greetings :-)
we are having some money issues. *sigh* we are going through a debt relief thing cuz when gas was so high (and we were still paying support on a child that lives with us) we used the credit cards wa;y too much. well, one of our creditors is sueing us. they want $2000 down and $400 a month to settle. i said hey, if i could afford that i would have kept paying you. arrrgggg. we are just having a hard time, christmas is coming up, and it's really stressing me. i have warned my kids that santa is poor this year and not to expect a crap load of gifts. which really is fine; i'm all about character building and i think if a kid gets whatever they want, it turns them into shit heads. at least that's what i tell myself :-D
i haven't been feeling well for awhile either. i'm tired all the time, and just feel blah. i took a 2 hr nap today after sleeping 9 hrs last night. i feel a lil better, so maybe that's what i needed.
not much else has been going on. OH! i went to girl's night saturday. it was ok. there was only 3 of us, and we ate some food and watched ghost, dirty dancing, and the beginning of roadhouse.
sunday the sermon got to me and i was silently crying in church. our pastor was talking about money and how we as americans should be so grateful for what we have. he said in zimbabwe the yearly income is around $400. and that americans spend that amount a year on toilet paper. it just struck me. i try to be grateful, but i always want more. i have so much, but it's never enough. bob and i talk all the time about how we are drawn to mission work. i would love to go to impoverished countries and help. but i have my kiddos, and i think the raising of them needs to come first. maybe some day.........
well, have a great week, and i just want to add that i am so glad U2 is on my safe list! i have been re-listening to their cd's, and there are quite a few scriptural references. it makes me so happy to know that a band CAN succeed in the secular world and still have Christian beliefs!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
U2 Baby!
So my dream came true!!!
Sunday september 13 i saw U2!!!! it was amazing. everything i hoped for.
we got to Soldier Field around 4 pm. we walked around the stadium, taking pictures and hoping our tickets were good. we got them on ebay for $60 and they were e-tickets, so we hoped they weren't copies or anything. there were people walking around with ONE shirts and laptops on signing people up for email about one.org so we signed up and got free ONE bracelets. oh! general admission people were lined up (they had been lined up since 9 am) and at 6 or so they were allowed to go in; it was an awesome sight! it would have been neat to be next to the stage, inner or outer, but i don't think it would have been fun waiting in line like that all day. GA was first come first served. it was hot in the sun so bob and i sat beneath a tree and people watched for while. we got to hear u2 and snow patrol sound checking. and i bought a concert t-shirt ($40!!!!) while we were sitting there amnesty international came up and took our picture holding a sign. maybe it will be published; who knows???
finally we got to go in; that place was HUGE!!! we were in section 430 row 30; so high up! Bob is really scared of heights, and he was freaking out so much when we got to our seats that he wouldn't even let me touch him. the view was spectacular. you could see downtown chicago, navy pier, gorgeous view of Lake Michigan, the marina. the stadium itself was pretty neat too.
the stage has been dubbed "the claw" i thought it looked like crab legs or something. pretty neat. they called it the 360 degree tour, because the stage lets them perform to all sides. snow patrol was first-they were pretty good even tho i only recognized one song.
after them there was probably a half hour break, and lights and speakers were added to the claw, instruments changed and tested. then smoke started pouring out onstage, and that song ground control to major tom came on (u2 performing it, recorded i think) then the guys in the band came out, with bono finally. i was so excited! i was bouncing in my seat screaming and clapping :-)
here's the set list:
1.Breathe
2.No Line On The Horizon
3.Get On Your Boots
4.Magnificent
5.Beautiful Day / King Of Pain (snippet) / Blackbird (snippet)
6.I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7.Elevation
8.Your Blue Room
9.Unknown Caller
10.Until The End Of The World
11.Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
12.The Unforgettable Fire
13.City Of Blinding Lights
14.Vertigo
15.I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / I Want To Take You Higher (snippet)
16.Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah (snippet)
17.MLK
18.Walk On
19.One / Amazing Grace (snippet)
20.Where The Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
Encores:
21. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
22. With Or Without You
23. Moment of Surrender
now, they left the stage after Walk On, but i knew from online that they were gonna do an encore. they came back and did the One/Amazing Grace song and Where the Streets have no name. then they left, and i was so upset!! i wanted to hear With or Without You live, more than any other song of theirs.
they came back on, and did Utlra Violet (bono had on a jacket that shot red lasers, it was SSSSOOOO neat!)
and then FINALLY- my song!!!!! i was so happy i teared up. i fell in love with U2 hard in high school, and i was finally seeing them live!!!! cloud nine for sure.
it was an amazing experience. now i just need to see Pearl Jam ;-) (i found out they had JUST been to chicago to perform; go figure.)
so that was my trip, now i really really need to clean my house :-D
Blessings!!!!!!
