Suzi Strauss

We went downtown to sit on the park grass and hear a new band, it was a lot of fun and I do not even remember the name of the band. I like hearing new music and getting a first look at new performers. Living in Nashville is a great way to hear a lot of music, and I will have to say some of it is not very good but we still give it a shot. One of our friends is trying to make it in the music business and she is very good, we went to a Cd release party of hers a while back and now she is touring Norway, now that would be some kind of fun for sure.

The search for a new car has went on all summer and it seems I am in a lost circle. I can not find what I am looking for and if I do find something close it is way more expensive than I can afford. I want a SUV that is big enough to haul all the kids and dogs and the junk that I need to haul everyday and at the same time it needs to be affordable. I guess that I will just have to keep my old Tahoe and keep looking for the right fit, I hope I can find a good car before school starts again this fall.

The kids love to play in the water and some days it is very hard to get away to the pool or to the lake, so they have to make do with playing in the water sprinkler in the yard. This I do not mind at all the kids get to play in the water and my yard gets some much needed water on it at the same time. The pool is only about a mile away and I will not let my kids go there alone, call me old fashioned but I think the parents need to be at the pool with their kids. It is not a handy dandy baby sitter for the summer you need to be with your kids, for everyone to have fun at the pool.

We have a new pet out in the front yard, we have been invaded by a six foot black snake that has taken up residence in our front yard. A couple of years ago we had another bigger black snake in the same spot in the yard, I picked up the first one and it drug the ground on both ends, it must of been eight feet long, this new one is smaller and it is not afraid of us at all. It may of been a pet that was let go because it got to big or the kids lost interest. I do not mind the snake it eats moles and mice so it is welcome to our yard.

Over the next few days there will be so many places to see music played it will boggle the mind. The CMA Music Festival is this week as well as the big concert at Bonnaroo, today it is rumored that Jimmy Buffett will be at Bonnaroo this Saturday. It would almost be worth the mess and the huge ticket price to see him and Bruce Sprinsteen. I am glad that I am not going the wait to get in is several hours and they search you and your car most of the time, a big hassle for sure.