That's what happens if you lose your cell phone charger and the battery finally dies. I thought I was really going to miss the ring tones, message alerts, and text requests from my sons about what's for dinner, when will I be home, and can I have some money to go here and there.
I'll probably panic if my car breaks down, I have a flat, or it gets stolen. I mean have you even seen a pay phone these days? But that wouldn't help either since I never have change thanks to my trusty debit card that even McDonald's will take when I get a $1 sausage biscuit.
But then I think...my mother hasn't called me in four days...ah the silence. No worries, I mean she is alive, she has email and I have thus been contacted with jokes and chain mails.
I also bought a cell phone charger that works in the car today, but don't tell anyone, especially my family. I'm going to enjoy the silence a bit longer.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Weekend Getaway
Back at Christmas I had mentioned to the boys we should get away on MLK weekend since they would be out of school. I thought we'd head to North Carolina and visit my dad who now lives in Cary near Raleigh-Durham. Well work forced me to cancel my Monday day off plans, and then last Thursday they changed gears again and decided I could be off. Then it snowed here Saturday so I thought we'd be content to hang out in Georgia, but on Sunday after church was canceled we decided to head for Maggie Valley in North Carolina and take in some fun with snow. It was VERY cold Sunday night when the boys were tubing, but Monday was beautiful as Matt and I watched Andrew snowboard for the first time ever at Cataloochee Ski Area. We had a blast. It was only a three hour drive and we even found a cheap hotel and a great place to eat - Peter's Pancakes & Waffles.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
After The Show...
Well, it's been a couple of weeks since we became Rock Stars and I became the latest American Idol. Tonight the search for the next American Idol (on Fox) begins but I'm confident none will be as good as me. I mean I now have platinum on all 40 songs I have recorded...the only other thing I can with this game now is make them all Diamond Records by achieving a perfect score on each one. I already have 5 Diamond Albums so probably by the next post I will have completely finished. Ha!
Anyway, we've also mastered the Rock Band and I've even found myself in a "Bass Groove" while strumming along. Andrew blew us away with a 706 note streak - yes he hit 706 notes in a row on the drums. It was amazing and he was sweating like a, well like a drummer.
I went to the Game Stop tonight looking for some more games with songs I can sing but they didn't have anything new...sigh...guess I'll have to watch TV.
Anyway, we've also mastered the Rock Band and I've even found myself in a "Bass Groove" while strumming along. Andrew blew us away with a 706 note streak - yes he hit 706 notes in a row on the drums. It was amazing and he was sweating like a, well like a drummer.
I went to the Game Stop tonight looking for some more games with songs I can sing but they didn't have anything new...sigh...guess I'll have to watch TV.
Friday, January 4, 2008
We Are Rock Stars!
Yes, Matt, Andrew and I are ROCK STARS! In fact, we are great at being Bon Jovi, Boston, or even The Ramones. Now when someone tells me I sound like Garbage, I'll take it as a compliment since I have the high score on their song I Think I'm Paranoid.
Here's how it started...for Christmas the boys surprised me with a store bought gift (yes, this is the first time they have ever given me something they bought with their own money). They got me SingStar 80's. It's a game for the PlayStation where you sing into a microphone and it scores you on whether or not you sing it properly. Well, they made the mistake of getting the 80's version, because they knew I'd like it, and they were right. Of course I totally KILLED them on the score, because I knew all the songs. Then I was hooked. I started looking for cheat codes online because I wanted to unlock more songs to sing. Yes, I said it, out loud, in my blog, and to my children...I am a cheater, and I need the codes. Sadly, SingStar has no cheat codes to unlock more songs.
Anyway, while online I found another game, Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol. OMG!! I always wanted to be on that show, and of course based on my shower singing I am qualified. So I spent the $20 for the game because this one lets you go from the audition room, to Hollywood, and you get feedback from the judges, and yes it's really Simon and if you don't sing well he will tell you. Anyway, I was up until midnight last night but I finally won and I am your 2008 American Idol now. Thanks in part to the Captain and Tennille who proved that while Love Can Keep Us Together, it can also make me an American Idol. I was rewarded with trophies, and I unlocked more songs, videos, and characters. I am good, in fact I have 23 platinum records now. I really think I might need to go to Hollywood. I've also cured my need to cheat...I'm so good on this game stuff unlocks based on my score, no need to enter codes.
The boys had also been talking about the game called Rock Band. So once again we used money given to us for Christmas (courtesy of my brother) to get this game. This one has a guitar, a drum set and a microphone. So we've got Andrew on the wireless guitar, Matt banging the drums, and I am belting lyrics. We've started our World Tour, right from our living room. And we are good. You should hear the crowd, sure they're animated, but they LOVE us!
These games are so much fun, I recommend them to everyone. Even if you can't sing, you'll love them, because you can just hum and get the points, you don't even have to sing the right words, just sing something close and you're credited. It's a total ego booster. OK, I've got to get back to the living room, I mean studio, we are about to perform another song. If you'd like to book us for an event, call our agent.
