Not really sure what has kept me away. Maybe I am just busy running here and there, little projects around the house. Nearly every day either gymn, yoga or a hike. I hiked Tuesday 6 miles with the hiking club. It was a chilly 27 degrees when we started out. We took photos of frost flowers and ice cycles. The official hikes are finished till spring but the members continue to hike almost all year here and post "impromptu hikes".
I was feeling really good about taking off a few pounds up and even right after Thankgiving. Then I guess my awareness strayed and I took my foot off the accelerator and I feel I have gained a few - too scared to get on the scale. I will continue to restart my determination and continue to put effort into looking for recipes that utilize veggies and lean meat and try to continue to avoid sugar. I have not had much sugar, but I did get a little lax and have enjoyed some potatoes, corn and flour. When I take these out, I know I will lose, it is just really a focus and intent that I have to really strive for.
This weekend will be difficult, my sister and I are driving to the city to see our Granny and our aunts. We will pick up lunch for Granny. I will just commit to something like Panera instead of burgers/pasta and we are doing a Mexican restaurant with the aunts, but they have a wonderful vegetarian fajita that I LOVE. Then Sunday we are beyond excited that my sister's friend gave us Chiefs football tickets and after that a concert - so it will be a full day Sunday. Monday we drive home and the weather is not thrilling me - chance for rain/snow.
So I will be back here next week. Hope you have a great weekend. What holiday fun are you all out there planning?
Showing posts with label concert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label concert. Show all posts
Friday, December 13, 2019
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
New Table
We had a nice weekend, DH and I went to a concert Sunday. It was really fun. It was back up in the city where I am working. We had to board the dogs, but we had them bathed while there were there and they look nice and smell good. We had a nice time staying with and seeing my aunt and uncle. I am glad DH got to see my uncle, he is really slipping last few months. We also got to play golf with DH 2 brothers. It was very rainy and cool! We went by Sat night and saw our former neighbors in the city. That was nice. Again, very chilly for August!
We got back home Monday morning and it went from chilly and drizzly to 91 and humid in the country! We mowed Monday afternoon and I had to stop twice to cool off and get some water! I also watered real well and all my plants I have planted over the spring and summer look so nice!
I asked SIL how her plants were doing (she got the other half of the plants in May from her and DH cousin). She said hers look terrible! She hasn't had the time to water hers like we have (they own a business and have cattle and BIL works full time). She said she will be embarrassed if/when cousin comes to town! Ha. I also switched out hummingbird food and ate dinner, then went to bed!
On Mondays I go to bed at 8pm to get up Tuesdays at 3:30pm to drive to the city. Today I am tired, but not too bad. I will do moderate workout at the gymn after work. I did yoga for first time in 2 months Wed and Sat and I am still a little sore! Will not have that big of a gap ever again!
Anyway, here is our new table. We really like it. We are selling another table and 4 chairs, a set of end/coffee/sofa tables and a leather chair at my SIL vintage resale store. I wanted something lighter with a pedestal. The light pedestal is the new one.
Have a great Monday!
We got back home Monday morning and it went from chilly and drizzly to 91 and humid in the country! We mowed Monday afternoon and I had to stop twice to cool off and get some water! I also watered real well and all my plants I have planted over the spring and summer look so nice!
I asked SIL how her plants were doing (she got the other half of the plants in May from her and DH cousin). She said hers look terrible! She hasn't had the time to water hers like we have (they own a business and have cattle and BIL works full time). She said she will be embarrassed if/when cousin comes to town! Ha. I also switched out hummingbird food and ate dinner, then went to bed!
On Mondays I go to bed at 8pm to get up Tuesdays at 3:30pm to drive to the city. Today I am tired, but not too bad. I will do moderate workout at the gymn after work. I did yoga for first time in 2 months Wed and Sat and I am still a little sore! Will not have that big of a gap ever again!
Anyway, here is our new table. We really like it. We are selling another table and 4 chairs, a set of end/coffee/sofa tables and a leather chair at my SIL vintage resale store. I wanted something lighter with a pedestal. The light pedestal is the new one.
Have a great Monday!
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Concert
We had such a fun date night last night. My husband and I stayed as late as possible with the dogs and walked them all twice, since we would have to delay their usual 9pm walking. We were not hungry, so we did not bother to eat out before, we decided to just grab something there. DH and I have had no appetites since we have had this sinus/sore throat stuff.
DH had sprung for amazing seats. He likes us to sit up close and on the end. We got there way early and had a bite. It was 95+, but we were at least in the shade.
Judas Priest was first. They have 2 original members, Rob Halford vocals and Ian Hill, bass. Drummer Scott Travis joined later, but still been with them since 1989. I read in Wikipedia that Scott Travis was responsible for hiring Halford's replacement, Tim "Ripper" Owens in 1996. This is what the movie Rock Star is loosely based on. If you haven't seen it, it is really good. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Ripper. His girlfriend is Jennifer Anniston in the film. There is even a cameo of one of my very favorite singers, Myles Kennedy. Anyway, I ramble.
