If you’re around Round Rock (or wanna make the trip), here’s the show schedule for this weekend:
Thursday, January 19 (Reid Ryan, Owner/CEO of the Round Rock Express will be signing autographs)
Friday, January 20
Saturday, January 21
All shows start at 7pm at the Round Rock Performing Arts Center (next to McNeil HS). Directions can be found on their website.
This coming week is going to be soooo busy! I think the cats are gonna forget I live here, too again. Here’s what this week’s gonna look like:
We start with jazz band rehearsal on Monday, Jan. 23. They start at 7 am. Why do I do this to myself? I guess ’cause I enjoy it. Not the “torture” of the hours but the activity. I’m addicted to band.
Hello, my name is Cathy Benford. I’m a band addict.
Today is my dad’s 76th birthday. Unfortunately, because of everyone’s crazy schedules, (Trish has it rough since Steve Jobs introduced the Intel based Apples this last week) I have no idea when we’re going to go celebrate. My mom’s birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I think I might be having to go out of town that weekend so maybe we can just have one big celebration for the both of them….
I spent this morning making a lasagna I can eat off of all week. It’s the only way I can eat healthy and not spend what little money I have left over from the last paycheck I got almost a month & a half ago.
Can you believe they ask us to go a month and a half without pay between the December paycheck and the January one? Sucks. Every year, I say I’m going to put money aside to help me survive that time period. Every year, I never get around to it. I’ve gotta figure out some plan to accomplish that this year. Hell, if I’m going to buy a house in May, every penny is going to count for a long time. Luckily, I’ll have my car paid off this summer so that’s a little more money I’ll have to put towards a house payment.
Okay, back to my lasagna…. The sauce is almost done. This little ninja sure can make some sauce!
Next week, the SPHS Fine Arts Department will present our production of Damn Yankees. The details can be found by following the link above. If you’re in town and have some time, come out. It’s gonna be good stuff!
Here’s a good funny. Hope you enjoy it!
Wal-Mart has announced that they will soon be offering customers a new discount item: Wal-Mart’s own brand of wine.The world’s largest retail chain is teaming up with Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery of California, to produce the spirits at an affordable price, in the $2-5 range. Wine connoisseurs may not be inclined to throw a bottle of Wal-Mart brand into their shopping carts, but “there is a market for cheap wine,” said Kathy Micken, director of marketing. She continued, “But the right name is important.” Customer surveys were conducted to determine the most attractive name for the Wal-Mart brand. The top surveyed names in popularity are:
10. Chateau Traileur Parc
9. White Trashfindel
8. Big Red Gulp
7. World Championship Riesling
6. NASCARbernet
5. Chef Boyardeaux
4. Peanut Noir
3. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Vinegar!
2. Grape Expectations
And the number 1 name for Wal-Mart Wine…
1. Nasti Spumante
The beauty of Wal-Mart wine is that it can be served with either white meat (Possum), or red meat (Squirrel).
Thanks for all your support everyone! I know I can trust everyone (yes, even Piojo) to have my best interest at heart when I pour my heart and soul out here. I know I’ve poured it all out before and I seem very brave for doing all that but really, I think some of the emotional stuff that I’ve written about here is practically nothing compared to what’s going on in my heart right now.
Well, without going into major details, I just have to say that it’s one thing when you open yourself up and become totally vulnerable to someone and get shot down. I can handle that. What I can’t handle is putting myself out there, telling someone exactly what I’m feeling, and getting what seems ignored. That hurts. Why do I keep putting myself in these places where I end up hurt? Because life is not lived unless we take chances? Whatever. Life sucks when you’re left in the dark.
I refuse to believe this, though:
“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
~Westley, The Princess Bride
Thank God for friends! Thank YOU for being my friends.
Why can’t I sort through my thoughts and write what I have to say? Probably because putting out what’s on my mind and in my heart right now is probably the most vulnerable thing I’ve ever done publically yet. It’s also one of the biggest risk I’ve taken. I’ve put a lot of things on the line before but very rarely my heart.
Okay, okay, so I know what’s bothering me. I just don’t know exactly how to put such a large part of my life on such a small thing like a blog. Cathy’s the only person that knows the specifics right now, and as this “thing” has developed over the years. That’s where I am. I’m confiding in my best friend and she’s been helping me sort through this so much. Without just telling me what I want to hear.
It’s a good thing that things at work are getting pretty busy right now. Keeps my mind off my heart and the history.
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