'Tis it the season ALREADY?!?

Wed 11/19/08

Man! Where has the year gone?!? Seems like just a couple of days ago we were in the studio finishing up the new CD, then packaging it, doing a photo shoot, shooting a video for Don't Hate Me For Loving You, doing Wal-Mart in-store performances, shows, promoting Riverbank, touring, singing, writing, moving, voting,....OK! I see where the year went. But it sure went FAST!!!!! Now it's almost Thanksgiving and Christmas is a few short weeks away!! I guess the old adage of "time flies when you're having fun" is true. It REALLY moves though when you're having fun and working hard!!

Speaking of "gone"; I'm sorry I've been gone from here for so long, it wasn't on purpose, just so much going on and literally being gone on the road a LOT. I think the mid-summer months have been the busiest I've been in a log time, and in the middle of all that Kelly and I moved. Or actually, Kelly moved while I was on the road!! Bless her heart! Well, at least she called me and told me what my new address was so I'd know where to come home to! LOL Then there's the painting and unpacking and re-storing things that need to be stored. And I'm SUCH a pack-rat! So there were the "DISCUSSIONS"....

Her: "What's this box of wires and electrical cords for?"

Me: "Be careful with that those can't be replaced!"

Her: "But what do they go to?"

Me: "I don't know, but they're really old and irreplaceable!"

Her: "Um....what are you going to do with them?"

Me: "Huh? Well, I don't know, but...I might need them!"

Her: "You might need them for what?"

Me:(rolling my eyes) "Well I don't KNOW! But something could happen or break and the only thing on the WHOLE PLANET that would fix it could be in this box! Then you'd be glad I kept it!"

Her:"ok, what about this box of old ceiling fan parts? We don't need these!"

Me: "WAIT! this house has four ceiling fans! One of them might break, and the part that fixes it could be in that box! "

Her:(rummaging through the box) "BAby, they don't MAKE ceiling fans that run off washing machine motors and fan belts any more...!"

Me:(taking the box from her) "EXACTLY!! What if something happens? I might NEED it!"

Her: (taking the box BACK from me) "JEFFERY!!! Get a trashbag!!! This is JUNK!!!"

Me: "But I might need it...!"

Her: "You are NEVER going to need some of this JUNK! Look, here's an 8-track tape player that goes in a car!! Does it work? "

Me:(hanging my head) "No, not in twenty years..."

Her: "Do you have any 8-track tapes just in case it DID work?"

Me: "Yes!"

Her: "Do THEY work?"

Me: "Uh...no, they're kinda dry rotted. BUT I CAN FIX THEM! I think..."

Her: "Get the trashbag baby!"

Me: " But I got my first REAL kiss while listening to Conway TWitty on THAT 8-track tape player!!"

Her: "And she means that much to you huh?"

Me: "Uh....well...no..., where ARE those trash bags?"

Note to self- Never talk about kissing another girl to your wife. Even if it WAS 30 YEARS AGO!

So anyway, I parted with a lot of totally useless things I'd been hanging onto for years, and in turn, we were able to actually keep things that DO mean a lot, and have somewhere to put them without having to rent a storage unit and pay a monthly fee on it. One less bill! Woohoo!  And I learned another valuable lesson in letting go of the past. Of the parts that really don't matter anyway! AND my broken 8-track tape player and dry rotted Conway Twitty 8-track tape are tucked safely away under my truck seat in a plastic WAL-Mart bag! Cuz, y'never know, I might NEED it one day!!! 

(more to come!!! Gotta go to work!)

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