Rostropovich II at the "Blessing of the Animals"

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We took Rostropovich II to be blessed at the "Blessing of the Animals" this afternoon at Church. While we were there I was able to meet Loni's "Mocha" kitty.

Here is a picture of "Rostro" at the "Blessing."



After he was blessed "Rostro" managed to leave his mark on the church lawn. The youngest said that "he was blessed and therefore he "pooped" out his sins."

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Great Weekend!!!

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I had a wonderful weekend.

Yesterday I walked in the Memory Walk for Alzheimer's. It was fun walking with a couple of TOPS pals that I do not have a lot of time to talk to at the meetings. Our team raised over $1,000.00.

After the walk I met up with the boys and we went to lunch, and then came back to the house so they could work on a comic contest and play video games. The oldest left when it was time for the youngest to leave for a party and for me to go have dinner and a birthday celebration with my best friend.

The birthday celebration included dinner at Joe's Italian Bistro, a trip to the big 1/2 Price bookstore in Dallas, and then back to the house to eat brownies.

Today the youngest and I picked up the oldest and his girlfriend and then went to the Cottonwood Arts Festival in Richardson, TX. There were so many booths full of fabulous art work, along with some great music. We hardly ever eat the food at any of these events so I cannot report on any of the food offered.

The only thing I did not enjoy about the festival was the dogs. It seems every time I turned around there was a dog relieving itself. I do not know how those artists can stand the stress of wondering if the next lifting of a leg will hit their art piece or not.

We left Cottonwood with 7 pieces of art, a lot of conversation about some of the fantastic artists we met, and hungry. Lunch was full of laughs. We hit Sprouts for some yogurt and then came home to rest before going to the "Blessing of the Animals" at church. After the "Blessing" we went to 1/2 Price books and then I took the oldest and his girlfriend back to campus.

I'm exhausted but happy.

Here is a list of some of the artists we bought from today:

www.jaylong.com
This is the print we purchased:


www.wintersgallery.com

Todd's work is fabulous. I did not see the pieces we bought on the site, but I love them. Not only that but Todd was very open with my youngest about his techniques and giving him hints on things he could do to enhance the pieces he does in art class. He also autographed and left a special message to my oldest on the piece that my oldest chose as his own.

www.thepnutgallery.com

We bought a turtle painting from him, but it is not on the website.

www.southwestartisan.com

This is the print I purchased from Wesley Holderby, but it was not my first choice. I like this piece but he had another one I fell in love with, but the boys really disliked it, so I bowed to their tastes.




The oldest bought this piece.

www.thought-full-art.com




We also bought three cd's of Bob Culbertson playing the "Chapman Stick."
www.stickmusic.com
Great stuff!!

Great Weekend!!!


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Memory Walk

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I am joining my TOPS Team in the October 4, 2008 Memory Walk for Alzheimer's. Both of my parents had Alzheimer's. Whereas Alzheimer's was not listed on their death certificate as their cause of death, I lost both of my parents to Alzheimer's.

My dad suffered for 10 years with Alzheimer's. He once told my brother it was like a curtain was coming down over his brain and the worse part was knowing that the curtain would finally close. I hated the days he did not know me. We were always so close. I missed him long before he died.

My mom did not suffer the consequences as long as my dad did, but nevertheless, she suffered, as we all did every time she did not know us. I am glad that she knew me on the day she died.

I am not good about asking people for money, but I will place the link to my Alzheimer's donation page. I made my goal $100.00 because I did not believe anyone would sponsor me. I have now reached that goal, but I would love to be able to raise more for this worthy cause.

https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=274342&lis=1&kntae274342=1F48179289364E0F93746791F37FD010&supId=232417588

God Bless everyone out there suffering from the results of Alzheimer's, patients and caregivers alike.

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Anything's Possible?

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Am I the only person that thinks "Anything's Possible" is a bad slogan for Depends Adult Diapers?

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"Burn After Reading"

The boys and I went to see "Burn After Reading" today. Yes, I know it is rated "R" and I seldom let my youngest see "R" rated movies, but it was the Coen brothers.

It was a great. There really is a lot of deep meaning to this movie, and the boys and I had a terrific discussion about the movie and the events that led up to what happened to each of the characters.

There were some really terrific laughs, but I really would not consider this to be a comedy. There were two really scenes that were violent, and I have probably have seen worse violence on television but this violence came completely out of no where thus making it all the more shocking and sad.

Whereas this may not be my favorite Coen brother's movie, it is up close to the top right now.

Funny Observation

My youngest and I were coming up the highway tonight after helping a friend move and he made a very funny observation. There was a little problem with the “Hooter’s” sign. It read “Hoor’s” My son thought that was pretty funny. And without meaning in any way to disparage the females that work at “Hooter’s,” it is funny.

