American Country Music Awards

Boy did I ever score when I got tickets from House Seats to attend the CMA awards Sunday. They were to be televised from 2 locations. The main location was the MGM hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan and the remote site was at the Orleans hosted by Brad Paisley. I was 19th in line for the Brad Paisley event and had great seats. The show was fantastic, we saw all the stuff going on at the MGM plus our own entertainment. At the very beginning of the show Blake and Luke came by our location to say "Hey" and then the show started. Perfect evening out with my sister, who wouldn't love a show where you get to see Brad P. Dirks Bentley, Jewel, Florida Georgia Line, Carrie Underwood, John Mayer, Cheryl Crow, LL Cool J, John Fogerty and so many more I can't remember.
Just when you think It can't get any better they announce that Brad Paisley, Cheryl Crow, Carrie Underwood and John Fogerty were going to do a 2 hour concert for us....Yikes!! it was so fantastic! What a perfect way to end a great 3 week visit with my sister. Thanks Dennie for all you did while you were here and for a great visit.

This show definitely made up for the Bon Jovi

concert I got tickets to last week...(standing room show only) Was really looking forward to that one but we had the guys with us and they were not into that so we gave our tickets up.

Bling Bling and more Bling

Today was the last day of the ASD gift and merchandise show in Las Vegas and there was so much fun and so much bling. A full day of walking around looking at all the newest styles in jewelry, then a great lunch at the Venetian ...love the Grand Lux Cafe. These are some of the bracelets my sister and I brought home ....can you say bling???

Love It

Got a very nice surprise in the mail the other day when I got home from my Line Dance class. Couldn't imagine what the heck my friend Tanya was sending me...but look how cute.Tanya has always called me "The Boss" ever since I have known her and the mug is just perfect to keep all my class scissors at hand. If you look really close to the right of the mug you will see the sweetest little girl...yup that's my grand daughter Kaitlyn, Tanya must have pulled that photo off my blog and created this beautiful soldered necklace for me, the other side has a copy of an Icart, my favorite artist. Thanks so much Tanya for the very thoughtful gifts and I am so sorry it has been so hard to get together these past few months ...Do I have to say "see you in September?" again?

West Side Story

Another great show at the Smith Center this afternoon, who hasn't seen and loved West Side Story?
My friend Ardith had NEVER seen it even on TV. What a treat for both of us, I have seen this a million times on TV but  I hadn't seen on stage. Every song, every dance is so memorable .....Maria ...I just met a girl name Maria, that song will be stuck in my brain for days. For those of you who were around me after I went to Barbara Streisand concert will be happy that I am off of .....People, people who need people and now on to ....Maria! Great show and so glad I got to share it with one of my very special friends.

Missing my Dad

It was 3 years ago today that my father died. He was a person who loved life and people, I miss you dad.

Circus Oz ...a very unconventional circus

Circus Oz is a very interesting &  unconventional circus that is originally from Australia performing for over 30 years and is now touring here in America to share their talent ....yes I did say talent. I watched their video before going and knew what to expect from this circus which was going to be animal free & not a normal circus show or a Cirque de Soleil show. I figured since they were an Australian Troupe the humor was going to be very different from an American circus.  It was a little bit traditional old school circus blended with some physical comedy & a little jazz and rock and roll. The performers were trained in China for their acrobatics and were all very skilled.
I was pretty lucky to be able grab 4 tickets from House Seats and even luckier to sit in the Box seats at the Smith Center where they delivery your champagne and wine right to you. Very fun afternoon with lots of laughs with friends ...if this was a regular circus I wouldn't have bothered but with this show I totally enjoyed the day.

Girl Scout Thin Mint Cupcakes

Tomorrow in class we will be celebrating Lory's birthday and I had just bought  some yummy Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies so I'm thinking....Cupcakes? They might be the best chocolate cupcakes I have made to date. Made the chocolate batter from scratch and thew in a sleeve of crushed up cookies and frosted them with Mint Butter Cream Frosting. Happy Birthday Lory