Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Pippi & The Chef plus many more....
Once again, I'm behind but this is Collin & I at the Farnes' Halloween party last month:
Collin stuck a wire hanger through my braids to make them stick straight out - - it made walking through doorways interesting! LOL
And here's Max with Grandpa:
My Mom's best friend Rita and my Grandma at Grandma's 81st birthday party:
...and Mom & Rita...
and last but not least, my puppy Carson sitting pretty....
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Collin stuck a wire hanger through my braids to make them stick straight out - - it made walking through doorways interesting! LOL
And here's Max with Grandpa:
My Mom's best friend Rita and my Grandma at Grandma's 81st birthday party:
...and Mom & Rita...
and last but not least, my puppy Carson sitting pretty....
Labels: collin, family, max, Mom, Pictures
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// posted by Heather @ 8:56 AM 
Monday, September 29, 2008
New Generation....
I can't feel my toes. (At least I couldn't a month ago when I wrote this!!)
The reason for this is a combination of some kick-a$$ shoes that I wore to the Skid Row/Firehouse show on Friday night (Aug 15th) and the fact that a giant security guard wearing some serious cowboy boots stepped on me twice in his rush to stop a fight in the crowd.
But my toes were a small price to pay for the night that Christina & I had.
Christina runs the "For Davee G Fans" site on MySpace and does a fabulous job "representing the home team" as Davee Gara, the man himself, told her in an email. DG is the most personable, sweet rock star that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. He's the drummer for Skid Row, the latest and greatest in a long line of bashers. I hope he stays with the group forever - he's an amazing player.
But! The point of my story is this: We got to the Grizzly Rose Friday amid a crazy rain storm that still hadn't abated as I wrote this. Davee wandered into the back parking lot to smoke and Christina hollered at him. He came right over and talked with her, texting the tour manager right there to put her and her "plus one" (that would be ME!) on the guest list. He also said that if the place didn't allow cameras to talk to Chip (the aforementioned tour manager) and he would hook us up with photo passes.
Throughout the afternoon, DG came back to the car 3 times just to chat with Christina, introducing us to his drum tech Richie, who was really cool!
The show started at 8 with a local band whom I completely blocked out while watching the men's volleyball tourney on the big screen TV. Christina & I were about 3 rows back for Firehouse who still sound amazing! While waiting for Firehouse to come out, DG and Richie came out, saw us and Davee ran over to make sure we got in all right and if we were doing okay!
By the time Firehouse was done we had made our way to the front row. There was a space of about 3 feet seperating the stage and the cowboy rope that held us back - the perfect place to stand! There was a couple next to Christina who were in their 40's, I'd say; the quintessential rock couple. He was tall with long curly black hair and she was skinny and wasted with crimped blonde hair. During Firehouse, she and her man were all over each other. Then she drunkly turned and planted a monster kiss on this 60 year old dude behind her. When she was done with him, she moved in on the young girl next to her. If that wasn't fun enough to watch, before Skid Row got out, she went down on her man in front of everyone! Crazy, I tell you...
Anyway!
Skid Row finally hit the stage, opening with Makin' A Mess, one of my favorites oldies to sing along with. They still put on a great show; very energetic and raw. Johnny Solinger's voice in practically unmatchable! Davee made eye contact and pointed out Christina a few times during the show and afterwards when everyone was clamoring for a drumstick from him, he looked at Christina and showed her the stick. She nodded enthusiastically and held out her hands. He tried his best from his position on the stage to throw it to her but it went too low and bounced off her fingertips, causing a frenzy of bodies stretching over the rope to get it. Now DG threw that at MY friend and I wasn't about to let anyone else get their grubby mitts on it. I leaned over farther than I ever thought possible and snagged it away from everyone's greedy fingers. My uterus was sore for about an hour after that but she got what was hers so it was worth it!
