"Guess who's back in town, stomping around in my own stomping ground!"

Man it has been a loooooooooooooong time!!!!!!  I dunno why I've waited so long to blog 'cause I  have been doing stuff... I think I just get in these funks where I'm not really determined to do much, so a lot of things like exercise, scripture study, blogging, social lifes, they seem to start lacking.  Not something that I'm proud of, but it's what I've discovered.  But let's see what has happened in the last 2 months..  Our lease here at our house is up in August, and our landlord informed us that his daughter will be moving in so we have to find a new place.  We've been looking like crazy but are pretty sure we found a duplex we like.  I would love to live more in the country but my roommate doesn't wanna drive real far for work and school so we found a place about 8 minutes from where we live now.  Speaking of school, I applied for FASFA and am hoping to go to the community college in January to finish up that horrid  math class and finally have my AA by May!  This means that I'm not going to be working a lot when I'm taking that class.  Anyways, so we went to look at the duplex and the people next door were moving out so I was like perfect, let's talk to them and see how the neighborhood is.  It was a couple in there 60's, and they were moving out her mother, who was 91 and just raved about the place.  After we looked at the side that we originally planned to look at, we went back over to their side and did a walk through, and LOVED it!!!!
So we got application forms and are hoping to get that duplex instead and move in August.  We also have been looking on Craigslist for furniture and just bought some today!  It was 350$ for a couch, love seat and a recliner... I thought it was quite it a good deal!  All I need to get now is a bed and I'm set!  ha ha Not gonna lie, I'm real excited to finally have a real bed and feel like a semi adult again  ha ha our new place is 2 story and the master bedroom is downstairs, which I believe I'm going to be getting, it's 2 1/2 bathrooms, there's a den and a sun room, plus 3 storage units in the backyard and I think we're gonna rent them out and use that money for utilities.
 As long as we pass the credit check, which I do have a roommate who has a criminal background, just possession, but we should be fine.  Anyways, on to activities I've done lately... They had CMA Fest, which is a four day event with concerts everywhere and a bunch of fan activities.  I couldn't go to much of it because of work, but I did volunteer for a day, and I was an artist Escort.

Here's me and my friend on the pedestrian bridge that leads over from LP Field to downtown Nashville.  It's a good little walk.    I escorted these 3 sisters from Australia called the McClymonts.  Real nice girls, mouths like sailors that's for sure ha ha .  There were a lot of up and coming artists there so that was cool to see them.  My friend got to escort one of the girls from Little Big Town and hang out with them the whole time. So after the parade, we went down to RiverFront Stage and watched Little Big Town.  That is the stage that I went to the whole time.  I had some great pictures on my phone, but I had to get a new phone, and since I got an IPhone, I couldn't transfer my memory card.  Oh well, that is one of my goals, to print off all these pictures.  I did get to finally see Dustin Lynch play live and oh my gosh he is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If anyone has talked to me in the last year, you'll know how much I LOVE Dustin Lynch!!  He was soooo good live!! and I totally....

GOT HIS PIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I was soooooooo excited 'cause it was like the only one he threw out!!! oh yup!!!  Anyways,  those were a good couple days that I was able to go to!!  I went to visit my friend Taylor down in Alabama and it was so much fun to just hang out with her and have a girls day....  Definitely wish she lived closer but now I just have an excuse to go down there!!  Speaking of friends,  I taught Relief Society and afterwards this girl came up to me and thanked me for my lesson.  She's just visiting for a month and she wants to hang out so I invite her to go dancing with me on Wednesday and it's one of the best decisions I've made since being here.  It has been soooooooooo fun having her here!  Her name's Sarah..  She's here vising


family for a month.  This was our first adventure out to Riverstone Saloon to go country dancing.  She LOVES taking pictures and I think it's such a great idea because she takes so many that they tell the story of the nights ha ha.... She has such a fun spirit about her and really lives and takes life to the fullest... she's not afraid of anything, not afraid to talk to anyone, to do anything... Having her here has allowed me to do so much that I've wanted to do, just not by myself.  so anyways we meet some guys at Riverstone and we're just talking to them in the parking lot and these boys are straight up rednecks... real nice and fun to hang out with but straight rednecks.... the pictures will tell.....
























