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Make new friends and Keep the Old..

Matt and I have known each other for a hundred and fifty years, really just twenty one.. twenty one... wow.  We were trapped in a mini van on a bus and truck tour doing four shows for almost a year together so even though we don't see each other often, we know each other pretty well.. LOL. Shawn and I got married two days before Matt and Mariska did, in Las Vegas. We were on the way to their wedding in Los Angeles. The other day I asked her, did we get married in 03 or 04...how time flies..11 years later there are four additional rug rats between us.  Matt and Mariska and girls came this week to visit friends who had moved to Chattanooga and us! It was a great two days of fun. We are hoping they will eventually move to this side of the U.S.!  Until next time! First, a few throwback pics..  I'm not sure what's happening here.. but I think this is that famous night in Georgia when Teresa (picutred above, threw out my rum..) hahaha.  A little windy tour on...

Johnny Carson and the Basilica of the Assumption: Ramblings from a weepy middle aged mom.

I was up late the other night working and saw a Johnny Carson documentary on Netflix and decided to watch it. It was really good. All the great comedians were on talking about Carson and what a difference he made in their lives. Drew Carey cried, Ellen got a little weepy too, talking about how Johnny called her over to the couch after her stand up. Remember how he did that at the end if you were really good.. Joan Rivers talked about how cut throat and intense he was. It was just a really good documentary, and halfway through I started to cry a little, and then by the end a little harder..I went upstairs, got in bed and said to Shawn "I watched a Johnny Carson documentary and I'm upset." "Why" he says "because he was got married twelve times, because he was an alcoholic or because he's dead." "I'm not sure, I say.." then break into the ugly cry. Sob is more like it. I don't know why I was crying. Was it from nostalgia? Was it bec...

I say Tomato, you say Tomato

I heard we had 30,000 people at the Tomato Arts Festival this year, and I believe it. Love our community! This is the giant ice cream sundae Pied Piper Creamery makes with the kids every year! Yay! And a shout out to Fairytales Bookstore! i took a little video that day and a few photos and wanted to share them with you guys.