My TV Set Just Keeps It All From Being Clear

We have been watching "America's Got Talent." It's kind-of fun, and much more varied than a bunch of twenty-somethings doing hyped-up karaoke. There's a lot of variety and randomness. Where else can you see 50-year-old cheerleaders, climbing-wall dancers, and magic acts and singer-songwriters at the same time? And tomorrow (on the results show), Train is performing!!! I love those guys!!

Here's one of the coolest acts thus far:



These guys didn't make it past the last round, but they are seriously awesome. Airpocalypse, baby!



Yes, we were watching t.v. instead of being social. Some friends from our ward invited us over for a get-together and we didn't go. We are both really tired (and yet we are up watching re-runs of The Office . . . dang t.v.!), and I figure that we will be very social for the rest of the week with the family reunion and such.

I can't think of anything more interesting to say at the moment. Must sleep--lots to do tomorrow before the big drive on Thursday. I'm getting excited!

What I Got, I Remember That

We have been rescheduled!  I'm so excited. I was seriously depressed when I found out that Bono had broken his back and the concert was not to be.

I love this little video. It warms the cockles of my heart.

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The Salt Lake City concert has been rescheduled for May 24, 2011.  Yes, it's a wait.  But I already have my ticket, and it's something to countdown for.  They are carrying on with their European tour this fall as planned.  I'm a little disappointed that SLC will not be the starting point for the tour, but I'm just glad Bono is feeling well enough to tour at all.  And we'll probably get a new album out of it, since they have had some time to write new music.  Yay!

I have a couple more random tidbits for you, since I haven't written for a little while.

Benji is getting so big.  I can tell that he's learning (very slowly, but surely) to listen and obey.  He knows when we ask him to do (or not do) something.  He'll usually blatantly disobey, at least he's listening.  It used to take a while to convince him to fold his arms to pray, but now he'll do it right after we sing.  It's so cute to see him fold his arms.  I just love it.

Here's my favorite picture from Independence Day weekend.

I'm pretty proud of it.  It makes me feel like I actually do have some talent for photography.  It's more the camera than the photographer, but it still takes both.

He has also been so cute when I wake him up in the mornings.  Such big smiles!  He always seems so happy to see me, and since Allen switched back to the crazy a.m. shift (1am-10am) and I'm taking him to the babysitter in the mornings again.  He's usually napping when I come home from work.  This is him today. 

Another tidbit: I think I'm getting scammed, but I'm not sure what to do about it.  To get a little extra $$, I decided to sell my old camera on KSL.  I have only gotten one bite, but it is from someone in Nigeria.  Uh, yeah.  They have sent me about 20 e-mails in the last couple of days, saying that I have been paid, but the money is being held by some third party until I send them the tracking number of the package, proving I have sent the package.  There are too many inconsistencies and formatting issues in the e-mails, and they say the whole thing is through PayPal, but my actual PayPal account shows no pending transactions, etc.   When I write all of this down, it seems pretty obvious that it's not for real.  I'm tempted to send a package with a picture of the camera so that they "release the funds," then I won't be out much and they will get off my back.  I sent an e-mail telling them I doubted the validity of the "transaction," that I wouldn't be sending anything until I saw something in my PayPal account (more than just an e-mail) and they keep telling me that money has been paid.  I'm not sure how much attention I should pay to it; I'm getting a little annoyed with the whole thing.  Grr.  At least I'm realizing it now, instead of after I sent $300 to Romania for a laptop.  Yeah, that was four years ago, and I'm still waiting for that to show up.  Yep, I'm pretty naive, but I guess I'm becoming less trusting.  That's probably not a good thing, but that's where I'm at.

Feels Like Independence Day

I should write more about last weekend, but I need to sleep.  So here are some pictures to whet your appetite.

These were taken during our 'photo shoot' at a rest stop near Bear Lake while we were waiting for the rest to show up.

This picture is very picniked, but it's very festive, n'est-ce pas? Good times.

More to come.