This is on the back of Wilkes truck, yes named after John Wilkes Booth.  He has two huge confederate flags that he puts in the back of this truck and drives around with.. as you can see.. That is Wilkes and me on his old truck, that I actually loved a lot...

This is Johnny and me..... one funny, funny kid..

This is Josh... totally out of it...Redneck

and this is me and the 3 boys on the back of Josh's truck

This is the sunrise that I watched from the back of Josh's truck....  if you wanna know what happened that night, just listen to Luke Bryan's, "I Don't Want This Night To End."  It's a pretty accurate description, not everything, but a good amount :)  I'll stop this blog with this night....

Love Y'all

Lil' Miss Lolo <3

(Livin' life & lovin' it, from the South)

"Living in a Moment you may never see again"

Another concert post?!  Are y'all really that surprised?!  ha ha I didn't think so!! This time it was Jerrod Neimann, Chris Young, and Miranda Lambert.  I've wanted to see Miranda perform for a while now so I was excited when I saw that she added Nashville to her lineup... which let me just say is the first time she's ever come to tour through Nashville.  So I was pretty pumped to see her, not as excited for Eric Church though ha ha ... My friend Afton and I drive by the front to see how many people are there and then we were planning on grabbing some snacks.. Well, it was 1:00 and there were 3 people in line, and I freaked ha ha... so she dropped me off and I waited in line and had her go get the food ha ha people definitely were arriving earlier for Miranda then they were for Eric Church, and let's just say that she attracts a very unique crowd, and I'm just gonna leave it at that ha ha

Of course, we met Taylor and Mitch there and it was soooooo much fun!! They came prepared with towels, and drinks and fans ha ha ..... definitely made the time go a lot faster and was nice to have some normal, down to earth people there  ha ha
I know they were thinking the same thing about some of the people as I was ha ha


This is me and my friend Afton.... She's a little bit obsessed with Miranda Lambert ha ha But she definitely had a blast at the concert!!

It was interesting this time to talk to the people that were waiting outside with us, kinda joining in on our tailgate party.  They were definitely a lot more intense then the fans for Eric Church, which is surprising.  The people were a lot ruder, seemed more selfish and overall, not really nice people... Plus they were like stalkerish.... knew everyone's names in all the bands, the security peoples names, the merchandise peoples names... ya real intense...But anyways..... The concert was really fun!! I definitely worked up a sweat!! ha ha and it was different than Eric Church's because they had camera men and big screens, so they would scan the crowd haha my friends and I were on the jumbo screen a bunch... After the show we met up with some friends from church, they were actually at the concert and told me that whenever Miranda walked by us they could see me rocking out... ha ha .. should I be embarrassed? ha ha maybe but whatever!!  So Jerrod Niemann was the first act, and he's definitely not my favorite... had a lot of energy when he first got out there so that was awesome, but not my favorite performer or songs.  He just seems really cocky and thinks he's real hot stuff... oh well.. he's not ha ha Chris Young was next and I've seen him in concert back in Arizona, and I knew that he put on a rockin' show, and he definitely didn't disappoint!! He's actually from Murfreesboro where I live so I was trying to scream it out to make the connection but no such luck haha oh well!! I did touch his hand, as well as Jerrod and Miranda..  

Someone threw a little black dress on stage ha ha by the end of the night he threw it back into the crowd

I got the playlist!!! But really not for me, I knew that my friend Taylor loves those things so I gave it to her.. I know, I'm so nice :)

Then it was Miranda time!!! She does put on a pretty good show!! She had the Pistol Annie's come out, which was awesome 'cause I love those girls!!!  She really did put on a good concert... There were a couple of songs where I was getting emotional because of the way she was portraying the songs while she sang.

Yes her mike stand is a shot gun and it's freaking awesome!!!

She was soooo freakin' sassy!!!!

Pistol Annies

And this is her announcing another special guest...........................................................

BLAKE SHELTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

let me just tell you how much I freaked when he came on stage!!!! He only sang one song but it was good enough for me!!!!! And He totally looked at me and sang the second verse together, it was awesome!!!!

Ahhhhh man, there's definitely parts of my life that I wish were better, but there are parts that I just love to death!!! and my love for concerts is one that I would never change!! I have a couple of big weeks coming up, for concerts, ha ha so I'll make sure to keep y'all updated!!!!!!

