...resistance is futile.

Yeah, I was kind of smooshed up against him in the pic when I met him. But he does have amazing shoulders, toooooo. All that drumwork? Muscles, I need to go melt now.

I can get a decent single ticket for $150 on Sunday, sec 101, row M..or an ok $75 seat in the middle of the 200s. Where are your seats? Oh, I don't know...I could drive on Saturday after my daughter's 8am soccer game and stay with my friend Saturday night, go to the Sunday show then head home afterwards...it starts at 2pm on Sunday, and it's about a 6 hour drive. I could hang with you and your hubby between sets...it will definitely not be nearly as hot as Tampa was! Although I still wish they're reschedule Tampa - you know, Monterrey, Mexico isn't that far from Tampa. lol

Found, um, the Will picture from behind. :wacky: Dusseldorf live blog. And who's that other guy in the picture with him? ;)

Ok, the best Will um, ass pic, is um, from one of the photo blogs Anchorman did, I think it is. He's wearing his soccer shorts...I'll go look for it. But it made me sweat. Ok, I think I need to go lay down now.

Ticketmaster and LiveNation already work together. When I went to check ticket availability at ticketmaster.com for the Bridge School Benefit that Chris is performing solo at, ticketmaster.com redirected me to it's "partner" site livenation.com. I live in California. Just as a example of outrageous fees, I bought a pit ticket for the Tampa show. $104.00. Add convenience fees, facility charges, and over night Fed-Ex (the only shipping option for a Florida show ticket to a Californai resident) and my $104 ticket became $156! However, I was pleasantly surprised that when we were issued our refund for the cancelled show, they refunded me the whole amount, including shipping. To be honest, though, I would have preferred the concert to a refund :( Back in the days before internet, way back when I was in high school, 25+ years ago, we used to camp out overnight on the sidewalk outside the ticket window at the local Ticketmaster window at Sears to get tickets. And even then, the ticket selection sucked, because it was actual one to one interaction. At least the internet has sped up the process, even though these promoters still don't release all the tickets at once. That's the most frustrating part, the craps shoot when it comes to online ticket purchase and presales. The most recent concerts I've been to, AC/DC, and Miley Cyrus (I know, I know, but I have a 10 year old daughter), they were "ticketless." You purchased your tickets as usual online, but you were just issued a receipt - no actual ticket. When you arrived at the venue door, you handed over your credit card used to purchase the tickets, along with a photo id if asked for, and the card was swiped and your tickets were presented to you right there. Everyone in your party had to be present and together. This is one way to cut down on scalpers.

I figured you got busy with the flower - suppose it's better than not being busy:) I suck at doing anything creative like that, I can knit, but that's about it. Hmn, flowers, gas, both way less expensive there - maybe I should move. Oh, but wait, don't you have BUGS there? And Jeff, the Homecoming Dance is one of the big ones here. The football game is on Friday, and the dance is on Saturday. It's at the school gym, though, unlike Winter Formal and Prom, which are always off-campus. The other big dance is Sadies, and that's at the school, too. Dances have changed a lot since i was in school, that's for sure - we were never breath-a-lyzed on entry, like all the students are here. The sheriff who works the dance has some kind of flashlight thing they blow in. I haven't chaperoned (parents are not allowed to chaperone) but I did work the coat check for Winter Formal and Prom last year, and it was a lot of fun. I get to see what's going on, but I'm not allowed in the actual dance area, lol. I started letting Brian ride with his friends about 6 months ago, after he turned 16. Because of the driving laws, the kids have had a year's experience, and it's mortified him more than once that I have actually checked driver's licenses and/or called the parents. We're up to 22 on facebook, now. I'm stalking people who post comments on Coldplay's page, who mention Tampa ;) And I emailed rsvp again today.

The difference between boys and girls :) Can her friends drive her around? How're the homecoming flowers coming along? Are your fingers sore?

Yeah, well, except for some attitude, he's a good kid. This girl thing is new - he's had a couple of girlfriends, but they were for just a few weeks. 3 AP's must keep you pretty busy! Stories are rampant here about students with 4.5 GPA's not being able to get into UC schools. When I was in high school, my grades and extracurriculars were fine, and I went to UCLA, but now you need to spend summers in Africa helping the poor, Christmas in Antarctica helping the penguins, varsity letter in 3 sports, tutor at the homeless shelter and have a 2200+ SAT, too, it seems. Way too competitive for me... The driving laws in CA are rather complicated. You can get a permit at 15 1/2, after you complete 30 hours of classroom instruction. Then you need to sign up with a professional driving school for 6 hours of behind the wheel instruction, and have your parents verify that they've spent at least 50 hours driving with you, 10 hours must be at night. Once you've had your permit for 6 months, you can get your license at 16, but it's provisional - for the first year, you may not drive passengers under 20 years old unless you have a driver over 25 years old in the car. Exceptions are siblings, with a note from your parents. You can't drive between 11pm-5am, unless you're coming home from a school related activity and have a note from the principal. He got his license in August, but turned 16 in April. We took our daughter's car away when we had to pull the "if you don't want to live by our rules, you don't have to live here" card with her and she moved out. It's a 2000 Jetta with 165,000 miles on it and a crunched trunk. He hates it, but it's a car. He loves theatre, and is thinking of majoring in it in college, and thinking of NYU. He sings, too, and is in the choir at school as well as drama.

Kelly....ohhh, I don't know...are you going both days?

And this one, but it's a lot of butterflies, lol.