Sunday september 13 i saw U2!!!! it was amazing. everything i hoped for.
we got to Soldier Field around 4 pm. we walked around the stadium, taking pictures and hoping our tickets were good. we got them on ebay for $60 and they were e-tickets, so we hoped they weren't copies or anything. there were people walking around with ONE shirts and laptops on signing people up for email about one.org so we signed up and got free ONE bracelets. oh! general admission people were lined up (they had been lined up since 9 am) and at 6 or so they were allowed to go in; it was an awesome sight! it would have been neat to be next to the stage, inner or outer, but i don't think it would have been fun waiting in line like that all day. GA was first come first served. it was hot in the sun so bob and i sat beneath a tree and people watched for while. we got to hear u2 and snow patrol sound checking. and i bought a concert t-shirt ($40!!!!) while we were sitting there amnesty international came up and took our picture holding a sign. maybe it will be published; who knows???
finally we got to go in; that place was HUGE!!! we were in section 430 row 30; so high up! Bob is really scared of heights, and he was freaking out so much when we got to our seats that he wouldn't even let me touch him. the view was spectacular. you could see downtown chicago, navy pier, gorgeous view of Lake Michigan, the marina. the stadium itself was pretty neat too.
the stage has been dubbed "the claw" i thought it looked like crab legs or something. pretty neat. they called it the 360 degree tour, because the stage lets them perform to all sides. snow patrol was first-they were pretty good even tho i only recognized one song.
after them there was probably a half hour break, and lights and speakers were added to the claw, instruments changed and tested. then smoke started pouring out onstage, and that song ground control to major tom came on (u2 performing it, recorded i think) then the guys in the band came out, with bono finally. i was so excited! i was bouncing in my seat screaming and clapping :-)
here's the set list:
Setlist
1.Breathe
2.No Line On The Horizon
3.Get On Your Boots
4.Magnificent
5.Beautiful Day / King Of Pain (snippet) / Blackbird (snippet)
6.I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7.Elevation
8.Your Blue Room
9.Unknown Caller
10.Until The End Of The World
11.Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
12.The Unforgettable Fire
13.City Of Blinding Lights
14.Vertigo
15.I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / I Want To Take You Higher (snippet)
16.Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah (snippet)
17.MLK
18.Walk On
19.One / Amazing Grace (snippet)
20.Where The Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
Encores:
21. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
22. With Or Without You
23. Moment of Surrender
now, they left the stage after Walk On, but i knew from online that they were gonna do an encore. they came back and did the One/Amazing Grace song and Where the Streets have no name. then they left, and i was so upset!! i wanted to hear With or Without You live, more than any other song of theirs.
they came back on, and did Utlra Violet (bono had on a jacket that shot red lasers, it was SSSSOOOO neat!)
and then FINALLY- my song!!!!! i was so happy i teared up. i fell in love with U2 hard in high school, and i was finally seeing them live!!!! cloud nine for sure.
it was an amazing experience. now i just need to see Pearl Jam ;-) (i found out they had JUST been to chicago to perform; go figure.)
so that was my trip, now i really really need to clean my house :-D
Blessings!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I am sooo lucky :-)
haven't been updating this so much. i just get busy!
my feelings towards gabby have lightened up. she inadvertantly made me feel better; i heard her talking to a friend, and she said, "That's my dad and stepmom. well, she's more like my real mom cuz she treats me the same as her daughter and she's more of a mom to me than my real mom."
idk why, but that eased a lot of the hurt i had been feeling towards her.
yesterday was AMAZING! bob took a vacation day and spent it with me. we went to breakfast after walking the kids to school, then we went and got gabby a couple pairs of jeans. we went to the goodwill (i LOVE shopping there!) and while we were there i heard a commercial on the radio for a U2 concert in chicago. now, i had no idea they were coming so close as i don't listen to the local stations (i listen to star 88.3-very uplifting!) a little backstory-i have loved U2 FOREVER! they were one of the items on my "bucket list" and bob promised me many years ago that if they ever came close he would take me, no amount of money could keep us away. so we went home and called ticketmaster, and i found out the dates were this weekend! i was sad, sure i couldn't go cuz the tickets were sold out. (except the $250 apiece ones, and let me tell you we are not in a postition to pay that!) leave it to my wonderful husband to find tickets on ebay and bid on them.
