My blog

So yes, I have been really busy and totally ignoring my blog.

BAD MOMMY

But, I partially hated how it looked and just had not made much effort to get that fixed.

I originally had some random blogger template.

Then I won a contest and got a design.  It was fine, but I kind of "outgrew" it so I purchased this template from some blog designer who probably does not exist anymore.

It was really cute, right??  Yet somehow I thought if I paid someone to custom design my blog I would be so much happier.

Wrong.

I hated the process, I hate how it turned out.  I couldn't ask for any more revisions.  It just got too much.  Every time I tried to explain the look - it got more country-fied. 

Yuck.

It was not the blog designers fault, I mean I picked the original elements and she went from there.  It just somehow went sideways from what I actually wanted. 

Something like what I had above, just more customized.

But now I have even outgrown that.  I am a mother to a child who turns, in her words, the BIG 1 - OH, next winter and I need something a little cleaner and more sophisticated. 

So pretty soon.  

I am excited. 

#RockTheGarden Recap - Or - My birthday pretty much rocked this year.

Sunday was a big day.

Final Round of the US Open.

Father's Day.

First Official Day of Summer.

My birthday.

Yes, it was my birthday on Father's Day. Not a typical occurrence, but it happens.

This year I decided to ask for what I really wanted.

Ticket's to Rock The Garden at the Walker Sculpture Garden!

I didn't really care who was playing, but with JD McPherson, Babes In Toyland (SCORE! Reunited Legends!) and Modest Mouse as the beef of Sunday's lineup, I was pretty stoked.

Let's get a closer look at JD McPherson.

Ahem.

I loved every minute from my bloody mary at Spasso that morning to the view of Modest Mouse that evening as the sun set over the back of my shoulder. 

Mmmmmm

Ahhhhh.

But my favorite part of any event is of course....

People Watching.  

I mean I learned from the best, my dad natch. He loves to sit there and watch all the loonies go by. From the local mall to the granddaddy watching place of all time The MN State Fair my dad would poke my side and point out anyone or anything cool, beautiful, funny, silly, or unusual.

He would have loved the transvestite Santa Claus who popped up dancing from a few rows in front of us Sunday night.  :) Hair in a pony and wearing RED Converse All Stars with his/her red mini-dress. 

Another excellent thing at concerts are the t-shirts. People will wear ANYTHING on a t-shirt at a concert. The best were the Minnesota Themes on shirts.  My two favorites:

Now those are some good musical references!

So thank you Terry for saying YES to a concert. I love going places with you - even if you are checking your phone to see who won the Open every 30 seconds from 8:45 to the moment your sports app told you Spieth won.  :)  

Love you baby!