Tube: Tim McGraw with Motorcycle

OK, who wants to ride this pony double? (I do, I do!!) Here's Tim with his new $85,000 bike. Looks like something out of a futuristic movie.

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Tube: Tim McGraw in Bandana

Not too much to say about this tube....besides cute, cute, CUTE!!! I believe this picture was taken at a Nashville event which was a charity motorcycle ride organized by Dierks Bentley earlier this year (2008). Though you can't see it in this preview--Tim has what appears to be "Care Bear" band-aids on both of his thumbs. I guess his new $85,000 bike gives him blisters. Ha!

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Tube: Trace Adkins

Years ago I heard stories about women fainting at Trace Adkins concerts when he started to dance. LOL. I have been to a few shows and, although I enjoyed them a lot, I absolutley did not faint (nor did anyone near me)! Over the years, I have had several opportunities to meet him over the years and one of my fondest (or scariest??) memories is when I attended a celebrity golf tournament in San Diego about 7 years ago.


My friends Michelle, Dawn, and I thought it would be fun to wait on a bench on the sidewalk at the end of the 18th hole and greet all the players as they came off the course. Well, what seemed like a great idea almost turned into a tragic incident. Trace was playing the 18th hole and somehow completely missed the hole and headed for me!!! I heard a loud wizzing sound near my right ear and felt a small breeze as the ball nearly hit me in the head. I hit the grass on my belly as fast as I could and when the coast was clear I got up on my knees to look over at Trace. He was quickly turning red and shaking his head in embarrassment. That was a close one! I retrieved the ball and still have it today--signed by an apologetic Trace, of course!

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Tube: Sara Evans

Here's a tube of one of my favorite country music singers, Sara Evans. She always seems so bubbly and optimistic. I met Sara for the first time about 10 years ago at an ACM (Academy of Country Music) press party. She was 9 months pregnant and ready to drop at any minute--yet she took time to sign autographs and take picture with a bunch of folks. That was really nice of her!

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Tube: Kenny Chesney Lucky Son 2

Sand, water, sun....aaaaaahhhh! It's the middle of freakin' winter!!!

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Tube: Kenny Chesney Lucky Son 1

This tube is dedicated to my friend Jeannette in New Jersey. She is just a big, ol' Kenny fan. Anytime I see him, I think of her (I harass her a lot about him, too....LOL...but that's another story.)

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Tube: Kenny Chesney Arsty-Fartsy

I am slowly coming around to Kenny Chesney. He was never one of my favorite singers, but he does have a few songs I find stuck in my head more often than not. He's one of those performers I'd rather hear than actually ever have to really watch moving around on stage. LOL. I can't deny he's one successful artist these days. He's an enigma to me. I think of him as the "down-home-country-fried-carribean-cowboy" guy. I guess it works for him. Anyhoo...I thought this was a cool image to tube. Put it to good use, my friends!

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Tube: John Rich's Bruised Knuckles

I love this guy. He's the "P.Diddy" of Country Music. Seems like he has a hand in just about everyone's records these days....whether it's writing a song for the artist or doing all the production work in the studio. I remember seeing John Rich, back as a new artist, when he was part of "Lonestar" about 14 years ago. I recall him pouring tequila off the stage right into a fan's mouth in the front row. Now he's part of the successful group "Big & Rich" as well as hosts a couple TV shows on CMT.

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Tube: Chucks Wicks

I had some time to make some tubes today, something I don't get as much time for as I used to. Here's my newest collection of country music tubes, starting with Chuck Wicks.

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Some Thanksgiving Photos

Here are a couple photos of my beautiful family when they came up to visit in Big Bear last month for Thanksgiving. It was the first real snow experience for the little ones.

This is Gavin being a dare devil. He had a great time going down the hill!

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Here is my niece Beth with her husband Brandon and their baby Rylee. This was Rylee's very first trip to the mountains and, all in all, she handled it pretty well for a newbie.

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La Seda Christmas Party!

Last week we celebrated the annual La Seda Christmas party. This year it was at Alex's house (what a cute house it was!). It was fun to get away from work and visit with coworkers as friends and not as harried collegues. The taco man had fresh carne asada, pork, and chicken tacos for us--and there was some really tasty salsa (Yum-Yum!)

As with any decent Christmas party, there was a bit of drinking, too. Thanks, Margie, for bringing the tequila! That was fun! Here are a couple photos from the evening.

Just click on the previews to see the full-sized images. After it opens up, click again on the image to see it even larger. :-)

Sleepless Nights & Infomercials

Either I need something for insomnia, or informercials are getting a lot more convincing than they used to be (probably both). For some godforsaken reason, I was still awake at 3:15 AM last night and found myself fascinated by the "Cricut Expressions" craft machine. So fascinated, in fact, that I called and bought the dang thing. What was I thinking???

I am so not a crafty person, yet for some reason, the commerical convinced me that I CAN BE a crafty person. Lol. We'll see. Heck, I have never even scrapbooked a page beyond a little something I did for a coworker who retired about 5 years ago.

I have a feeling I am about to spend a lot of money on something I won't have time for. LOL. Oh well. I can always take it to work and use it in the classroom, I suppose.