the seats aren't that great, but i don't care-i just want to GO! we were the only bidders, and WON!!! we paid $60 for 2 tickets. now i'm just waiting for them to arrive. I started jumping and squeeling and shaking and crying when we won. this is a huge deal for me. and i will be going to chicago, which i have never been to. excited doesn't even begin to describe me!!!
i also have been wanting to learn to play guitar for forever, and bob traded one of his bows for an electric guitar and amp. and then he gave them to me!!! so now i have to learn to play right handed (or upside down lol) i really had wanted an accoustic, but hey i'm not complaining!!!
i really do have the best husband ever
God truly blessed me yesterday; especially with the tickets! now one of my dreams is going to come true!!!!!
and i hooked up with an old friend, i think it was God's answer to a prayer i had been sending out regularly. i prayed for a true friend-the kind you can tell anything to and they don't judge you. i also wanted a christian friend who wouldn't think i was too bad for them. all my non christian friends think i am a stick in the mud, (more or less. they just don't 'get' me) and my christian friends don't get the "bad" side of me. i think sheila has known me long enough that she knows both sides. (on a side note, i really miss my bestie chris. she moved to south carolina, and we just don't talk like we used to. distance is hard!)
and i also feel like i am getting to know another old friend all over again, thanx to facebook and her blog. i read it and remember why we were friends in high school. too bad she lives 8 hours away!
oh! we joined a small group at church and i am really excited to get to know people more, and to study the Word with them!
I love everyone right now. especially my big Papa in heaven! :-*
my feelings towards gabby have lightened up. she inadvertantly made me feel better; i heard her talking to a friend, and she said, "That's my dad and stepmom. well, she's more like my real mom cuz she treats me the same as her daughter and she's more of a mom to me than my real mom."
idk why, but that eased a lot of the hurt i had been feeling towards her.
yesterday was AMAZING! bob took a vacation day and spent it with me. we went to breakfast after walking the kids to school, then we went and got gabby a couple pairs of jeans. we went to the goodwill (i LOVE shopping there!) and while we were there i heard a commercial on the radio for a U2 concert in chicago. now, i had no idea they were coming so close as i don't listen to the local stations (i listen to star 88.3-very uplifting!) a little backstory-i have loved U2 FOREVER! they were one of the items on my "bucket list" and bob promised me many years ago that if they ever came close he would take me, no amount of money could keep us away. so we went home and called ticketmaster, and i found out the dates were this weekend! i was sad, sure i couldn't go cuz the tickets were sold out. (except the $250 apiece ones, and let me tell you we are not in a postition to pay that!) leave it to my wonderful husband to find tickets on ebay and bid on them.
the seats aren't that great, but i don't care-i just want to GO! we were the only bidders, and WON!!! we paid $60 for 2 tickets. now i'm just waiting for them to arrive. I started jumping and squeeling and shaking and crying when we won. this is a huge deal for me. and i will be going to chicago, which i have never been to. excited doesn't even begin to describe me!!!
i also have been wanting to learn to play guitar for forever, and bob traded one of his bows for an electric guitar and amp. and then he gave them to me!!! so now i have to learn to play right handed (or upside down lol) i really had wanted an accoustic, but hey i'm not complaining!!!
i really do have the best husband ever
God truly blessed me yesterday; especially with the tickets! now one of my dreams is going to come true!!!!!
and i hooked up with an old friend, i think it was God's answer to a prayer i had been sending out regularly. i prayed for a true friend-the kind you can tell anything to and they don't judge you. i also wanted a christian friend who wouldn't think i was too bad for them. all my non christian friends think i am a stick in the mud, (more or less. they just don't 'get' me) and my christian friends don't get the "bad" side of me. i think sheila has known me long enough that she knows both sides. (on a side note, i really miss my bestie chris. she moved to south carolina, and we just don't talk like we used to. distance is hard!)
and i also feel like i am getting to know another old friend all over again, thanx to facebook and her blog. i read it and remember why we were friends in high school. too bad she lives 8 hours away!
oh! we joined a small group at church and i am really excited to get to know people more, and to study the Word with them!
I love everyone right now. especially my big Papa in heaven! :-*
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