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Net 10 Unlimited – September

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Crazy life fueled by crazy dreams… Ingram Hill 9/8/11

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Ingram Hill FINALLY returned to Connecticut on Thursday night.  The last time we saw them in CT was 2005, so it was definitely a LONG overdue visit!  The show was at the Fairfield Theater, who sent out an email saying there was no opening act and that Ingram Hill would be going on at 7:30.  We were pleasantly surprised once we arrived that not only was there going to be an opening act – there was actually going to be TWO.  Tickets were general admission, but the seats were all still there so it was just like any other show I’ve seen there (although perhaps a bit cheaper!)

First up was Sarah Jane Wilson (http://www.facebook.com/sarahjanewilsonmusic) who did about 5 songs, one of which being a Taylor Swift cover.  She just recently released an EP titled “Middle of Nowhere” (now where have I heard that name before…)

Next up was Kat McGivern (http://www.facebook.com/KatMcGivernMusic) who also did a handful of songs and a decent amount of the crowd seemed to be there for her! (There were only about 25 people there and I would say about 1/5 left once her set was over!)  During her set I definitely thought she reminded me of the lead singer from the Cranberries, so it is really no surprise that now reading her bio that they are listed as an influence.  You can definitely tell that in several of her songs.  She is currently working on a dance pop album – tentatively titled “candy pop” (at least, I think that is what she said)

Then it was time for Ingram Hill!  I haven’t exactly kept up with them over the past few years when they haven’t been touring around here so I definitely need to work on that now and figure out which albums I don’t have (I am thinking I am something like three behind… though one may just be an acoustic ep.  I’ll figure it out eventually)  Of the setlist, there were maybe 6 songs I had recognized from the albums I did have.  Also, since I had seen them last 2 of the band members had changed!  Although I had read about that so it was not a total surprise.

Justin was also quite chatty and was cracking us up.  After a couple of songs he asked how we were doing and the response was a little bit blah.  He told us that he would ask us again later, but would warn us that he was going to ask us so that we’d know what was going on and have time to respond.  When he asked again much later how we were doing, there was a lot more yelling and clapping.  Then he said how he realized that if the answer is “yes” or “good” it can easily be replaced with “woooooo!” but if the answer is “no”, then “no” is still acceptable.  For instance – if someone asked “Do you like brussel sprouts?” you’d yell “NO!” and then if someone asked “Do you like Ice Cream?” you could say “WOOOOOOO!” and it would get the point across.  He also mentioned how at a recent show a group of guys just said “yep” when he asked if everyone was doing all right.

Another point during the show he was talking about the merch that they had and that they also had free matches and how you could never have enough matches around, especially if you had kids.  He also was talking about how the shirts were cotton and they would feel good against your body but they would also make you look good so if you liked to look good and feel good at the same time you should buy one…   And when a fan in the front requested Almost Perfect, he said that they didn’t know that song and that she must have had them confused with someone else – but they did end up singing it. I’m not sure if he was trying to be stealth and make her think they weren’t going to end up singing it, or what! haha.

I wasn’t able to hang out after the show because I am old and had to get back home to get some sleep in so I wouldn’t be a total zombie at work, but other than that it was a great night and it was great to see the old crew who used to go to Ingram Hill shows all the time back together again 🙂

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Book Review

Book Review: Stumbling Into Grace

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At first, I wasn’t interested in reading this book.  Then I found a review of it on another blog that was saying how the blogger had seen the author at the Woman of Faith event and that she was hilarious, so I decided to check it out!

The book is definitely funny and I love her writing style.  I especially love the story she told about slipping on the cement floor at the car dealership. I could absolutely picture the predicament she was in and I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

At the end of each chapter, she relates the story to Jesus and then has a prayer of “Living the Light of His Story”. After that, there are reflection and/or group discussion questions which I always like because even though I may not feel like I am relating to a particular chapter, these questions can often help me see things in a different way that do relate to my life.  There is also a prompt for a personal journal entry at the end of each chapter as well.

