Oh What a Night.... or Let's Try This Again!

Career Girl and I went to see Michael Buble in concert and what a concert it was!

I guess my blog from Friday (the "lost" blog) was a bit snarky but really, people shouldn't wear loads of perfume or cologne because when you get together in tight quarters (aka the nose bleed section), it can totally ruin a concert...especially when your nasal passages begin to close and your eyes begin to water and your throat begins to tickle.  Let's just say it is not a lot of fun and it interferes with belting out duets!

Also, while I'm on the subject, while in the crow's nest, your  normal-sized head blots out pretty much the whole stage when you sit forward in your chair.  Sit back, please!

Also, your beer cup was serving more as a screen than a window!  I'm such a bitch, right?  Let's call this Nose-Bleed Etiquette by Strawberry!


BUT....what a show- the parts I could see!  You will not be disappointed from his concert.  He is also quite the comedian.

Phenomenal Special Effects

Hilary and I noticed a section closer to us.  He has/had a second stage (don't know if he does this at all his concerts).  Look!  He's singing, yelling, flipping the finger right at me!!!!  HI, MICHAEL!!!

That's him...on the right

I'm sure I had more to write, but I can't remember what it was.  I DID have a wonderful time visiting with Career Girl.

Till next time, Grainiacs,

Strawberry signing out (47 pounds to go)

Oh What a Night....oh what a morning!

 I lost my whole frickin' blog this morning!  I'm so mad!!!!  Really, pissed.  I posted all about the wonderful concert Career Girl and I saw and now in the blink of an eye, it is gone.  All gone.  So I will have to post about that tomorrow.  This morning I will post about anger and rage and if my toilet was big enough I'd flush this laptop down it!!!!  grrrrrr.....I really mean GRRRRRRR!!!!!

So let's talk about anger.  Is it a needed emotion?  Do you ever feel like you could totally lose control?  I had that feeling once (that I can remember) about a decade ago.  I was having little (big) girl problems and the Dr. recommended a certain hormone supplement (can't remember the name and I say "recommended" because after all IT IS our body and we don't have to take whatever the Dr. prescribes, right?).  I'm not suggesting going all rogue on our physicians but the internet is a powerful tool to check what others have to say.  Another case in point, I was prescribed a certain anti-depressant during a particular time in my life and when I went to ween myself off this drug (with my Dr. help) I experienced "brain zaps."  That is the only way I could explain what I was going through.  I had a dickens of a time walking, thinking, performing day-to-day duties because all of the sudden I would have these brain zaps.  Let's face it, when you take a mind-altering drug there will be some issues.  I googled my prescription and sure enough, loads and loads of people wrote about the same thing. Maybe if I had researched this particular drug, I might have asked for a different prescription (or maybe not!).   The same with the hormone drug; I wonder how many females were ready to slap the heck out of their husbands.  I have never felt so out of control as I did taking that pill.  I know I'll get some flack from this sentiment but I still believe we can determine if we want to take something or not, but for heaven's sake, read the label.  Research what you are putting into your body.  Talk with your Dr. about side effects!

I'm not as much angry as I am perturbed that I AM SICK AGAIN!!!  I can't shake this cold/ allergies/ sinus crap/ "who knows what I have."  Yesterday I was bragging about how I have gotten over whatever we seem to share in this household because I started using paper towels to dry my hands versus a community towel.  Well, guess what?  I'm not saying God zapped me with another cold because I was so non-humble in God's House, but darn it, something zapped me again with this runny nose and sinus pressure!!!!  I am NOT blaming anyone or anything.  I will be humble about it and head out to the store to buy Lysol and more paper towels.  The paper towel antidote was not working by itself.  Many of us in this strawberry patch sneeze before we can get to a Kleenex (I won't say who but he knows of whom I speak!).  So we are still sharing that same damn bug!!!  I'll let you know if I can exterminate it!  I can tell you this laptop WILL die if I lose another blog post!!!  just saying ahead of time.

I will be ending my posts with a little weighty news!  I plan to lose 50 pounds.  I won't be celebrating little advancements like 5% or 10% goals.  It's just there: 50 pounds.  When I weigh I'll keep you all informed (you are my "keep it real" Grainiacs) of how close I am to that 50 pound loss.  I started writing about this new "weighty" news on Friday (but we all know what happened to that blog draft this morning, grrrr)!  So from Friday till today....


Strawberry (47 lbs to go)

"Happier than a camel on Wednesday!"

This past week I spent some time with my daughter in Oklahoma.  

Career Girl is still working in OK and lovin' it (most of the time!).  We went all over the state.  We visited friends in Rural OK (the place where this blog began) and traveled down south to an exotic wildlife zoo.  

****Interesting fact: you have to sign a waiver agreeing that you might be on MTV.  I guess this zoo has its own show.  I hesitated and said I do not want to be on national TV.  It's hot; we sweat; we look like a mess!  Don't worry, she said, just behave and don't do anything like stick your hand in the tiger cage and you should be okay.  

You know me....I wouldn't deliberately call attention to myself.

Here I am with the only baby liliger in the world (or so they say!).  The story goes that the lion and tiger used to live together in the ice age and the time of the woolly mammoth.  The continental shift "shifted" all of that and the lion wound up on one continent and the tiger in another.  This zoo is mating lions and tigers (ligers).  This little critter is the first lion and liger match up.  

It is a frisky little dickens; loved Hilary's hair....although it looks like it is ready to chomp off her ear!!!

Is that Suave I smell or a name brand?