"Funny how a melody, sounds like a memory"

Alright y'all!!! It's the post you've been waiting for I'm sure!! It's ERIC CHURCH TIME!!!!!    If you don't already know, I went to the Eric Church, Brantley Gilbert concert here in Nashville and the Bridgestone Arena.  I bought my tickets in January, I think before I even had a job, and paid a pretty hefty price.  I wanted to make sure that I had good seats, and thought the only way to get general admission was to get these VIP Backstage tickets.... ha ha so that's what I did!! Anyways, I was sooo excited when the day finally came, because I had been waiting FOREVER to see him and everyone that knew me knew when it was and how I was about to bust!  I was afraid I might not get it off work because it ended being on Cinco De Mayo, but once I saw I had it off, I was real excited.  But then EC cancelled the show the night before his Nashville one, and I was freaking out that he might have to cancel that one as well!  Oh how I forget no one would DARE not show up for their Nashville performance, so once I got the go ahead from his facebook page that the concert was still going, I freaked out even more!!!!!  So Saturday comes, and I don't know what to wear!!! I mean I went from store to store to store trying to find a cute dress, but of course nothing looked good ,or fit right...  and then I couldn't find a cute outfit, so I ended up just making a shirt ha ha now I regret it but I just wanted to be comfortable and I knew it would be hot!!  So I threw my hair in a braid and this was the final result... Don't ask my what my shirt says, I'm an idiot :)

I'm ready!!!

So I was finally ready for the show, and if anyone knows me, I hate being late and would rather be early so I can get a good spot!! ha ha well, let's just say I got  GREAT spot! I got there at about 1:45, doors didn't open up until 6:00 and show started at 7:00....  yes do the math... There were actually 3 people in front of me in line! Crazy huh!  There was a mom who was saving a spot for her daughter, and then sisters, Carolina and Amber who had driven from North Carolina, 8 hours, to see Eric Church.... And I thought I loved music ha ha ... ya let's just say they were a little obsessed with him..  A little while a later, a couple showed up, Taylor and Mitch... they were sooo awesome!! Obviously I'm a little social butterfly and started talking to everyone or else it was gonna be a LONG 4 hour wait... it ended up being SOOO fun! We chatted the whole time, Taylor and Mitch are from Alabama, and travel alllll the time to go to concerts... Taylor is just as obsessed with concerts as me so it was sooo nice to be able to talk to someone who understood where my heart was coming from when I spoke about country music!! So we sat around and chatted the whole time, exchanged numbers, added eachother on facebook, and now me and Taylor talk all the time!! ha ha actually texting her right now as I'm writing this :)  Her and Mitch are coming up tomorrow to the Miranda Lambert concert that I'm going to and we've already planned on getting there early, being more prepared this time, and going out to eat afterwards!!

Carolina, Amber, me, Taylor...Die Hard EC Fans

Here's a picture of all us girls!!! ------->
And then there's me!! with all my goodies to go see Eric! I just went back, ate some food, and got to see him perform to accoustic songs.. I stood in the back because I wanted to hurry up and not miss Mr. Brantley!  And all those friends I met saved my spot so I was right in the front by the rail!!  I already had my red wristband so when they opened up the doors, I booked it to the floor... It was awesome!!!!

Ready to Rock

I'm gonna go ahead and just put some pics up of the concert.. to be honest, Brantley must have been having an off night 'cause he was better at country thunder in AZ when I saw him then he was this night... which sucks 'cause I really like him and wanted a good show... oh well! here are the pics for ya!! Brantley played first an then Eric came!!

Showtime!

No I used no zoom, yes I was that close

"Let's take it outside"

"Brotha I'm hell on wheels"

The Gang (with out new friend James)

How 'bout you!!!

It goes BANG BANG BANG while it rang rang rangs

Jack Daniels

Homeboy

These Boots

Ugly boots I might add

Springsteen

This was such an awesome concert and I loved every minute of it!!!!!! I hope y'all were able to experience a little of the greatness and excitement that I did at the concert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Love Y'all

Lil' Miss Lolo <3

(Livin' life & lovin' it, from the South)