Lisa is going to be one of the guests at the Women of Faith conference I am attending in November and I am looking forward to it even more now!

Book Description

Humorous yet poignant stories from Lisa’s life help readers relate to spiritual truths found in the life and ministry of Christ.

Stumbling Into Grace is the diary-devotional of one woman’s honest, ongoing, bumbling journey of faith and how she finds encouragement through a deeper understanding of Christ’s time on earth. Within each chapter she alternates her often humorous memoir with stirring portraits of Jesus and his own encounters as recorded in the New Testament.

Both intimately relevant and refreshingly inspirational, this book will help readers to jettison the theological misconceptions, guilt, shame, and hypocrisy they struggle with, exchanging them for a vibrant, passionate relationship with Christ that results in a more abundant, joyful life.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze®.com <http://BookSneeze®.com> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

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Stevie Nicks Jiffy Lube Live 9/3

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Over Labor Day weekend I went down to the Washington, DC area to hang out with a friend and go see the Mets. Before I got down there, she emailed me to let me know that her fiance managed to score us 3 free tickets to see Stevie Nicks on Saturday night. Not one to turn down a free show, I figured it would be fun. When I looked up Jiffy Lube Live, it reminded me of the Comcast Theater we have in Hartford, just on a bigger scale. I thought that we probably had lawn seats since they were given free to the USO. I was pleasantly surprised when I was told that we did in fact have seats. And neither my friend or her fiance even knew that places with lawn existed. It had been quite a while since I had gone to a concert with such newbies!

Our seats were in the last section of the pavilion, but dead center so they were not too bad at all! The opening act was Michael Grimm who won America’s Got Talent. I had heard that he was great, but I really could not get in to his performance. He also seemed to be promoting a new album that he had just released, but did multiple covers during his set. His chatting while he was on stage wasn’t all that engaging either, though he did have a good voice. Maybe with some more practice he will be more interesting and grab peoples attention.

A cool thing that Jiffy Lube Live had was a text number that you could send a message to if someone nearby was ruining your concert experience. I thought that was pretty cool, although I suppose if you actually used it, it would be pretty obvious who “tattled”. I had a minor issue with the couple in front of me who were either recording or just taking a really long time to decide to snap a photo (and before Stevie came on they announced she had requested no video, etc) and the camera was blocking pretty much my entire view of Stevie. Fortunately, this was easily solved by us all moving over a seat – we had several on either side of us that was empty so it was not a big deal.

Stevie came on about 5 minutes to 9 and several times mentioned that there was a curfew so she was going to talk quickly so that they would not end up pulling the plug in the middle of her set. I had found a setlist from an earlier show and typed it in my phone to follow along with, and panicked a bit when she said that the show would be unlike any other on the tour, but for the most part it was the same just in a different order. But it is nice that she uses her “sequencer” to randomize the order of the songs and switch things out each night so there is a balance of new and old. (I think there was 1 addition and 2 omissions, probably due to the curfew but she did almost all the songs that we had expected to hear!)

Before she sang Soldiers Angel she talked about her time at Walter Reed hospital and encouraged us all to donate to the hospital or to the USO. It was nice that she mentioned that, since we got our tickets through the USO. She also read a URL that was “.org” and said that she was not a computer person and did not know what .org meant. A lot in our section yelled “organization” and I’m assuming some people up front did too so hopefully that was Stevie’s new thing to learn for the day! She also talked about how she was not the governor or the mayor so she had no control over the curfew – but that SHE COULD BE! haha.  For Leather and Lace she talked a bit about how she couldn’t figure out how to do a duet as one person and she never knew who to sing the song with.  Then she realized that her vocal coach was on tour and he had a wonderful voice so she had him join her for the song.