Here's how close we were:
We went out back after the show where it was still raining. I quickly took off the evil shoes of toe-pinching death and slipped into my comfy tan flats. By this point, I didn't care that tan and black didn't match. All I cared about was getting the feeling back in my toes. At the back door they had metal barriers set up and a handful of us waited behind those to see the boys. Davee came out first and headed straight for Christina, wrapping her in a huge hug and asking if she got the drumstick. "I tried to angle it but it was too low. I'm sorry, baby," he laughed. He posed for a picture with her the ran back inside. He came out 3 more times that night and every time it was a beeline for Christina first. He was amazing!
Christina got her picture with DG & Rachel Bolan & Scotti Hill while I got mine with Scotti, Snake and Brett Pirozzi, Kreep's lead singer and Snake's guitar tech. Brett was so cool - he came around the barriers to say hi to Christina & I and give us hugs. He's a giant teddy bear of a man! Scotti was super cool, making sure he made his way back to me when our first picture attempt was thwarted by the batteries dying. He hugged me tight, smushed his head against mine and then afterwards when I thanked him he grabbed my hands and squeezed while he smiled. SO sweet!
Christina & her man, Davee G!!
Rachel Bolan & Christina
Christina with my man Scotti....
Me & Snake Sabo - aww!
The always cool Brett Pirozzi of Kreep & me
My favorite picture ever - me & Scotti Fucking Hill!!
One more note - while we were waiting for the guys to come out, one of their roadies sidled up to me and whispered, "The party's at 50th & I-25." "Okay," I replied and he nodded and walked away. Nothing else was said about it by anyone and he didn't tell anyone else. We weren't sure quite what to make of that invite so we, being tired giddy girls, simply went home.
Yeah. It was FUN! :D
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The reason for this is a combination of some kick-a$$ shoes that I wore to the Skid Row/Firehouse show on Friday night (Aug 15th) and the fact that a giant security guard wearing some serious cowboy boots stepped on me twice in his rush to stop a fight in the crowd.
But my toes were a small price to pay for the night that Christina & I had.
Christina runs the "For Davee G Fans" site on MySpace and does a fabulous job "representing the home team" as Davee Gara, the man himself, told her in an email. DG is the most personable, sweet rock star that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. He's the drummer for Skid Row, the latest and greatest in a long line of bashers. I hope he stays with the group forever - he's an amazing player.
But! The point of my story is this: We got to the Grizzly Rose Friday amid a crazy rain storm that still hadn't abated as I wrote this. Davee wandered into the back parking lot to smoke and Christina hollered at him. He came right over and talked with her, texting the tour manager right there to put her and her "plus one" (that would be ME!) on the guest list. He also said that if the place didn't allow cameras to talk to Chip (the aforementioned tour manager) and he would hook us up with photo passes.
Throughout the afternoon, DG came back to the car 3 times just to chat with Christina, introducing us to his drum tech Richie, who was really cool!
The show started at 8 with a local band whom I completely blocked out while watching the men's volleyball tourney on the big screen TV. Christina & I were about 3 rows back for Firehouse who still sound amazing! While waiting for Firehouse to come out, DG and Richie came out, saw us and Davee ran over to make sure we got in all right and if we were doing okay!
By the time Firehouse was done we had made our way to the front row. There was a space of about 3 feet seperating the stage and the cowboy rope that held us back - the perfect place to stand! There was a couple next to Christina who were in their 40's, I'd say; the quintessential rock couple. He was tall with long curly black hair and she was skinny and wasted with crimped blonde hair. During Firehouse, she and her man were all over each other. Then she drunkly turned and planted a monster kiss on this 60 year old dude behind her. When she was done with him, she moved in on the young girl next to her. If that wasn't fun enough to watch, before Skid Row got out, she went down on her man in front of everyone! Crazy, I tell you...
Anyway!
Skid Row finally hit the stage, opening with Makin' A Mess, one of my favorites oldies to sing along with. They still put on a great show; very energetic and raw. Johnny Solinger's voice in practically unmatchable! Davee made eye contact and pointed out Christina a few times during the show and afterwards when everyone was clamoring for a drumstick from him, he looked at Christina and showed her the stick. She nodded enthusiastically and held out her hands. He tried his best from his position on the stage to throw it to her but it went too low and bounced off her fingertips, causing a frenzy of bodies stretching over the rope to get it. Now DG threw that at MY friend and I wasn't about to let anyone else get their grubby mitts on it. I leaned over farther than I ever thought possible and snagged it away from everyone's greedy fingers. My uterus was sore for about an hour after that but she got what was hers so it was worth it!
