Just one of those little Sherri quirks… I love little square and rectangle tins. Not round ones or tall or big really, or odd shapes… just little rectangled and square ones. Love to put stuff in them. I love that lots of mints are coming in little tin shapes. I use them to hold my beads for making little bits of earrings and jewelry. Just for fun.
Tins are great.
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Ever since I saw this moby, I knew that one day I wanted two large wall shelves from Ikea on either side of the door. My room door. I loved the Expedit model shelf, and I loved that you can get boxes and baskets to fit into the openings all neat and tidy like. I just have been waiting and waiting… for what, I’m not sure, but it was finally time.
Even though I was fighting a bad bad toothache, I loaded up on some painkillers and decided that I would keep my date with Ikea and off I went Sunday noon to go and get the beast. I had the cash, I had saved it up. The drive kept me occupied so I would worry over my stupid mouth. (It’s better now, thanks…) And I didn’t spend a whole lot of time there… it was super busy anyway, and I looked, I got, I paid and I left. And when I got home I took a bunch of Tylenol PM and slept for like 7 hours and woke feeling a lot better.
Besides, I had already made a date with Tim to come out and assemble the beast and help me move the freezer from the living room to the dining room area and some other minor things around the homestead. So I got all my stuff all over the place, much to poor Jessy’s dismay as she tried to work around it all…. and Tim got to unpacking all the boxes and such and we got out the instructions. I got to be the instruction reader, though in the end, it was really very easy. I love Ikea… they are awesome about stuff like that.
Took up most of the living room but that’s because it’s pretty big.
To be honest, it didn’t take too long at all! He had it all nice and tidy within an hour. And then a little more to attach it to the wall in the back, so it won’t tip or anything.
Dressed up, the thing holds a TON…. everything I thought would probably fill it up, only took about half of the space. It’s going to be awesome. I would like to get a couple of the wicker baskets that go in the little sections to really store odds and ends and a couple more CD boxes, that sort of thing. But all in the right time… The other wall one, I’ll just save up for that one next… and since our sewing machine cabinet is over there now instead of the freezer, I’d like to put our crafts ands scrapbooking stuff, etc over there. That would be cool.
Right now, I just like the way it looks… I’ve been waiting to get that thing for almost 2 years! Well, 1 3/4 years! Pretty cool. I like waiting on things and taking my time. Obviously, it’s good to not by on credit or over extend yourself. And it feels cool to save up the cash and then finally go and get something neat and useful. I love how it anchors that end of the moby with something big and solid. Nice… I love it!
We were invited to come to the Bluegrass in SuperClass event here in town at the Perrysburg Holiday Inn-French Quarters to show off the Glass City Opry to the folks in attendance. It was really a nice thing and we really appreciated Larry Efaw and his whole family and their efforts in bringing some serious national bluegrass music to town once a year.
Jeff and I manned the table all day and evening Friday and Saturday and it was fun to hang out with him and our volunteers Rob and Tim over that time, just visiting with folks, talking about the Opry, handing out tickets and newsletters and flyers.
Got to see some great acts inbetween “working” like Dailey and Vincent, The Larkins, Remington Ryde, Audie Blaklock and Redline, Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road and many others. Dailey and Vincent were definately the crowning glory of the show, everyone was waiting for them and they didn’t disappoint. Holy cow… their harmonies are just amazing!
This is an old Statler Brothers song…. Lovin’ You…. wow. My little camera doesn’t do them justice.
One of the highlights of the day was some of the jamming going on. I actually got to pick banjo with some of my favorite band members… the guys from Blue Storm and another band, New Outlook. Everyone was so nice and it was such a hoot. I don’t get to pick with these higher level bands, so when I can and hold my own, it’s pretty much a big boost of confidence in my own playing and singing! Jerry, our sound guy, he recorded one of the jam songs I sang and he promised to send it along! I was so nervous, I messed up the kickoff, but got ‘er back on track pretty quick.
I did get a video of my band guys Tim and Rob picking with the jam… and you can hear, it was kicking!!!
Great stuff~~~~ OH MY! My head is still swimming in the music. Just love this stuff. I’m a bluegrass fool!
Well, its good to be home and done and all that jazz. And the best thing? We’re playing there next year!!!! Such an amazing honor.. we were selected from the local bands to play at the 2011 Winterfest. We’ve got a year to get ourselves totally ready to lay it down. And we’ll be playing alongside some of the best of bluegrass…. Rhonda Vincent and the Rage…. Goldwing Express, The Lewis Family, The Larkins, Wildwood Valley Boys, and of course… DEEPWATER BLUEGRASS!!! We’re one of the first local bands to be picked in years!!! HOW COOL IS THAT???
Well, today will be a day of putting stuff away and getting back on track with life and all it’s normal routines. But you can bet yer bottom dollar…. I’ll be humming and singing some great grass all day long. It’s soaked into me into the cellular level at this point!!!
Here’s a little bit more of Dailey and Vincent’s set…. boy oh boy….. I love these acapella harmonies in bluegrass… so pretty.
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