Rob Halford reunited with JP in 2003. DH and I flew to see them in Dallas in 2010. I am fortunate to see them then, with all original members includine K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton. Downing left in 2011 and evidently, Tipton recently had to stop touring, because he has Parkinsons. The sources I looked at did not have the replacement guitar name updated. JP is known for their dualing guitars, which is somewhat unique. DH has loved them since the start (1969). DH says JP got him through the disco years. along with Ozzy. Sort of like how Metallica and Rob Zombie got me through the grunge years.
Anyway, DH and I knew right away we had similar musical tastes, which we both fancied because we love rock and roll and esp metal. We enjoy concerts and plan to continue as long as we are able and can afford a splurge. On the way home, we talked about some of the acts we would still pay to see...we agree on our bucket list is still Robin Trower - neither one of us has seen him yet.
Much of my music taste has been shaped by DH and before him, friends I have had. Also my late husband SCG. SCG loved Robin Trower and Deep Purple and introduced me to them both (along with Ozzy, Queensryche and Joe Walsh). I have seen Ozzy 6 times, Queensryche twice and Joe Walsh once. I could do a weeks worth of posts on concerts.
So I was nostalgic and honored to finally see Deep Purple.
So excited I got to see the Ian's - Ian Gillan and Ian Paice. Ian Paice is one of my favorite drummers ever. Just listen to "Burn" sometime and consider the stamina. He still has it. He is 70 years old, BTW. Ian Gillan cannot quite hit the high notes, like he used to, but God love him - that guy is 73!
Very impressed with the great talent of new keyboard player, Don Airey. Per Wikipedia: Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Steve Vai, Colosseum II, Ten, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Empire, Thin Lizzy, Brian May, Divlje jagode and Living Loud. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was amazing. DH and I agree we need keyboards to come back in rock and roll.
Also a great artist is Steve Morse. Steve Morse (born July 28, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer, best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs; and since 1994, the guitar player of Deep Purple. Morse's career has encompassed rock, country, funk, jazz, classical, and fusion of these musical genres. In addition to his successful solo career, he was briefly a member of Kansas in the mid-1980s. Most recently, Morse became a member of the supergroup Flying Colors alongside long-time bandmate Dave LaRue. He was great too!
It was hot! But a wonderful show in our favorite venue in the entire city. I was an hour late getting into work today. Oops. First time this year. I am never late to work.
DH had sprung for amazing seats. He likes us to sit up close and on the end. We got there way early and had a bite. It was 95+, but we were at least in the shade.
Judas Priest was first. They have 2 original members, Rob Halford vocals and Ian Hill, bass. Drummer Scott Travis joined later, but still been with them since 1989. I read in Wikipedia that Scott Travis was responsible for hiring Halford's replacement, Tim "Ripper" Owens in 1996. This is what the movie Rock Star is loosely based on. If you haven't seen it, it is really good. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Ripper. His girlfriend is Jennifer Anniston in the film. There is even a cameo of one of my very favorite singers, Myles Kennedy. Anyway, I ramble.
Rob Halford reunited with JP in 2003. DH and I flew to see them in Dallas in 2010. I am fortunate to see them then, with all original members includine K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton. Downing left in 2011 and evidently, Tipton recently had to stop touring, because he has Parkinsons. The sources I looked at did not have the replacement guitar name updated. JP is known for their dualing guitars, which is somewhat unique. DH has loved them since the start (1969). DH says JP got him through the disco years. along with Ozzy. Sort of like how Metallica and Rob Zombie got me through the grunge years.
Anyway, DH and I knew right away we had similar musical tastes, which we both fancied because we love rock and roll and esp metal. We enjoy concerts and plan to continue as long as we are able and can afford a splurge. On the way home, we talked about some of the acts we would still pay to see...we agree on our bucket list is still Robin Trower - neither one of us has seen him yet.
Much of my music taste has been shaped by DH and before him, friends I have had. Also my late husband SCG. SCG loved Robin Trower and Deep Purple and introduced me to them both (along with Ozzy, Queensryche and Joe Walsh). I have seen Ozzy 6 times, Queensryche twice and Joe Walsh once. I could do a weeks worth of posts on concerts.
So I was nostalgic and honored to finally see Deep Purple.
So excited I got to see the Ian's - Ian Gillan and Ian Paice. Ian Paice is one of my favorite drummers ever. Just listen to "Burn" sometime and consider the stamina. He still has it. He is 70 years old, BTW. Ian Gillan cannot quite hit the high notes, like he used to, but God love him - that guy is 73!
Very impressed with the great talent of new keyboard player, Don Airey. Per Wikipedia: Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Steve Vai, Colosseum II, Ten, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Empire, Thin Lizzy, Brian May, Divlje jagode and Living Loud. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was amazing. DH and I agree we need keyboards to come back in rock and roll.
Also a great artist is Steve Morse. Steve Morse (born July 28, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer, best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs; and since 1994, the guitar player of Deep Purple. Morse's career has encompassed rock, country, funk, jazz, classical, and fusion of these musical genres. In addition to his successful solo career, he was briefly a member of Kansas in the mid-1980s. Most recently, Morse became a member of the supergroup Flying Colors alongside long-time bandmate Dave LaRue. He was great too!
It was hot! But a wonderful show in our favorite venue in the entire city. I was an hour late getting into work today. Oops. First time this year. I am never late to work.
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