a whole mess of stuff!

So, my mom mentioned today that I haven't posted anything in a long time. She's right. But it's not because I don't have anything to say...I've just been so busy! You know, when you're retired, you don't have to cram your life into a weekend or a couple hours a night. What a bunch of crap that is! Seriously. But if I were retired, I would probably be just as busy. Only I would be doing FUN stuff!

OK, so here goes;
Trace Adkins at the Palladium was wonderful! I'm always so delightfully surprised when my perception of someone is expanded. Trace Adkins - who sings Honky Tonk Badonkadonk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNVguvNE7qc)  for heavens sake - comes across as a your typical roughneck. Which he was once. But it turns out that he has a genuine passion for music. And his first Christmas album, called The King's Gift, is really different. He did the whole album in his show. Lots of Celtic influence. And Kevin Costner's daughter sings with him and The Chieftains make an appearance. It was really good. Here is a preview clip from YouTube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW8YGjBmgRw

Next up, Mannheim Steamroller! They were AWESOME! Everyone should have one of their Christmas CD's just because it's so good. I love big music. Really great!

Oh, and I forgot to tell you about Wicked! It had the biggest stage production I've ever been too. Granted, I haven't ever been to a show on "Broadway", but I bet this was pretty close. It was such a fun story about Oz and Glinda and the wicked witch. Here's the stage before the show;

 

and our Glinda and Elphaba

 

And here are the last of the quilled ornaments - I gave them all away except for one;

 

 

 

If you remember, last year I did ALL my shopping online. I didn't go to one single store. Well, I did a lot of my shopping online again this year but I did venture out into the retail masses this year. It wasn't so bad. It was a nice mix :-)

I have lots more but that will do for now.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!