Off to Orlando

Cody left for Festival Disney tonight (music competition at Walt Disney World). I probably worried him to death with all my reminders, but if you know Cody, there could never be enough reminders. The ACA band competes Friday morning -- both concert band and jazz band. He's excited because he'll be playing with his band director's $2500 trombone. Hope he doesn't let the slide get away from him...

Two Thumbs Up

Movie recommendation of the week has to be Slumdog Millionaire. Couldn't figure out what all the hype was about at the Academy Awards, but after watching it, it seriously deserved every one.

She Dreamed a Dream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg

Get the tissues ready and watch this video from Britain's Got Talent. (Sorry you have to follow a link...embedding has been disabled on this video so I can't put it directly in the blog.)

There is no doubt folks were not expecting what this lady delivered. Watch their faces in the beginning and how, less than three minutes later, they realize what Susan knew all along...there is hope for us all if we're just given a chance and then make the most of the opportunity!

Tea Party Signs

Here are some of my favorite signs that folks were holding up at tea parties all around the country yesterday:

Don't Spread My Wealth - Spread My Work Ethic

Don't Tax Me, Bro

Obamanomics - Not My Cup of Tea

You Are Not Entitled to What I've Earned

We Owe, We Owe

For those of you waiting on a tax refund from the state of Alabama, we send our payment in today so that should help out some...we always wait for April 15 when we have to pay. Makes us feel like we're sticking it to someody! The real truth is I try (yes, on purpose) to get in the traffic jam at the main post office so I can get some of those Chick-fil-a coupons for free meals.

Leftovers

Today was a pretty long day and I sure wasn't looking forward to cooking dinner tonight. Since I've been back at Curves I've been paying alot of attention to food and I am getting sorta tired of even thinking about it, much less preparing it. So, I was so excited when I remembered that both of our parents sent home leftovers from Easter. We had a wonderful assortment of dishes and no one left the table hungry. We even had two types of cake for dessert!

Curves, what Curves...? (No, I didn't eat any cake.)

Happy Easter