#74 Attack of the Giant Boyfriends

I just read an article on "OMG" about celebrity couples with considerable height differences. Not fair!!! Click on the post title to read the article. Not that I'm jealous of Miley Cyrus, but why is it that really tall guys seem to gravitate toward really tiny girls?

#73 Spring of '10

Wednesday I saw Bryan Adams (Bare Bones tour) at the Murat Theatre with my friend Heidi. It was in the Egyptian room but they had reserved seating (thank goodness!). We sat in the 9th row. Awesome seats! He played an acoustic set and had a piano player. He put on a really good show. I like the acoustic concerts because the artist usually talks more and tells funny stories relating to the songs. For example – his song “Heaven” was written for a 1983 movie “A Night In Heaven” about a male stripper. He apologized to anyone who had danced at their wedding to that song.

Speaking of talking, the couple next to me talked the entire concert. It always amazes me that people pay a lot of money to see someone in concert and proceed to talk the whole time and pay no attention to the concert. You could do that at home for free! The guy spilled his drink (partly on my foot), then took off his sweater to mop it up from his crotch. Toward the middle of the concert people started heading for the front of the stage and they took off. Good riddance.

I have an advantage at concerts in that I can see over everyone. However, I'm not a mosh pit, up-in-front kind of gal (with some exceptions) so usually like to stay in the back anyway when it's standing-room only so I don't block anyone's view. I also usually stay seated if there are reserved seats for the same reason. I do recall one funny incident that happend when I attended an REO Speedwagon concert after college at the Indianapolis Tennis Center (that is another topic I will cover later). Our seats were on the floor and I was maybe 10 people in from the side. We ended up standing most of the concert. At one point, a security guard got my attention and asked me to get off of my chair because the people a few rows behind couldn't see over me. I held my hands out to my side and looked down at my feet. He saw that I was standing on the GROUND and walked away.

#72 Wedding Bells

Don't get too excited - it's not for me. Have you read my blog? I am sooo far from getting married it's not funny! Anyway, my friend Trina tied the knot last Saturday. Another friend, Tammy L., and I helped her out with details for the ceremony/reception. It was a great day and she was a beautiful bride.





You would never tell by looking at her that she had an emergency appendectomy the Thursday before. Holy cow! She was a trooper.

Here is a picture of me and one of her bridesmaids, Lisa Godby (no relation). I think we are really sisters separated at birth.



I think at one time or another most women go to a wedding and wonder if there will be any cute guys there. I do wonder, but know the probability of there being a cute, tall guy there is not high.

I did get a cute, tall dress from Banana Republic last year and when I bought it I had no event in mind for it. When I find a tall in my size (and on sale) I usually buy it. Several months later it was a great dress for a spring wedding. I found some dressy brown sandals at Payless (3" heels!) and a Gap cardigan that matched the dress exactly. Ready to roll.

I am incredibly happy for Trina and Joe and wish them a life of happiness together!

#71 National Day of Prayer

Thursday, May 6, was the National Day of Prayer. A U.S. district judge ruled that this day as unconstitutional. As a Christian, I disagree with her. First of all, this country and its constitution was founded on Christian principles. It's not like we're forcing people to pray. If you want to pray, go for it. If not, fine. There are 364 "non-praying" days and she is complaining about one public day of prayer?

#70 World's Tallest Couple

I have become Facebook friends with Gwendolyn, a girl I met while playing basketball many years ago. She is 6'7" and her husband is 7'1". Wow! She had a posting on her wall last week joking about them being the world's tallest couple. I've not done research to confirm this, but they would definitely be in the running! I commented to her that I hoped to break her record. Actually, I would probably prefer a man around 6'8" or 6'9". Not that I would turn away anyone taller!

Like I've said before, I don't base everything on height alone. There are many other factors and qualities I look for that are more important. I just want to have all of those qualities in a tall man.

Gwendolyn has nothing to worry about at the moment. She does, however, give me hope for my future!

#69 Hit and Run

Last Friday night I was in Broad Ripple celebrating Julie's birthday. Will she kill me if I list her age? I am right behind her... Anyway, Julie, Krista, Michelle and I ate at La Piedad. Yum! We walked around BR for a while. Unfortunately all the cute shops close at 6 or 7 so they were closed. You'd think they'd stay open later on a Friday.

I had parked on Cornell next to the Broad Ripple Brew Pub. Krista had to go to the bathroom (she has a bladder the size of a peanut) after our walk so Julie and I waited in the car. The streets are narrow, so one car can go through at a time. Two cars headed toward each other, one a large, white pickup truck. The other car waved him to turn into the Brewpub so he could continue down Cornell. So the truck starts to turn in and proceeds to sideswipe my car. It happened so slowly I could hear the scraping. I honked my horn several times. He kept going. I assumed he had to know he hit my car. I got out after he passed me thinking I'd get his name and information and he kept going! Are you serious?! Tons of people were outside at the Brewpub and walking down the street and he took off. I wrote his license number on my hand. We did drive around the neighborhood looking for him to no avail. I called the police and filed a report. As of today, I haven't heard anything from the police. Apparently the hit and run department doesn't work weekends. They told me to call back at the end of the week. Luckily my car is not badly damaged - only a big, black scrape on the left front. Hopefully they will find him and punish him under the fullest extent of the law. Whatever that might be.

#68 Aaron and Zach

My friend Kathy, and her husband Chris, have two boys, Aaron and Zach. Last week Julie, Krista and I watched Zach play baseball. He's on a travel team and they are really good. It was a warm spring evening and very enjoyable. We haven't seen the boys in a while. They've changed a lot!

Last Sunday Julie and I watched Aaron participate in a kid's triathlon at IUPUI. I didn't know they did these for kids. The ages are from maybe 7-8 up to 13-14. Aaron did a great job and finished in about 23 minutes. I wish they'd had these when I was kid.

I took a picture after the triathlon - Zach's on the left and Aaron's on the right.