Here's how close we were:
We went out back after the show where it was still raining. I quickly took off the evil shoes of toe-pinching death and slipped into my comfy tan flats. By this point, I didn't care that tan and black didn't match. All I cared about was getting the feeling back in my toes. At the back door they had metal barriers set up and a handful of us waited behind those to see the boys. Davee came out first and headed straight for Christina, wrapping her in a huge hug and asking if she got the drumstick. "I tried to angle it but it was too low. I'm sorry, baby," he laughed. He posed for a picture with her the ran back inside. He came out 3 more times that night and every time it was a beeline for Christina first. He was amazing!
Christina got her picture with DG & Rachel Bolan & Scotti Hill while I got mine with Scotti, Snake and Brett Pirozzi, Kreep's lead singer and Snake's guitar tech. Brett was so cool - he came around the barriers to say hi to Christina & I and give us hugs. He's a giant teddy bear of a man! Scotti was super cool, making sure he made his way back to me when our first picture attempt was thwarted by the batteries dying. He hugged me tight, smushed his head against mine and then afterwards when I thanked him he grabbed my hands and squeezed while he smiled. SO sweet!
Christina & her man, Davee G!!
Rachel Bolan & Christina
Christina with my man Scotti....
Me & Snake Sabo - aww!
The always cool Brett Pirozzi of Kreep & me
My favorite picture ever - me & Scotti Fucking Hill!!
One more note - while we were waiting for the guys to come out, one of their roadies sidled up to me and whispered, "The party's at 50th & I-25." "Okay," I replied and he nodded and walked away. Nothing else was said about it by anyone and he didn't tell anyone else. We weren't sure quite what to make of that invite so we, being tired giddy girls, simply went home.
Yeah. It was FUN! :D
Labels: concert, Pictures, skid row
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// posted by Heather @ 8:01 AM
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Vegas Pt 2
Here we are at the Rio and the Penn & Teller Theater. This was what I was most excited about seeing while we were here.
So the show was awesome, of course. We were in the 7th row and it was just so cool to see Penn & Teller up close doing their act. If you ever go see them, make sure you go early for the Mike Jones Jazz Duo during the seating - you can't miss them!! Very cool and a nice surprise. After the show we got to meet Teller. He was very patient with the tons of people asking for autographs and pictures.
I was all bummed cuz I really had wanted to meet Penn Jillette, He's just so stinking cool. But as we turned the corner, THERE HE WAS!! I jumped in for a pic, too excited to wait to find someone to take a pic of both Collin & I. Oops.
He's so tall....I felt so tiny next to him!!
We found this poster and were hoping to buy it but it wasn't for sale anywhere. We had to be content with this picture:
And back to The Paris. Midnight is a perfect picture taking time in Vegas.
The fountain in front of the Paris...
...the beautiful Eiffel Tower. Collin did an awesome job with this shot...
...and the cool balloon all lit up!
And the nighttime view fromour 16th floor window!
Part 3 coming soon where I take you on a tour of our hotel room!! YAY!!
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So the show was awesome, of course. We were in the 7th row and it was just so cool to see Penn & Teller up close doing their act. If you ever go see them, make sure you go early for the Mike Jones Jazz Duo during the seating - you can't miss them!! Very cool and a nice surprise. After the show we got to meet Teller. He was very patient with the tons of people asking for autographs and pictures.
I was all bummed cuz I really had wanted to meet Penn Jillette, He's just so stinking cool. But as we turned the corner, THERE HE WAS!! I jumped in for a pic, too excited to wait to find someone to take a pic of both Collin & I. Oops.
He's so tall....I felt so tiny next to him!!
