A BIG Rant!!!!!

I just got a look at the VIP packages for the tour:

Each 5 Star package includes:
A ticket in the first 8 rows*
5 Star laminate
Exclusive gift bag
Pre-show party (band may or may not show up, if they do you might get a picture with a bunch of people you don't know, of course.)
VIP parking** (I don't drive so whoopeee!)
Crowd free merchandise shopping (Yeah like I'd have any money left after paying for the package, again whoopee!)
5 Star Package Price: 350.00 [Prices are in U.S. dollars]
*Exact seat location available day of show only **Where available You will be required to sign a waiver and release of liability

The 4 star package is $150 and includes a ticket in the first 20 rows and a gift. Woopee!

Whcih basically means suck-ass seats if you go through ticketmaster, period, no chance of getting lucky. I am soooooo done with Def Leppard it's not even funny. They can take their "gift" and VIP parking" and shove them where the sun doesn't shine.

a rant and a rave

First the rant. Tickets for the Cincy show, the only show that I might be able to go to, go on sale on Saturday. No money this week so no tickets. As if that wasn't bad enough, there's going to be a pre-sale for FRONT ROW! I am so fed up and frustrated I can't stand it. Don't they realize that some fans need to budget for tickets?

Now on to the rave. For the past week David has done the dishes at lunch (weekends) and after supper, by himself, without being asked. Usually I wash and he dries. I have no idea what's gotten into him. I've asked but he won't say!

Things I hate

1. The last 2 weeks of March. Can we say March madness?
2. The last week of May. The Memorial tournament
3. Basketball and Golf. See numbers 1 and 2!

Chris Noth

Yikes! Two posts in one day, I must be sick! Anyway just caught Chris Noth on Ellen. a very short interview but hey it's better than nothing. I've been watching Law and Order: CI religiously since Chris joined the cast and it was so nice to see him do an interview. I would so like to make a trip to New York to watch a taping of CI but funds are low as usual. Maybe I'll do that instead of a Lep show later this year. The thought of sitting through "psuedo-Journey" does nothing for me.

Dead malls, allergies and snow!

I had to go to the mall yesterday to pick up toothpaste from Sears Dental for David. Only one out of every three stores was occupied and I only saw a handful of people. Hallmark and Rave have closed since the last time I was there. I used to buy all my clothes at a store call The Stock Room but it closed a couple of years ago. So then I switched to Rave. Now I"m not sure what I'm going to do.

When I bath the dogs I usually do all 5 in one day to get it over with because of my allergies. By the time I'm done with one, my eyes are itchy and watery, my nasal passages are swollen and it feels like I have a huge cotton ball in my throat. This time though I just didn't have the energy. I bathed Mitzi and Ruby on Sunday and gave them both a brush and a trim. Today I did Bear and Jasper and I'm going to do Shadow tomorrow which means nearly a whole week with my allergies acting up. Yuck!

We were supposed to get quite a snowstorm today but we lucked out. They were predicting 3-6 inches but we ended up with little more than a dusting. David was disappointed because they haven't had a snow day yet this year but I'm sure glad it missed us. I hate taking the dogs out in the snow. Bear ends up with it caked all over his paws and he won't move from just inside the back door until it all melts off!

AWOL

I know I've been AWOL again. Not much going on here except a bout with some kind of stomach bug, and cleaning house of course.

I'm exhausted and filthy!!

I've been trying to get the attic organized since the first of the year. I started out by getting all the boxes out from behind the walls so that I could put everything into plastic totes. I thought that would keep things cleaner, be easier to move, and less of a fire hazard. I figured 6 or 7 35 gallon totes should do it. Wrong! Eighteen totes later I'm finally done! Everything is put away, posters are back up, and it's all neat and tidy. All I have left to do is get some bean bag refills for my chair, which I'll do next weekend, and dust and run the vacuum which I'm going to do tonight after supper. It's finally livable again!

Triple shooting leaves one dead

Last night when I signed off I told you I heard sirens and choppers. Here's why: http://www.wbns10tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4598817 . Apparently there was a shootout a block from my house and I didn't know it! I did hear something but I had no idea it was gun fire. It's not unusual to hear guns in our neighborhood but this was different because they were using semi-automatics!

One young man was found dead on Belvidere which is point B. Point A is my house. The other 2 were found several blocks away in an SUV. Chrissy, looks like you took care of a murderer!

This and that

Well I'm feeling shaky again. I guess my body can't handle my glucose levels being in the normal range! I'm gonna have to call the doc and change my appointment because there are just too many things going on that aren't right. My levels have now started to go up in the morning instead of down and to top it all off I'm now having problems with neoropathy. My left leg hurts and is numb in places, the top of my foot is numb and my arch feels like I'm getting a "charlie horse" only it never actually does.

Got to spend a few hours with Sabrina yesterday. She's now talking up a storm and made me tell her each of the band members names in Lep (I have a Lep wallpaper on the puter) so that she could repeat them. She got all of them until we got to Vivian. She simply looked at me and said "Uh yeah, him!"! She also informed me that she was Papaw's girl, she wanted cheese, please, and that Sabrina was the cutest baby ever! Uh oh! Looks like we've got a little diva on our hands!

Okay, gotta run! I've got police and news choppers hovering over my house and sirens blaring. Gotta see if I can find out what's going on!

WOW, really bizarre feeling!

While I was feeding the dogs, I noticed I was getting kind of shaky and hungry. By the time I was ready to take them out, I felt like I was going to collapse so when I came in, I checked my sugar. 93, which is great but something is definitely off. I ate supper about 6:30 but I'm still feeling hungry and shaky, though not quite as bad as earlier.

Sabrina

I thought since Chrissy is at work and the DL forum is down I'd take the time to post a little bit about Sabrina. I've thought about this post for a long time but it just seemed like other things kept me from actually getting it put into words.

Some of you may know that Brittany isn't actually mine. She's Scott's daughter from a previous relationship though we've raised her and she's always called me mom. Though I tried, I never really bonded with her and we had a very volatile relationship until recently. It took me months to bond with David, who is mine. I've just never had a very strong maternal instinct.

When Brittany was about 8 months pregnant her biological mother showed up. We hadn't heard from her since Britt was 10. She stayed a week with them, and Britt called nearly every night in tears because she couldn't wait for her to leave. After Sabrina was born, she called them occasionally for a while and she's seen Sabrina once. She kept calling Sabrina, Samantha.

I didn't care one way or the other whether Sherrie was a part of their lives. That is until Sabrina was born. I was supposed to be in the delivery room with Britt but she ended up having some problems and they thought she was going to have to have a c-section. She didn't thank God, and a few minutes after Sabrina was born, they brought them back to the room.

From the moment they put that little bundle in my arms, the most amazing thing happened. I loved her and I wanted to protect her. It certainly wasn't a feeling I was used to. I just don't love easily. Scott on the other hand wouldn't even look at her. They'd lost her heartbeat several times which is why they thought they were going to have to do a c-section, and I think he was afraid of getting his heart broken. She's definitely Papaw's little girl now.

That love that I felt has only grown over the past 2 and a half years and it still amazes me. I miss her every minute that she's not here, and I have more patience with her than I've ever had with anybody! Patience is not my strong suit, especially with kids.

Even though Britt and ET haven't heard from her in a long time, Sherrie's name came up the other day. I flat out told them that Sabrina was my granddaughter and they'd better not forget that. Thank God, they agreed because I'm not sure there would be much I could do if they didn't.

For your viewing pleasure......

My precious baby girl on her 2nd birthday.