Here's how it started...for Christmas the boys surprised me with a store bought gift (yes, this is the first time they have ever given me something they bought with their own money). They got me SingStar 80's. It's a game for the PlayStation where you sing into a microphone and it scores you on whether or not you sing it properly. Well, they made the mistake of getting the 80's version, because they knew I'd like it, and they were right. Of course I totally KILLED them on the score, because I knew all the songs. Then I was hooked. I started looking for cheat codes online because I wanted to unlock more songs to sing. Yes, I said it, out loud, in my blog, and to my children...I am a cheater, and I need the codes. Sadly, SingStar has no cheat codes to unlock more songs.
Anyway, while online I found another game, Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol. OMG!! I always wanted to be on that show, and of course based on my shower singing I am qualified. So I spent the $20 for the game because this one lets you go from the audition room, to Hollywood, and you get feedback from the judges, and yes it's really Simon and if you don't sing well he will tell you. Anyway, I was up until midnight last night but I finally won and I am your 2008 American Idol now. Thanks in part to the Captain and Tennille who proved that while Love Can Keep Us Together, it can also make me an American Idol. I was rewarded with trophies, and I unlocked more songs, videos, and characters. I am good, in fact I have 23 platinum records now. I really think I might need to go to Hollywood. I've also cured my need to cheat...I'm so good on this game stuff unlocks based on my score, no need to enter codes.
The boys had also been talking about the game called Rock Band. So once again we used money given to us for Christmas (courtesy of my brother) to get this game. This one has a guitar, a drum set and a microphone. So we've got Andrew on the wireless guitar, Matt banging the drums, and I am belting lyrics. We've started our World Tour, right from our living room. And we are good. You should hear the crowd, sure they're animated, but they LOVE us!
These games are so much fun, I recommend them to everyone. Even if you can't sing, you'll love them, because you can just hum and get the points, you don't even have to sing the right words, just sing something close and you're credited. It's a total ego booster. OK, I've got to get back to the living room, I mean studio, we are about to perform another song. If you'd like to book us for an event, call our agent.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Happy New Year!
Well it's a new year but I sadly have nothing new to report. Well, unless you count the coolest reaction by a child for a Christmas present. See, Andrew really wanted a bike, and after spotting the one he REALLY wanted at Wal-Mart just a few days before Christmas, I told him we'd wait and see if it would be on sale after Christmas. He said that was fine. As we walked away, he reminded me he didn't really HAVE to have a bike, he was riding Matt's old one now. The further we got from the bike and the more he thought on it, he also reminded me that while he didn't need a new bike the one he had was hard to pedal because the tires were always going flat and one of the brakes didn't work anymore. I said I knew but we'd still wait. Later that evening he went to spend the night with a friend and Matt was more excited than me about returning to the store to get the bike and hide it and make it a surprise for Andrew. So Matt went it got it himself, hid it in the basement (because no one ever goes in the dark scary basement to snoop), and then brought it up Christmas Eve and put it in the mudroom off of the kitchen.
Christmas morning when all other presents were opened I asked Andrew to get me something to drink (knowing this would force him to the room where the bike would be seen). As he went to get my drink (what a good kid for doing that) Matt, my mom and I sat silent waiting to hear his reaction. His reaction was completely unexpected...while I was expecting wails of excitement what he did instead was come running back into the living, jumping probably 5 feet in the air into my arms as I sat on the sofa. Then he burst into tears while giving me the biggest bear hug of his life. It's the stuff dreams are made of, it's the reaction every parent wants when they give their child a gift. Even Matt and my Mom were misty when they saw his pure and innocent gratitude for the gift he didn't know he was getting.
I told him how Matt had worked to get his gift and he gave Matt the same big bear hug and has told us both countless times, "Thank You!". It was definitely a Christmas to remember, and though the surprise was for Andrew, Matt also learned how much fun it is to give rather than receive.
Christmas morning when all other presents were opened I asked Andrew to get me something to drink (knowing this would force him to the room where the bike would be seen). As he went to get my drink (what a good kid for doing that) Matt, my mom and I sat silent waiting to hear his reaction. His reaction was completely unexpected...while I was expecting wails of excitement what he did instead was come running back into the living, jumping probably 5 feet in the air into my arms as I sat on the sofa. Then he burst into tears while giving me the biggest bear hug of his life. It's the stuff dreams are made of, it's the reaction every parent wants when they give their child a gift. Even Matt and my Mom were misty when they saw his pure and innocent gratitude for the gift he didn't know he was getting.
I told him how Matt had worked to get his gift and he gave Matt the same big bear hug and has told us both countless times, "Thank You!". It was definitely a Christmas to remember, and though the surprise was for Andrew, Matt also learned how much fun it is to give rather than receive.
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