My birthday and Christmas are both very far away...but I already know what I want. A breadmaker. Yes, being at home has domesticated me that much.

Anyway, I am off to make dinner. Cajun chicken with rice.

Working tomorrow. Union gig at 8am. Don't they know stagehands aren't awake at 8am? Oh well, work is slow, so I'll take what I can get, even if it does mean having to be up way too early in the AM.

Hello all! I am home sick from work today, stupid hubby gave me his cold. But, this gives me the opportunity to upload some pics. THese are from Leu Gardens last week when hubby's mom visited. We also went to Buca di Beppo, saw a Jerry Springer-style cat fight at Tijuana Flats, and went to the Downtown Farmer's Market at Lake Eola (but alas, no pics from any of that).

I am often asked if I miss tour. And I do, at times. I miss the travel. I've seen and done so many amazing things that I probably never would have done if it weren't for tour (hangliding, surfing lessons, climbing pyramids, and seeing just about every state in the US). I also miss (some of) the people. I have great friends from all over the world thanks to tour.

But do I regret leaving? Hell no. I love coming home to my condo. I love taking my dogs to the dog park. Orlando is certainly not my favorite place, but it has its good points. The local music scene, the Enzian, great food, great festivals. I love being able to spend holidays with my family, and not stuck in a hotel somewhere. I love spending my day off as an actual day off, and not stuck traveling to the next city that I will be too busy to really see.

But you know what I miss the most about tour? Clean towels and sheets. You really don't know how much you miss hotel life until you have to do your own laundry.

I've got pics to post, but right now I'm on my ibook, and the pics are on Nate's computer, so I'll get to them tomorrow. Thats all for now.

This morning was both the Boston Terrier Group meetup (9am) and the Pug Group meetup (10am). The dogs had a great time. They didn't seem to happy to be woken up before their usual time, but once we got to the park, they suddenly were energetic. Given that I had to work today, we didn't stay for much of the pug group, we did manage to get lots of cute Boston Terrier pics though!

Hello All!

I have pictures!
First, a dose of cuteness.


We went to the Daytona 500 Experience on Wednesday (thanks to Paula for the tickets!). It was fun. Besides a museum about the history of racing & NASCAR, there was a motion simulator ride and a tour of the track. Here are some of the pics.








Nate even got picked for the Pit Crew Challenge. He did really good, though I do think he was frustrated having to wait for his partner, he probably could have changed that tire faster on his own. Still, less than 20 seconds is really good.


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Not much else happening here. Orlando has been taken over with Magic fever. Too bad we lost tonight, I caught the last quarter and it was a great game.

Saturday night, hubby & I will be at the Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine concert at the Plaza Theatre.



Off to bed, working in the morning.

We've been really busy lately. Between Jersey Boys and the Convention Center, I think we've worked more with the local the past two weeks than we had the past two months. Not much else, we finally had a day off today, so we caught up with grocery shopping and I (finally) got a new cell phone (the old one wouldn't hold a charge, it had been slowly dying for the last month or so). Same old number.

We celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary a few days ago. Didn't do anything special, but next month we are going to a concert (RICHARD CHEESE!) as a late celebration.

Also, we did go see Star Trek. It was good. I am not a Trekkie, but I did see alot of the show as a kid. There were things that bugged me, but overall a good film. Certainly better than many of the other Star Trak movies.

That's all for now folks!

Cute Pics time! Nani had a bath today. Here are some pics.




Yesterday we went to the Family Reunion at my Aunt Betty's (its an annual thing). THere was a scavenger hunt, good food, and a chance to catch up with folks. Only bad part was the heat and the 2+ hour drive to get there (Zolfo Springs is in the middle of nowhere). Anyway, here are some pics.




We celebrated Uncle Joe's Birthday.(he's actually my Grandfather's uncle, so I guess he's my great grand uncle?)


Hubby spent much of the time checking out the antique tool collection. He took lots of photos of them, they all look pretty much like this:


THats all for now. We'll be busy the next few days with Jersey Boys load in.