Where is that?

When I checked my schedule for February, I noticed a 2 day training in Brownsville, TX. I had never heard of it before. A quick google search explained that it is pretty much on the Mexican border.

Yep... I'll be traveling to the southernmost city in Texas (according to Wikipedia) tomorrow. It's five miles from the border, so I'm going to make the quick journey over to Matamoros, Mexico. I'm not really sure what I'm going to do over there, but it's a city of 400,000 people, so I'm sure I'll find something to get into.

The good thing is that my training session is only on Tuesday & Wednesday (as opposed to the usual Monday-Friday). The logisitics of getting a flight out on Wednesday are impossible, so I'll have some time on Monday & Wednesday evening to explore. It's going to be 80 degrees pretty much while I am there, so that is definitely exciting.

I'll try to take some photos for you, my fabulous readers. If there's anything interesting, I'll try to do a video clip, but I'm not making any promises!

Stay tuned!!!

Lifestyles of the rich & the famous

I've become addicted to a website I stumbled on recently. If you enjoy looking at things that are probably waaaay out of the price range of any WofC reader that I know, but still enjoy taking a peek, check it out.

They usually have quite a few posts each day and always have an estate of the day. Sometimes, they are tacky as heck. I guess it just proves that money cant buy taste.

If you enjoy the website like I do, let me know!

Achy-Breaky Heart

Last night, we went a Predators game. They got beat in OT :( On the brightside though, they did earn a point and that is very important since the playoff race is so tight.

Enough of that though.

During the second intermission, Hal & I went downstairs to get tickets for a game we want to see (Detroit) but his company tix are already spoken for.

Anywho, on the way back upstairs, we heard these crazy, ear-piercing shrieks. I then noticed a bunch of security type guys around a man with familiar long hair and a trail of tween girls running after him screaming like something crazy.

It was Billy Ray Cyrus... currently best known as Hannah Montana's dad. No sight of her though. I cant even begin to imagine how much those little girls would've just lost their mind had they spotted her. It would surely be chaos.

I just think it is funny that those little girls probably dont have a clue that Billy Ray was a somewhat one hit wonder in his own right.

Bless her heart.

Despite her singing ability (or lack thereof), at least Roseanne Barr knew the words.

Watch this clip to the very end... I actually feel sorry for the girl.

Like it, Love it... want some more of it

I'm happy to report that the Predators won against the Edmonton Oilers last night. It was a pretty nerve wracking game. They looked good in the beginning, but all of a sudden, the Oilers scored 3 goals in less than 3 minutes.

After being tied at 4 all for most of the final period, we scored with less than two minutes remaining. Phew!

Oh... and I forgot to mention this last week... the game on Valentines Day... the national anthem was sung by Melinda Doolittle. She did a fantastic job!

Gotta love a holiday weekend

I was so thrilled to have a long weekend due to Presidents Day!!! It wasnt terribly productive, but it was relaxing.

Friday night, several of us went on a fun excursion. Someone planned a Gay Dive Bar tour of 3 bars I had never been to. I'll just say that I'm not really the target demographic for any of these places, but it was nice to cross over the other side of the tracks for a night (coincidentally, one place was called Trax). It was also refreshing not really having to worry about getting too " cutesy/trendied" up. The downside was that these places are 21&up only (meaning they allow smoking). I had to go straight home and shower before bed. Every fiber of clothing I had on (underclothes included) was dreadful. I'd totally be up for it again sometime (after my lungs have had a chance to recover).

I really dont have anything else to share about the weekend. We didnt really do anything--unless you count a really intense Saturday cleaning session...and who doesnt enjoy cleaning house, right? It would be dreamy to have a maid.

I did catch up on some shows I had recorded. I watched a VH1 Crossroads show with Robert Plant and Allison Krauss. (Sorry, Nathan, no sighting of the 11 staff). I really love Allison Krauss but confess that Robert Plant is not really my thing.

I also watched an hour long CMT studio concert with LeeAnn Womack. I really like her & wish she was more popular.

Finally, I watched a show that Amy Winehouse recorded in London (I think) a while back. This is before she sought the most recent round of drug/alcohol treatment. I really think she has a special voice, but girlfriend is a bit out in orbit. If you are a fan & get the MHD (Music High Def, I think) channel, check it out.

I hope you all had a good weekend as well!

I'm currently excited about going to a hockey game tonight, hopefully I'll have some good news to report about that!

Cupid Smupid

Well... as we did last year... Hal & I went to the Valentines Day hockey game. A last minute thing led to us having all 4 of Hal's company tix... so we were able to take our friends Casey & Shane.

Unfortunately, the game freaking sucked. We lost to a seemingly inferior team (Chicago Blackhawks) in the league by 5 goals... ouch!!! Better luck next time. At any rate, we had a blast.

I hope you all had a great Valentine's Day though. If you're into gifts with your significant other, (which I'm not), I hope you got what you wanted!

A side note... I randomnly ran into the sister of my best friends growing up in East TN at the hockey game... We lived about 2 miles apart for many years back in the day, but it's always nice to run into a familar face from home.

Better Luck to the Preds on Saturday!!!