Shattered Sun

J’s dad flew into Phoenix today. In a two seater plane. We left my work at 4 to get up there in time to meet him at the Glendale Airport. We haven’t seen him in five or six years now. I know, that’s a long time but life gets in the way sometimes. As I’ve mentioned before, I haven’t been back to Texas to see my family since 2000. There’s just never enough money it seems. Anyway, the evening was fun, I’ll admit. And now, I’m bushed, so I think I’ll head to bed.

Sites that use Wordpress and don’t keep the links to it really bug me.  Is it really that difficult to include a simple text link giving others some idea of where to look for cool blogware?  This continues on with other things as well, like smilies, etc.  I just don’t understand why people don’t feel the need to give credit where it’s due.  Why is that?

sigh

It just bugs the heck out of me.

And no, I don’t mean me.  You could, but there’s definitely people who need it more out there.  And one of those people is Mr. Chris Vamosi and his family.  After a terribly accident in October, this young man and his family are obviously struggling.

Three young children + one wife who has no job + one young man in for a long recover = a need for relief.

Read the story, send your prayers (or good vibes or whatever) and while you’re at it, consider donating to help with the financial strain.

I’m not totally sure. Of course, I tend to gear myself towards doing this more frugally, and maybe that’s my problem. But seriously, is she worth that much for one concert? I’ll admit, she can sing. Seriously sing. I’d like to see where she goes once her voice matures. I worry that she’ll have the same issues that Leann Rimes had with transitioning into adult songs. But I digress. She’s in town tonight playing at the Jobing.com Arena, which is a good sized venue (and she’s expected to have 13k people there to see her tonight). But, honestly, I can’t think of one artist that I’d want to see for $250 bucks. Or more. Heck, I have a hard time putting down $50 for one concert. I know, I’m a cheapskate. There’s just other things I’d rather spend my money on.

I spent the evening working on an idea that just hit me. It’s typically how that works for me. I get an assignment and then have an incredibly tough time implementing it. And then I get this fantastic idea and just have to figure out how to get what’s in my head out.  That’s a tough gig!  :)  Anyway, I did the holiday invites for our company party this year.  Below is the fruit of my labors.  I’m pretty darn thrilled with the results, myself.  What do you think?  (Psst…  Clicking the image will make it larger and much cooler looking!)