Sir Elton John

"GET BACK!  HONKY CAT!"  <--- love that song.
"Daniel my brother, you were older than me, do you still feel the pain.... of the scars that won't heal."  <--- that one too.
"I'm still standing, better than I ever did, looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid." <--- duh.
Okay, I could just type out the lyrics to my favorite Elton songs, but I guess I'll tell you about the best concert I've ever been to instead.
A few things you should know before we move on:
1. I love Elton.  A lot.  I've been obsessed with him since I was about 6.  I've made numerous best friends simply because we both love EJ.  If you don't love Elton, I'm not sure we can be friends.
2.  In fact, I love Elton John SO much that when my husband said we could NOT name our son Elton, I cried a little.  I also cried a little when he agreed that we could name our son Levon if he was born on Christmas (I was certain that Ellie was a boy, and her due date was actually Christmas).  As the due date got closer, I started second guessing this decision because people kept saying "LaVonne" instead of the proper pronunciation.  Silly people.
3. ELeanor.. ELton... coincidence?  I'll let you figure that one out.
Okay moving on.  For Valentine's Day, my sweet husband surprised me with tickets to see Elton John and at the time, just finding out that I would be going to the concert was the 3rd best day of my life.  You can imagine how stoked I was as the date approached.
Thursday I lost it.  Like seriously.  I was GIDDY all day long and my kids could do no wrong.  They had perfect attendance and I had promised them popcorn, but I was in such a wonderful movie and they had been SO good all week, that I threw in a surprise and rented Wreck It Ralph for them to watch as they ate their popcorn for the last 20 minutes of the day.  As I left work I was literally skipping through the hallways and telling everyone I encountered that I was going to the concert that evening.  "Hey random custodian who I've seen twice and who doesn't speak English - I'm going to see Elton John in concert!  Yes!  Elton Juan!" (okay, maybe I didn't say that, but you get the point).
After getting home from school, I got ready and we headed downtown for the show.  Downtown was PAAAAAAAACCKKKEEEDDD.  It was hard even finding a place to grab a drink.
Finally.  It. Was. Time.
We found our seats and THE MAN came on stage wearing a BEAUTIFUL red suit with a long red jacket that was bedazzled beyond belief.  It also said Captain Fantastic on the back.  EEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee was the noise I made all night.  And yes, I was the obnoxious girl singing at the top of her lungs along with every song and on her feet dancing like a fool even though everyone around me (except for you old man in a red shirt in section 423... you got me) was seated.
Deep breaths.  I'm getting way too excited even talking about it and I have to go to bed soon.  He opened with "The Bitch is Back" (I totally called that about an hour before the show), and played almost everything I wanted to hear.  The only other songs I wish he would have played were:
1. I Want Love.
2. Don't Go Breakin' My Heart

Other than that- perfection.

My Blogger Persona

Has anyone else noticed that my blog has multiple personalities? Is it a cooking blog? A family blog? Diet blog? Well my blog, like myself, is quite eclectic... and by eclectic I mean very inconsistent. I like to tell people that I don't know a lot about anything, but I know a little about everything. I also have ADHD (attention deficit) which means that my mind bounces around like crazy from one thing to another and a lot of the time I become "obsessive" about something and do that one thing for a while and then quickly burn out. Then I'll bounce to something else and then burn out and sometimes I'll go back to one thing that I have previously burnt out on and the cycle continues. While this is great if you are a believer that "variety is the spice of life" it can sometimes be cumbersome if you are trying to be consistent at something. Unfortunately my life has never been consistent so that's something that I'm trying to work on. While thinking about my New Year's Resolutions, I really figured out that my real goal this year is to be more consistent. The things I want to be consistent in are all things I've tried, but never made a habit in my life. Here are things that I would like to be consistent in:

1. Photography and taking more pictures and better pictures.
How I will achieve this consistent goal: Making it a point to take pictures every week. Also I am planning on going to my cousin's studio this summer to shadow him.

2. Staying fit. Story of most womens' lives. I just want to quit fluctuating so much so that ALL of my clothes fit ALL of the time and I don't have to have 3 different sets of clothes (really skinny clothing, normal happy size clothing, and "fat" clothing). Currently I am straddling the normal happy size and fat clothing so I want to work on shedding a few pounds on top of staying in better shape. I don't think that I will ever be one of "those" girls that has 0% body fat and looks awesome in everything, but I can be happy with my weight and size and that's what I truly want.

3. Have consistent hobbies. Did you know that I used to be a competitive inline speed skater? On the golf team in high school? A theatre geek? In junior high choir? President of the Home Ec club? An archaeology major? Highly involved in Student Government? A huge movie buff? A budding photographer? A really good cook? A Fashion Merchandising major? An avid doodler and painter? The list goes on. Do I do any of these things on a regular basis these days? Nope. I just want to be more consistent in my hobbies and doing something twice a year does not a hobby make.




In other news, the new Kings of Leon album is phenomenal. I am also really obsessed with the Cee Lo song "Forget You" (but the unedited version). Check them out.