Another thing we found fascinating is that after Edge of Seventeen (the last song in the main set) she made a conscious effort to shake EVERYONE in the front row’s hand. She went from one extreme end to the other, not missing a person, collecting gifts as she went along. My friend turned to me and asked if that was typical of concerts, that the artist shake everyone’s hand like that, and I said not in my experience! I thought that was a really touching aspect of her set that she cared so much about her fans and audience to do that!

Stand Back
Secret Love
Dreams
Moonlight
Gold Dust Woman
Soldiers angel
Annabel Lee
For What Its Worth
Rhiannon
Landslide
Ghosts are Gone
Leather and Lace
Edge of Seventeen

Love Is

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Adding Favicons to Blogger Blogs

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A while back I posted about adding favicons to wordpress and blogger blogs, which resulted in messing with a little bit of coding. I am now here to show you how blogger has changed how to add favicons to you blog and it could not be easier!

First you will need to choose what sort of icon you want as your favicon. Save this image as 100kb in size or less, or blogger will not let you upload it.

Go to the design page of your blog, and you should see the favicon tab right above your Page Element.  For my blogger blog, www.honorsocietylive.com, I chose to use the band’s medallion logo as the favicon.


Click the Edit link and the configure page will pop up.  Since my favicon was already added, I have the option to remove it and upload something new.  All you need to do is choose the file from your computer and ta-da! Once it is uploaded you will have a favicon!
Like I said, it really couldn’t be easier to add one to your blogger blog 🙂

Book Review

Book Review: Black Widow Trainer

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The Black Widow Trainer by Craig Odanovich is billed as “an erotic adventure novel”.  It tells the story of Misty and her husband Rob.  The story starts when she is in Hawaii with her husband Rob and their friend Becca.  While there, she ends up having an affair with a guy that she found incredibly attractive.  She confesses to Rob and rather than ask for a divorce – he asks for an open marriage!  She is allowed to sleep with whoever she wants and he won’t ask any questions about it, and the same goes for him.  Misty works as a personal trainer and is one of the best.  One of her clients asks her to go overseas with him for 3 months and to create a contract of what it will take to get her to go.  Misty chooses a monetary amount, but also writes in that he is allowed to sleep with her once.  As soon as he does, the contract is over and she receives the money for the 3 months.  Much to Misty’s surprise – the client signs it without even reading it and Misty’s life as the Black Widow Trainer begins.

The book chronicles through several of her jobs, taking her all over the globe.  She usually comes home for a couple of months in between jobs and at that time is a loving wife to Rob.  Meanwhile, Rob has to put whatever other relationships he was in on hold.  You’ll find out if this puts too much of a strain on their marriage if you read the book 🙂  It is 67 chapters, though many are only a couple of pages.  The book is also broken up in to 3 parts so there are plenty of stopping points if you don’t want to read it all in one go (and at 314 pages, it may be difficult to read it all in one sitting).  With all the exotic places Misty travels to, it is a nice escape from the real world. (Though I will give you fair warning – it IS an erotic novel so it is quite descriptive of just what is going on at the end / to end Misty’s contracts!)

I am looking forward to reading the 2nd book in the series – Captured Prey – in the not so distant future!  Look for a review on that coming up – but for now I’ll leave you with a

summary of it…

After enjoying a brief but sultry respite in Argentina with her best friend Gabriella, Misty–the high-price personal trainer with a unique, controversial clause in her contract–embarks to the United States to meet her next trainee. What she finds under the hot Texas sun shocks and captivates her, and she ends up caught in a wrenching dilemma that causes her to choose between love and career.

As she sorts out her feelings for an intriguingly handsome cowboy and his conniving, cowardly employer, Misty’s sexual appetite and lust for adventure take her from honky-tonks to bustling Copacabana Beach festivals–and land her in the crosshairs of a scheming DC politician hell-bent on taking down an opponent in an upcoming election.