We found this poster and were hoping to buy it but it wasn't for sale anywhere. We had to be content with this picture:
And back to The Paris. Midnight is a perfect picture taking time in Vegas.
The fountain in front of the Paris...
...the beautiful Eiffel Tower. Collin did an awesome job with this shot...
...and the cool balloon all lit up!
And the nighttime view fromour 16th floor window!
Part 3 coming soon where I take you on a tour of our hotel room!! YAY!!
Labels: Pictures, vacation, Vegas
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// posted by Heather @ 3:15 PM
Friday, July 04, 2008
Vegas Baby!! PT. 1
Okey dokey, here's the more in depth account of our Vegas Vacation! We drove through Utah which is so boring there's actually signs that say "Fatigued Drivers Pull Off At NExt Exit - NO FATIGUED DRIVERS!!" Well, if your state wasn't so boring, maybe we wouldn't get tired! There were some pretty parts though and this was the first cool scenery we saw:
Utah is not only boring but perverted. They're the Beehive State so all their road signs have beehives on them but they made them look like boobs:
Ahh, finally, after 11 hours on the road, there's the first sign of Sin City:
And then we're greeted with the craziest billboard ever:
Seriously, how did they get away with that??
We made it to The Paris and had a room on the 16th floor. We had a decent view - in this shot you can see The Bellagio between the buildings - through that hole we could see the dancing fountains.
And there's the other side with the Colosseum from Caesars.
Here's my artsy attempt - Collin in the mirror in our room:
Oh yeah - see the phone? Stupid expensive phone - Thursday when we got back there was a message from my Mom asking us to call her back. So I did. Dad was on the phone so it went directly to the message dealy and I called back 4 times only to hear the bells of the message. I hung up every time and every time we were charged $10 a call!!! GACK!!
The first night we went to the Rio to see Penn & Teller - Collin snapped a couple pics on our way out:
The balloon which is so very very cool....
....and the even cooler Arc de Triumphe.
On to Penn & Teller which will be Part 2! I hope you all had a fabulous & safe 4th of July!!!
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Utah is not only boring but perverted. They're the Beehive State so all their road signs have beehives on them but they made them look like boobs:
Ahh, finally, after 11 hours on the road, there's the first sign of Sin City:
And then we're greeted with the craziest billboard ever:
Seriously, how did they get away with that??
We made it to The Paris and had a room on the 16th floor. We had a decent view - in this shot you can see The Bellagio between the buildings - through that hole we could see the dancing fountains.
And there's the other side with the Colosseum from Caesars.
Here's my artsy attempt - Collin in the mirror in our room:
Oh yeah - see the phone? Stupid expensive phone - Thursday when we got back there was a message from my Mom asking us to call her back. So I did. Dad was on the phone so it went directly to the message dealy and I called back 4 times only to hear the bells of the message. I hung up every time and every time we were charged $10 a call!!! GACK!!
The first night we went to the Rio to see Penn & Teller - Collin snapped a couple pics on our way out:
The balloon which is so very very cool....
....and the even cooler Arc de Triumphe.
On to Penn & Teller which will be Part 2! I hope you all had a fabulous & safe 4th of July!!!
Labels: Pictures, vacation, Vegas
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// posted by Heather @ 11:56 PM
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
In Loving Memory
Our hamster Sam passed away yesterday. He was 2 1/2 years old and according to a website I found, that translates into 80 human years old. Sam will be missed.
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// posted by Heather @ 2:07 AM
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Funny Stuff
This picture cracks me up!
I'd be crying too if I had to look at Mathieu Schnieder. :)
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I'd be crying too if I had to look at Mathieu Schnieder. :)
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// posted by Heather @ 8:20 AM
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Funny Face Thursday
Here we are at Thursday already and what better way to celebrate than with funny faces?
This is Justin hamming it up for the camera at Jordyn's birthday party while Christina hides her face.
Scared? Mad? Worried? Whatever it is, Mom's making a great face.
Collin's nephews, Gavin & Reed. They were just as excited at Jordyn's presents as she was!
