Something shiny-new blog endeavor

check out a new blog I've started and follow if you find it interesting
www.goddesssociety.blogspot.com

and now back to our regularly scheduled...

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted anything!  My excuse(s) are summertime and working a lot.  Quite frankly, if there is a choice between pool time and anything else...it's pool time every time! 

I had the best summer on record this year: made a little more money than usual and reconnected with old friends and found some really fun new ones too! 

Now that things have slowed a bit, I was trying to figure out a clever way to jump back into blogging and I think I may have hit on it.  See if you can figure out what I'm trying to say.

It was a beautiful and hectic summer, so I got a little 

on my blogging. 

Now that the

is closed,

I can get back on

and

on my blogging

A clever idea...

...blatantly stolen from the Naples Botanical Gardens! 

My parents own a condo in Naples, FLA and we usually go visit over Spring break.  This year was no exception.  My mom volunteers at the Naples Botanical Gardens as a docent (http://www.naplesgarden.org/) so we went through their beautiful gardens.  In the children's garden they had what I  thought was a cute and clever use for old purses...

I took a picture of them knowing that at some point I would totally rip off the idea and use at home!  I found a couple of purses at the local ARC Thrift Store and here is my version:

This is right after I potted them.

and this is where they ended up hanging-one of the front porch,

and one on the back deck

I thought they turned out so good, I'm going to make many more! 

Note to self: use potting soil because real dirt gets REAL heavy!

Greeley Stampede - 10 days of fun!

Whew!  The Greeley Stampede finished up on July 4th with a monsoon during the Gloriana show and fireworks postponed until Monday July 5th...what a ride! Here are the rest of the highlights from our 10 days 'living" at the Stampede:

my son and his friends brought food to get a break on wrist band night at the carnival.

Our Big Country Stampede Idol finalists, Mira (13 years old!) and Chris

me with our super stage manager (and Lil Dreamer keyboard player) John DeWitt

Longhorn parade

Big Country staff in the parade

The staff with Gloriana before the rain hit

Greeley Stampede 2010

We had a fun first weekend at the Stampede!  Here are the highlights:

Meeting Keith Urban was the BEST!

Country up and comer David Nail

Fruit on a stick...YUM!

My cuz Erik on our stage during Guys & Gals With Guitars

I found Craig Morgan (or at least his semi trailer)

Steve Havens and Mad Cow Posse tore it up Saturday night after the Keith Urban show 

More excitement and events to come-stay tuned!

Stampede time!

The 88th annual Greeley Stampede gets underway TODAY! (www.greeleystampede.org) Our radio station (http://www.bigcountry979.com/) will be there for the next 11 days for all the fun, carnival, rodeos, concerts and food on a stick you can imagine!  If you are in northern Colorado between today and July 4th, make sure to stop by Island Grove park and see us!

Yesterday we set up our mobile Stampede Studios-another beautiful 5th wheel from Loveland RV Service (www.lovelandrvservice.com)  Honestly, this RV is way to good for us! Here are some photos of our home away from home:

Summer 2010 continues...

Our much anticipated Blues concert came to fruition last night-107.9 The Bear presents Kenny Wayne Sheperd with special guests, The Blues Dogs. 

We  filled the Thunder Mountain Amphitheater in Loveland, Colorado with a crowd of 3000 of our closest friends.  A gorgeous night with the Rockies as our backdrop and an amazing sunset just for good measure!  The Blues Dogs, who just the week before kicked off the Greeley Blues Jam, (www.greeleybluesjam.com) got the crowd going and then Kenny Wayne Shepard and band kept it going for nearly two hours.  Fantastic show!

The Blues Dogs

Big crowd!

Kenny Wayne Sheperd (on guitar)

Noah Hunt (vocals)

a quick photo op after the show with Kenny