Captured Prey is populated with a new set of impossible-to-forget characters, plus some key favorites from the first book. As always, Misty’s blend of wiliness, sensuality, and wide-eyed innocence helps her charm everyone she meets. Surprises await at every turn in this seductive, action-packed follow-up.

I received free copies of Book 1 and 2 from Greenleaf Book Group in exchange for mentioning the books on my blog. I was not otherwise compensated nor was I asked to write a favorable review.  All opinions are 100% mine.

Book Review

Book Review: Worlds Collide

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Worlds Collide intrigued me at first because it was a story about a fan getting to interview one of the stars she was in love with and help write his biography.  As a wannabe journalist, that drew me in.

However, it was difficult to get in to this book because the chapters alternated between Jack’s story and Grace’s story (husband and wife, celebrity and girl next door) for the first handful of chapters and it became difficult for me to keep track of what was going on bouncing back and forth. Especially because I was reading just a few chapters a night before bed.

Once Jack and Grace’s paths crossed, the story got a LOT better so I would definitely recommend that you keep going if you get stuck as well.   The book is long – nearly 60 chapters!  As you progress through, it will make more sense why the beginning chapters were included giving you background on both of the characters lives as some of the issues and stories that were told there become relevant further in to the book, they bring the story full circle.

Even with the struggles in the beginning of this book, the story floored me and I definitely recommend it.  It is about much more than a writer becoming friends with her celebrity crush. It is about chance, family, love, struggles to love, and so much more!

About The Book

Some Decisions Change Your Day. Some Will Change Your Life.

While the headlines screamed “Hollywood Heartthrob Marries Girl Next Door,” the public relationship of Jack Harrington and Grace Winslowe never revealed the private struggles that threatened to pull them apart-and when celebrity biographer Jada Eastman starts digging, she discovers that there’s more to this couple than anyone could guess.

Their relationship began like a scene from one of Jack’s movies. Leaving behind a dead-end relationship and the bitter Chicago winter, Grace had moved to Southern California to start a new life. Meanwhile, Jack had established himself as an up-and-comer with considerable acting talent, and a private heartache. When a fateful accident pulled the two of them together, they couldn’t avoid their initial attraction or the vast differences in their values and lifestyles.

Now, against the backdrop of Beverly Hills and the 24/7 nature of the entertainment world, Jada grapples with her own beliefs as she encounters the spiritual chasm of this famous couple. Can Grace and Jack face the consequences of their own personal histories-and can the biographer avoid being affected? As the three of them examine the couple’s bittersweet story, it becomes clear that everyday decisions can carry lifetime consequences when individual worlds collide.

About The Author

Alison Strobel is a novelist and former elementary educator. Her father, bestselling and award-winning author Lee Strobel, instilled her with a love of stories at a young age. Alison and her husband live in California.

I received a free e-book copy of Worlds Collide from edelweiss and Waterbrook’s Blogging for Books program in order to write this review.  I was not asked to write a favorable review and all opinions are mine.

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Steven Page Mohegan Sun Wolf’s Den 9/1/11

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Thursday evening Steven Page (formerly of Bare Naked Ladies) brought his solo act to the Mohegan Sun Wolf’s Den. I won reserved tickets from KC101. While Wolf Den shows are always free, it is first come first served and seating is limited. Reserved seats also come with 4 $10 drink vouchers!

Before the show, I did not realize he was no longer with BNL. I guess I would consider myself a BNL fan (by the definition of liking their stuff), but I don’t really keep up with them.

Steven did an entertaining set, with lots of banter in between songs which I always love. He said you can spot autograph sellers because they always have a blue sharpie and how a guy asked him to sign the new BNL album that he wasn’t even on. Throughout the show I started realizing his band all looked alike – turns out they were 3 brothers! (And one told an incredibly disgusting story about a trombone that is grossing me out again just thinking about it)

During the song chorus girl he talked about how the song had no chorus (yet it’s about chorus, girl!) But he put it on the album anyway. Later he realized the chorus was hidden in the song, like the peanut butter in a peanut butter cup.

