this brief musical is about a cat who was scared into a tree by thunder and lightning... and no amount of coaxing (or singing) will help the cat to come out of the tree.
ryan was the narrator, (or nair-wait-er, as he kept saying)and was obviously pleased to be on the side--away from the action. he was not at all interested in singing the songs or doing the hand motions. for being such a charmer, he's remarkably shy in front of a group... but, i warble like a dying emu and have the rhythm of a flock of cats--i don't sing and dance either. so i could forgive him that, but not the smirks and/or glares from him as i pointed the camera phone on him! he forgets i'm his mom, and i have the right to take as many pictures as i want! 
upon further introspection about the whole facebook thing... and i'm thinkin' i might have been a bit harsh with my judgement...
could find them there at facebook too, so i go back into facebook and BAM! i'm totally sucked in and, frankly, kinda freaked out by it...
{at 36 years old} to let go of some of this baggage? there are people who are wanting to be my "friends" with me, who i can't recall wanting to be my friends so many years ago... and i question it. i'm thoughts lean toward the task of accumulating as many "friends" as possible on facebook, thus making you super-popular. ooh, that was a little catty--i didn't mean it that way... but see?! i'm 
like regressing into a snotty teenager... why does any of this matter? why do i over-obsess about stupid shit like this? however, i want to say this: i really am glad to see so many people who i have adored and sadly have lost contact with over the years. so, it is good and fun--apparently, i have issues to work thru!
so, i while i was missing dave this week (he's in lubbock for the month), i was thinking about this trip to jackson last labor day. i told everyone that this was going to be the trip where we saw a moose; and when i saw the moose, i was going to put my arm him and get my picture taken with him!
al·tru·ism: \ˈal-trü-ˌi-zəm\ : unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others
when my sweet baby mentioned something about kind of wanting to go to the gator bowl, my mind did that leaping ADD thing that it does...
nebraska football... gator bowl... gator like alligators... florida...in january...where in florida?... where is jacksonville?... up the road from st augustine... lighthouse in st augustine... beaches... oh, we're so going... good wife... yes, good wife... football game, okay...
and so with a few quick clicks, we were off to florida to see the cornhuskers play some other team (?) in the gator bowl, and i was indeed a pretty good wife.
and altho the game was way more fun than i even imagined--who knew? i can't wait to go to another bowl game; and i now know that we played the C-L-E-M-S-O---N tigers, and that clemson is in south carolina; and that a team get's 4 tries to move 10 yards down the field... 
and that we got to see a lighthouse--a pretty famous lighthouse. the st. augustine lighthouse was built in 1824 in the nation's oldest city... you can read all about it here
, and we climbed to the top...
and that we got to play in the ocean, hang out on the seashell beach, and see dolphins flip around...
... the very best part of this trip, which is totally anti-altruistic, was that i had dave all to myself for 4 days!
but i have to say that our trip to florida just was the best!
look at all of the RED!
we had clemson fans all around us, but it turned out ok because we had the best clemson fans in front of us and we had most fun with them (HEY! beth and delana!) and they were even pretty cool when the Huskers actually pulled it together and WON THE GAME!
happy new year to you
and good things to you in 2009!!
(more about the trip... i.e. the lighthouse and beach)
