Wowsers!!

Wow…

That’s the only word I can think of to describe these past few weeks.

First was my birthday dinner at Oscars…mmmm. I was able to get a $75 gift card that was supposed to cost $30 for $6!! The only catch was you had to spend $150…between 5 people at Oscar’s that’s not that hard. At the end we each picked out our own dessert just to make sure we had spent enough!!!

     The Tuesday after my birthday I treated myself to seeing my most favoritest band in the whole wide world, Emery, play at the Music Farm!! I love them!! Most of the members are actually from Charleston or Rock Hill, SC. They don’t exactly label themselves a “Christian” band but that’s pretty much what they are with a heavier sound. They moved to Seattle some time ago for the better music scene and have being doing awesome every since… Anytime they come to town I try to catch them. The last time I saw them was in Myrtle Beach at the house of blues with Underoath. My opinion- they were better than the headliners!!

So yes, I took my pregnant behind to the music show for a rock concert! I made sure to stay away from any possible mosh pits but because it was on a Tue night I had no trouble being plenty close enough while staying well out of harms way. I LOVED IT!!! I think the baby did too, lol!!

Next up, I had tickets to see PRINCE!!!! This was another birthday present to myself! I was able to get $50 tickets before they sold out and even though they were nose bleeds I figured when would I ever get to see Prince again? As it is I missed Michael Jackson : (

3/30/11

A friend of mine called me a few hours before the concert to tell me she didn’t realize me and my brother were going but that she was now going as well because someone at work gave her floor seats for free!!! These bad boys were $200 tickets!! Unfortunately she had already asked our other friends to go sit on the floor with her  : ( I was a little bummed at first but was just glad we were going! About halfway through the concert my girlfriend appeared out of nowhere, giving me her ticket and told me go down to the floor to see Prince!!!! I was ESTATIC!!!! I think we were literally 10 feet from him!! I stayed down there for awhile with our other friends then went back up so my brother could go down to the floor also…it was only fair!! So we were all able to see him from two different views, which was awesome!!! I loved seeing him up close but it was also great to get to see the bigger picture!! Let me tell you....even after all these years that man still HAS IT!!! Me and my girlfriend left shortly after that since we were both tried and had had our fill…From what I heard he played until 11:30!!! Since I had to be up at 5:15am I’m glad we left early!!

Of course I couldn’t stop there…I also ended up going to the Rockfest put on by our local radio station 98 rock. This was totally unplanned but my husband was out of town that weekend and I figured why not!! It started during the day and there were a ton of people there. Thankfully the group I went with had set up on the side of all the chaos and had a blanket with plenty of room for me to sit my pregnant behind down when I needed to rest.

The line up included Stone Sour, Theory of a Deadman, Halestorm, Memphis-based Christian rock band Skillet, Art of Dying, and local rock band Madam Adam. Everyone stayed outside the gates tailgating for awhile (and I was running late) so I missed Madam Adam and Halestorm although I could still hear them even outside the gates. I’ve seen Theory and Stone Sour before. They were all good but I will say I was most impressed with Skillet. They use more string instruments in most of their songs so they had some awesome musicians playing the violin on stage with them. It was amazing and at one point the stage lifted just  the string players up. They truly put on a great show!!

 4/3/11

 Pictures from 98 Rock

            I even made time to take Taylor and her friend to the Flowertown festival. I go every year and I LOVE seeing all the azaleas in bloom. The place was packed!! We walked around for a few hours but Taylor wasn’t really feeling well so we didn’t stay too long.

OHHH also that weekend I bought a new car!!! I’ve been busy girl ;-)

I got a 2009 Kia Spectra!!! I was WAY overdue for something new and this fits me perfect!!

4/2/11

            This past weekend I had maternity/Easter pics with Jason and Taylor. Beforehand I took Taylor with me to go get her makeup done. We had so much fun! She’s only 11yrs old so she doesn’t normally wear any make up (she’s way too young for all that) but I figured it would be a fun girly thing for us to do together! I haven’t seen the pictures yet but I took a few at home of me and her and she looked BEAUTIFUL!!! I’m gonna be in BIG trouble in just a few year, yikes!!!

 4/17/11- Isn't she GORGEOUS!!!

27/28 Weeks

 This weekend is mine and Jason’s anniversary AND Easter weekend. I can’t believe we have been together for two years already!!! We are going on of town this weekend but I’ll blog all about that later.

            My little miss is doing well and makes herself known on a daily basis!! She seems to be awake during the day A LOT!! I’m hoping that’s a trend that will continue once she’s out in the real world! I enjoy getting to feel her ALL the time and recently both my mom and grandmother got to feel her for the first time.

            We are still kicking around a few names…I have it narrowed down to two but I still need some time to think about it… 3 more months and I’ll have to decide one way or another!!