For our 11th wedding anniversary, we went to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner – The Melting Pot. It was amazingly good and we were stuffed! Someone went a bit chocolate crazy at the end…
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Video: She said she wasn’t taping but I knew out she was. I thought she’d deleted it but of course she didn’t.
and ps Jeff, I love you more today than I did when I said I do 11 years ago or even when we started dating 13 years ago. Thank you for a wonderful life, for always believing in me and supporting me. I have no idea how I got this lucky!
I have so much to post … Easter photos, Final Four photos, Soccer photos, Bday photos and random ones too… and about our oldest dog Molly passing away. Life, work, friends and parties have delayed my posting time.
Before I forget it, the lovely fantastic One Shining Moment for UNC’s title run! Hayley and I sat at the Sky Bar after the crowd ran out and we teared up watching it on the big screen… then we headed on downtown to celebrate.
Bea Arthur died today and I wanted to post some videos to remember the fabulous broad that she was. Sad to see you go Maude, Dorothy, Vera Charles and all the other other feisty gals she had inside her.
I’ve written in this very space of my love for Leslie Hall and her world of Gem Sweaters. Leslie is simply hysterical – the combination of great song topics and a midwestern white girl rapping in gold pants rocks. Hayley loves the Leslie & the Lys CDs and asks me play it in the car all the time. I love her website and her music because she’s original, funny and infectious.
I hadn’t checked the band’s website for their tour schedule but I found out one day last week on facebook & twitter that not only were they back on tour but over in Chapel Hill that very night! Leslie, her gold pants, gem sweaters and the Lys had arrived all the way from Iowa and we would not miss that chance. The Midwest Diva had knowledge for the Junior Gems!
She was playing at a legendary club, the Cats Cradle, that I grew up going to as well. I called them and they said it was cool to have kids there and Leslie, while appealing to adults more than kids normally, is pretty G/PG stuff (booty is the worst word I heard) and after all, they did invite her to dance on Yo’ Gabba Gabba twice last year. I informed Hayley about what I’d found out and she proceeded to jump around and scream like a crazy person, so I knew she wanted to go too.
The show was fantastic – not too packed or rowdy. We sang and danced, it was GLAMOROUS – shazzam! Hayley was the only kid there so she was feeling very cool. And then, things got even cooler when Leslie brought her up on stage! Hayley was thrilled – wasn’t even worried about going on stage at a concert. We even stayed after the show to meet Leslie and the Lys.
Needless to say, we haven’t stopped listening to the CD since the show. I’m so excited my kiddo gets this stuff – she can have her Hannah Montana, etc but I’m content to fill the rest of her noggin with offbeat original stuff.
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Jeff’s folks were selected to be on the stands right behind Barack Obama at a rally in Roanoke, VA on Oct. 17th. I collected some photos and videos of them.
Sharen is in light blue with a blue hat, John is in maroon shirt with a maroon hat.
Posted by Michelle on Sep 30, 2008 in Humor, Michelle
I love Leslie Hall and her Gem Sweaters. If you don’t know the story, she collects and models horrible bedazzled sweaters. She also has a website that will crack you up – plus it highlights her band Leslie and the Lys that sings about sweaters and other important midwest diva issues.
Her CD made me snort with laughter. I didn’t know she had a video online for the band’s song about Gem Sweaters:
Annabelle loves Jeff. He picked her out for us and we think she has a special bond with him. She snuggles with me, she’ll play with Hayley but she preens for Jeff – we call him her boyfriend.
Posted by Michelle on Sep 6, 2007 in Hayley, Humor
Short clip of Hayley swimming this summer in a freestyle relay. She is the youngest of the 9-10s, swimming against bigger 10 year olds in a main event (not a heat). She usually starts sorta slow because she just got diving down but watch her closing speed!
Most of Hayley’s High School Musical drama and dance camp performance from late this summer. They performed a variety of songs and skits from the movie.
Four-minute video of two-thirds of Hayley’s first horse show. She finished second overall and had a lot of fun!
They went in groups of two and the other child is the owner’s daughter. They said they didn’t have to wear the full outfit with jackets so we took them up on that!
I hadn’t checked the band’s website for their tour schedule but I found out one day last week on facebook & twitter that not only were they back on tour but over in Chapel Hill that very night! Leslie, her gold pants, gem sweaters and the Lys had arrived all the way from Iowa and we would not miss that chance. The Midwest Diva had knowledge for the Junior Gems!
