Yee Haw!

Well, despite overwhelming nerves earlier, I survived my first fiddle contest experience...and...I won. Woohoo!

I got a nice cash prize and a certificate for a very expensive cowboy hat. Sweet.

It was a tie for first place btw me and this guy - and we had to have a showdown...and despite playing the violin for 30 years, I couldn't think of anything to play, so I played one of my songs again..Whatever...I won. Woohoo!

Then, they made me go out on the stage in the square in the middle of everything and play a song and be acknowledged...etc...

And while prior to winning, I realized that I had in fact enjoyed myself and the experience, and had not died over it...I have to say it was pretty awesome to win :)

Yippee!

Hmm

Ho-hum.

Nothing much going on.

Fiddle contest this Saturday.

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Other than that, things are pretty quiet...if by quiet, you mean children in constant state of whine and GM having various issues...

Yes. Quiet.

Book club tomorrow night. I'm making pumpkin whoopie pies with chocolate filling. Yum. Yum. Yum.  (at least in theory)

Road Trip!

What a day.

First, we dropped the girls off at the grandparents - we all had lunch together - and then Steve, Mama T., and I headed off for our great adventure.

We headed to Durant, OK to go to the homecoming game at SOSU (Southeastern OK State Univ) - where Steve got his bachelor's.  It was a fun trip.  We ended up standing in the end zone (b/c that's where the shade was).

Post game, we took a short tour of campus, and then got back on the road. Dinner at Cracker Barrel. Then home.

To give you perspective, it was about 2 hrs to get there, and 2 hrs to get home. So it was REALLY a road trip.

But it was a beautiful day, and we saw the most amazing sunset tonight. I suppose it helped that we were driving West at sundown, but seriously, super awesome TX sunset.

Unfortunately, my cowboy boots gave me blisters (not sure why - haven't had the problem before), so it will be flip flops tomorrow!

One week until the fiddle contest. AAAAAHHHHH.

I played my fiddle tunes for Rema on Friday, and even tho' I've known her for 10+ years, I was still nervous....oy... W's all set to go though - she's got her cute western outfit, her yee-haw, her smile-while-she-plays....I'm just hoping to survive my experience :)  Seriously. Feel free to pray for me that I make it through my pieces :)

Smores Cupcakes

I'm making these cupcakes for book club tonight. They won't be as pretty (we all know my lack of decorative skills in the baking department) - but they are delicious! (not that I've been sampling...)

So you can look at the picture on the link and pretend that mine look that good :)

The Article

Here is the article about my dad and the Speak & Spell. I'm pleased to say that I sound only slightly moronic in it. But hey, anything for dad. Proud of you! (if you scroll through the pictures at the top, there's one of the girls)

Date Night!

Never before have Steve and I been in a room where we were among the shortest people (particularly him).

Last night, we had a date that did not involve wal-mart.

These two items are related.

We went to ATG's Fashion for a Passion event, and it was fun.  We got gussied up, had food, drink, saw art, heard music, and watched a fashion show. It was pretty cool.

I do not recommend however, if one has not worn high heels in say, months, to decide to break the habit by wearing them to a standing only event where one stands for 3 hours.

If we go next year, we're springing for the VIP seats so we can sit :) I was SO sore last night, and felt like such an old lady (albeit a fabulous looking old lady) at the end of the evening...

Here's the picture taken of us at the event - got it off of facebook - let's assume there is some copyright issue since we did not take it...b/c i know you wanted to use this picture for profiteering means :)