Missing tooth, helmet on her head...this is a great one! Jordyn's actually showing off her SpongeBob cards that she got for her birthday and the bike helmet was a gift as well.
Talk about looking mad...Dad hated having his picture taken!
This is pretty much Derek's look all the time!
Hope everyone has a great Thursday!
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This is Justin hamming it up for the camera at Jordyn's birthday party while Christina hides her face.
Scared? Mad? Worried? Whatever it is, Mom's making a great face.
Collin's nephews, Gavin & Reed. They were just as excited at Jordyn's presents as she was!
Missing tooth, helmet on her head...this is a great one! Jordyn's actually showing off her SpongeBob cards that she got for her birthday and the bike helmet was a gift as well.
Talk about looking mad...Dad hated having his picture taken!
This is pretty much Derek's look all the time!
Hope everyone has a great Thursday!
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// posted by Heather @ 9:34 AM
Monday, February 26, 2007
Manic Monkey Photos
Collin recently pulled off all the pictures from my camera - it had been so long since that had been done, there were pictures from before Christmas on there! So this is a random offering of photos! Hold on tight cuz here we go!!
Even Jordyn, when I showed her this, didn't know why she looked the way she did. This is the greatest picture ever!!
Shanon & Elena. I love this picture! Elena has the best smile!
This is Jordyn on Thursday with the soon-to-be newest member of our family, Carson. Carson is a 5 year old shepard/smooth coat collie mix that we're adopting (he should be permanent member of the household by Saturday) and he is the best dog I've ever known!!
Santa needed a little extra help this past Christmas so my hamster Sam filled in. What a good hamster...
And here he is showing me that his food bowl is near empty - - "Don't stand there taking a picture of me! Feed me!!!!"
This is my friend Christina. I've always thought she had a striking resemblance to SpongeBob.
So there you go! More to come in the following days! Hope you all had a fantabulous weekend!
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Even Jordyn, when I showed her this, didn't know why she looked the way she did. This is the greatest picture ever!!
Shanon & Elena. I love this picture! Elena has the best smile!
This is Jordyn on Thursday with the soon-to-be newest member of our family, Carson. Carson is a 5 year old shepard/smooth coat collie mix that we're adopting (he should be permanent member of the household by Saturday) and he is the best dog I've ever known!!
Santa needed a little extra help this past Christmas so my hamster Sam filled in. What a good hamster...
And here he is showing me that his food bowl is near empty - - "Don't stand there taking a picture of me! Feed me!!!!"
This is my friend Christina. I've always thought she had a striking resemblance to SpongeBob.
So there you go! More to come in the following days! Hope you all had a fantabulous weekend!
Labels: Carson, Elena, family, Jordyn, Pictures
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// posted by Heather @ 7:41 AM
Friday, December 01, 2006
Family Friday
This post is done especially for my cousin Shirley in Maryland who wanted to see some family pics! Here we go - enjoy!!
Here's my brother Derek...he usually has his mouth wide open so this is a rare shot.
This is Jordyn, Collin's 6 year old daughter after she lost her front tooth a couple months ago.
Derek's wife Heather, aka Squatchy aka Squishy
Collin's 13 year old son Justin after a hard day at school.
Here's Collin - so cute, huh? :-)
My dad - aka BigFryPapa. This is my favorite picture of him!
My mom Karen - I'm her clone.
And here's me and my boy Sam. You can't see me too good - there's a reason for that. Sam's MUCH cuter, trust me!
Have a great weekend
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Here's my brother Derek...he usually has his mouth wide open so this is a rare shot.
This is Jordyn, Collin's 6 year old daughter after she lost her front tooth a couple months ago.
Derek's wife Heather, aka Squatchy aka Squishy
Collin's 13 year old son Justin after a hard day at school.
Here's Collin - so cute, huh? :-)
My dad - aka BigFryPapa. This is my favorite picture of him!
My mom Karen - I'm her clone.
And here's me and my boy Sam. You can't see me too good - there's a reason for that. Sam's MUCH cuter, trust me!
Have a great weekend
Labels: Pictures
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// posted by Heather @ 11:13 AM