He also choked on his saliva during a song and not only mentioned it during the song, but afterwards explained why it happened (he was excited to be playing the song)

As I’m away for the weekend pics will have to come later!

A New Shore
Jane
Indecision
This Old Apartment
She’s Trying To Save Me
Clifton Spring
Over Joy
Call and Answer
Marry Me
What a Good Boy
Enid
These Wasted Words
So Young, So Wrong
If You Love Me
Its All Been Done
Chorus Girl
—
Brian Wilson

Product Review

Heart Shaped Carabiner Keychain Review

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I have a terrible habit of “losing” my keys. But they are never really lost, just buried at the bottom of my bag. You know how it goes – you get to the concert and toss your keys in your bag. You head to merch and pull out your wallet, the keys fall a little further in to your bag, you pull out your camera and they fall a little further. Then the show ends and you have to spend 20 minutes digging for them so you can get in your car to head home!

Lately I have been using a keychain that is a carabiner to attach the keys to the strap of my bag or to my belt loop and then stick the keys in my pocket.  This has been working well – but the carabiner I have been using lately is kind of blah.  It is your typical black generic one and it used to say “Hanson” on it, but it has since worn off.  Wholesale Keychains have sent me a heart carabiner to try out and I must say that it has had no problem keeping up with me being on the go and my rather heavy set of keys and assorted keychains.
I haven’t had to worry about it opening up and my keys falling, not to mention it is a lot cuter and more stylish than my traditional black carabiner that I used to be using.  I definitely recommend this for anyone who needs a way to attach their keys to their purse or themselves so that the keys don’t end up going missing!

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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Why I could never be on Big Brother

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Big Brother is one of my favorite reality TV show competitions. In fact, this year I decided to try and become a little bit more “in the know” and made the plunge in to subscribing to Showtime in order to get access to “Big Brother After Dark”. (Of course the fact that showtime also airs one of my favorite shows, Weeds and one of the family’s favorite shows Dexter helped a bit with the decision as well.)

However, I’ve been thinking about it and watching how boring everyone is for 3 hours every night has made me realize that there is absolutely NO way I would ever survive my time in the Big Brother house.

I’ve made a list of a few things that made me realize I couldn’t do it, and there are probably even more than this.

1. No computer / internet – While I’ve survived week (or so) long vacations without a computer or internet, I’m not sure I could survive it for several months. Vacations I either had my phone or a notebook as well.

2. No cell phones – No access to the outside world, my family, my friends, nothing. Just the other crazy house guests that I may or may not even get along with.

3. No paper / pencils! – If I am away without internet, I often keep a journal so that if I want to blog about things when I get back I have notes, or I can just toss the pages in to a scrapbook to read later to recap the event. (Half the things I wrote in my Rock Boat journal I’d never have remembered if I did not write down what had happened that day every time I went back to the room!)

4. B-O-R-I-N-G – It doesn’t seem like there is much to do in the house. The house guests sleep a lot. I’d probably get sick of sleeping all the time haha

5. I’d suck at endurance comps – If I won one, it would be a miracle. Which means I’d have less of a chance at winning H.O.H or Power of Veto if I end up being put up on the chopping block.

6. I’d never survive a week on slop – With Jordan being on slop 2 weeks in a row and the other options being fish both weeks, I realized like her, I’d probably end up on a steady diet of pickles. While I could probably use losing a few pounds, I am not sure that this is the way I would want to go about it. Plus being hungry would probably lead to me having headaches all the time and being grumpy. No one would want to be around me.

7. I wouldn’t want to be watched 24/7 – Creepy people who buy the live feeds (not to say that all are creepy) watching me all the time and picking apart any habits I might have? I’d probably stay clear of any of the internet chatter once I got home… but some of the house guests talk about being harassed on twitter or even in “real life” and I don’t think that I could handle that.

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