A Lot of Little Strange

This is a little strange. I am in bed. It is after midnight. My computer is across the room and the wireless keyboard is here in the bed above my pillow.

I am listening to my oldest's radio show. He is a dj on his college radio station. I was not able to stay awake for his show last week. This week my youngest and I set everything up and then napped until it was time for the show. Youngest missed the whole intro thing and went to bed. I woke up and then got into the music and can't go back to sleep.

The name of his show is Euphoria and Insanity. Very eclectic music. He said he might play some of the Dr. Horrible soundtrack tonight. He is currently asking for requests by IM or phone. He is playing bands I have never ever heard of even in my dreams. The dj's before him were playing music from the 80's and it was really something I did not know. The musicians on the song my son is playing now are killing my ears. OWWWW!!!! Maybe I can request that he make it stop.

This is a strange way to blog. The screen is so far away I have no idea if I have typos or not. In fact, the screen is to my left and I am not facing that way at all as it is hard on my neck. Also, I haven't really used this keyboard before and it is a very tight keyboard and my fingers feel as if they are tied together when using it. This is my quilt design computer, so I mainly use the mouse with it.

Thank goodness that painful song is over. He better get to the Dr. Horrible soon.

I hope Raymond is listening. He would be so proud.

It is strange to watch my boys grow and reach accomplishments without Raymond here to talk to about what is going on. I would love to be lying here in bed with Raymond and discussing this music.

He is now playing something from "Suicide Squeeze Records" called "Birds Fly" can't remember what he said the band is called, but I won't be rushing out to find it.

It is strange to realize how very old you are when you listen to this music. I did really enjoy the songs he played by the "Dallas Knights" earlier. He went to their concert last week and really enjoyed it.

Strange doesn't begin to express how I feel about not having any idea where my oldest child is 99.9% of the time now.

Ok, I give up. I am going to check this post, then turn off the computer. I can't take much more of this, he will just have to let me borrow his Dr. Horrible soundtrack cd.

FYI: Here is his playlist from last week, see how many of the artists you recognize.

Time

Album

Artist

Song

00:05:00	Cat in a Cannon	Needfire	Julia Delaney/Congress
00:10:17	Exit	Shugo Tokumaru	parachute
00:14:52	The Tick-Tock Club	Golden Arm Trio	The Tick-Tock Club
00:18:22	Calypsoul70: Caribbean Soul & Calypso Crossover 1969-1979	clarence curvan & his mod sounds	calypsoul
00:29:34	The Glowing City	Sunset	The World is Awaiting
00:29:51	The Rhumb Line	Ra Ra Riot	st. peter's day festival
00:33:51	Sam & Max Season 1, Episode 1: Culture Shock	Jared Emerson-Johnson	Attack the Dog
00:34:08	Sea Lion	the Ruby Suns	Kenya Dig It?
00:38:50	Barrage	Barrage	What's Going On?
00:41:31	You & Me	The Walkmen	Postcards from tiny islands
00:51:10	The Tick-Tock Club	Golden Arm Trio	The End of Speedy Jinx
00:51:27	proVISIONS	Giant Sand	without a word
00:56:45	The Best of the IRS years	R.E.M	It's The End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
01:03:54	Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might be Giants	They Might Be Giants	Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
01:06:14	Calypsoul70: Caribbean Soul & Calypso Crossover 1969-1979	Marius Cultier	Guanavaco
01:10:10	Sea Lion	the Ruby Suns	oh, mojave
01:12:45	Hello Everything	squarepusher	Planetarium
01:14:15	Horse With No Home	Horse Feathers	albina
01:19:36	GAME (Game and Anime Music Emotions)	Piano Squall	Final Fantasy Battle Medley
01:26:40	Exit	Shugo Tokumaru	Future Umbrella
01:34:13	Songs III: Bird on the Water	Marissa Nadler	Diamond Heart
01:38:40	The Tick-Tock Club	Golden Arm Trio	Bulldoze: The Super-Power Dance
01:43:14	Songs III: Bird on the Water	Marissa Nadler	Famous Blue Raincoat
01:46:36	The Best of the IRS years	R.E.M	Radio Free Europe
01:50:58	The Glowing City	Sunset	24 Karat soul

On that list I only knew 5 of the artists, which I guess really puts me in the really old category.

DR. HORRIBLE SONG PLAYING - THE LAUNDRY SONG - THE ONE THAT IS MY RINGTONE. BLESS THAT BOY. I WILL GO TO SLEEP HAPPY NOW!!!!!