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concert

My daughters are at the Jonas Brothers concert right now.  They’ve been so cute counting down the days and the hours for months.  They’ve got new clothes, sparkly belts, big earrings, shiny lip gloss, new cell phones, borrowed binoculars, my camera and huge, happy smiles.
Since I dropped them off, they’ve called about 5 times.  They […]

orchestra concert

Last night was youngest daughter’s spring orchestra concert.  She was the cutest little viola player ever!
See?

The photos are a little blurry.  I seriously need to get a new camera soon.

Tattoo

Yesterday afternoon, youngest daughter and I were in the car driving over to my sister’s house. We were listening to RadioDisney, as we tend to do when the kids are in the car.
A song by Jordin Sparks came on the radio and daughter was singing along. I have heard this song several times […]

Thursday Thirteen #50

Thirteen of my favorite podcasts:
1. This American Life
2. Barnes & Noble’s Meet the Writers
3. The Dave Ramsey Show
4. Divorcing Daze
5. Manic Mommies
6. More Hip Than Hippie
7. MuggleCast
8. The Pet Vet
9. What Really Matters
10. Jumping Monkeys
11. Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for […]

JoBros

Look at this article about the Jonas Brothers; “Straight-laced Jonas Brothers defy rocker image.”
This is one reason in a long list of why I don’t mind my kids listening to their music.

it’s not unusual

A couple of women at work were talking about Tom Jones yesterday. They even sang parts of this song and did his signature dance movements.
My parents were not big Tom Jones fans, so I’d not ever seen him perform it and cannot remember ever hearing the complete song (before this morning when I found […]

interview

The Barnes and Noble Meet the Writers podcast with Steve Bertrand is one of my favorite podcasts. Recently, I listened to an interview with Steve Cojocaru. He’s recently written Glamour, Interruped. In the interview, Steve Cojocaru spoke about his diagnosis of polycystic kidney disease, his career, and his outlook on life.
My […]

make a memory

At the official Bon Jovi website, you can listen to the new single, “(You want to) Make a Memory.”

Have you seen

the Johnny Cash video that premiered today?
These are a few of my favorite parts of the video (not Johnny Cash, by the way):