Montage Moutain~ The NEW Sweetest Place On Earth

SO~Dave Day 6/22/05 @ Montage Mtn proved to be everything I had expected AND more! The ride up and traffic were less the media infalted nightmare, and more the normal concert traffic to be expected. The tail gating was left me pleasantly surprised. The lot we were directed to was a dirt lot a small hike up-hill from the actual venue. We quickly found a spot, opened a few beers and relaxed a bit. The only "real" problem we had was the slight overheating of the car.. mostly due to Andy driving up and back and up and back (since he works 10 minutes from the venue.. and we live 30 minutes southward) BUT I digress.. I was not going to let a little steam rising from the engine of my car that is also needed to drive us all the way back home, ruin my DD!!

AND IT DIDN'T!!

THE SHOW... we tried to get with my sister and friends before the show, but they had headed up a few hours before us so I had already figured that we would not. So we headed into the show about 7:30ish.. caught a little of Howie Day (not actually SEEING him, but you could hear him out in the vendor area)and he sounded pretty good.. I give him 2 thumbs up.(because MY opinion matters soo much!!) then we met up with my Stephie (my sister)& Larry(bro-in-law) Marleen & Todd (friends of ours).. but missed Eric and Sara and Tina (other friends... btw.. these are my normal Dave ay friends, and you really can't get better friends than them. They are all huge DMB fans and just overall good times:) We all chatted (us girls were more in 13-year-old-shreak-mode, but consider the circumstances!) Quickly we realized that Marleen and Todd & us (proper English,whaaa??) had same rows/different section tickets... so it was obvious that we would all just sit together. We made our way to our seats (not bad by any stretch of the imigaination) and made freindly w/ the kids next to us. The fun times were about to begin.

The opener: DREAMGIRL.. a new little dity off of Stand UP-- nice, sweet& lovely... in all a song sung so beautifuly by Dave you can not help but get wrapped up in it (and nod off in "If I was Daves Dreamgirl Land" .. SNAP OUT OF IT ,KATHY!) ... next OneSweetWorld(an oldie, but goodie!)~Don'tDrinkTheWater (sooo much into this song, you can see Daves frustration and emotion.. great, great song!)THEN... MY NANCIES~~~ Oh how I love this song, great dance and let-go song.. I feel especially close due to my OBSESSION with www.nancies.org {sorry... another rant!}...THEN THEN THE>>>>CRASH..OMG-UN-FREAKIN-BELIEAVABLE.... first time live for me, and even those Non-DMBers can appreciate these beauty of a song, just beyond words!

Onto a few newbies- HungerForTheGreatLight -- ehhhh, not totally amazed by it, but coming off of Nancies~Crash.. not much could hold a candle to it(EXCEPT Say GOODBYE.. but that is another beast of its own that I don't dare get into).. YouMightDieTrying.... liked it, has great potential..... Everyday/#36.. the interation of these songs is AMAZING.. the band feeds off of the crowd, (which I failed to mention was just beyond intense, I mean.. INSANE.. EVERYONE was on there feet, jamming and dancing and singing. )then BestOFWhatsAround.... last years Hartford opener.. very fun, good ol song. Warehouse... the Whoo's make my hair stand on end, and chills up my spine!!

Stolen Away on 55th&3rd... nice new song, sweet and simple. Dave sat and took a load off.. nice to see!.... JimiThing.. one of my most favs, heard it almost every show I have seen live and yet it is such a crowd pleaser.StandUp--- a funky Get-on-your-feet-and-dance song (although, the desperate attempts for this band to get people on there feet is far from needed!) Louisaiana Bayou-- LOVE IT.. funky and fun and very old school DMB, and just when you thought those 2 jams would end the set they bust out the opening chords to TOO MUCH and I about lost it.. (The ability of the band to pull off several jams like this is part of why I love them so!)

The Encore~~ The much anticipated American Baby started the encore, cute song radio style/ better song live. Scats and Jams added to the tail = fun times!! And the perfect end to the evening Two Step~~ FUN FUN FUN, always a great way to funnel the shows energy into one great climatic end!! It left me yearning for more.

All in all the night was perfect. The energy was tremendous. Andy enjoyed his first show and I would bet the band has already penciled in Montage for next years schedule.


Saturday was Hershey~ the ride down and tailgaiting were fun, the show was sub-par at best. The best part was my Andrew expereinced his first DMB show and first real concert ever. It was great to see the wide eyedness that a show like this brings to a child. I know I was in my teens when I went to my first concert, so he owes me BIG!!!!

HAPPY DAVE DAY!!!!

For those of you that know me, you know today is the day that I have been counting down since March, or more importantly for 4 years.. the day that DMB finally comes to Montage Mountian! The Ford Pavillion has been a site I have seen many concerts in the past years, but has never UNTIL TODAY hosted my very most favorite band!! They are in "my own backyard"... or so the slogan for NEPA goes. I am having heart palpatations just thinking that David J Matthews and his clan of lovely men (shout out to Stefan, Carter, Boyd & Leroi) are less than 1/2 hour from me is beyond words!!!

The downfalls (of course, it can NEVER be uneventful can it???) I have to work today... and by work I mean that today is by far and large the BUSIEST day I have had since taking this postion in Shipping&Receiving in January. I can not begin to put into words the actuallity of the business... it is just BAD.. enough to leave me with heartburn at 9 am that I swear is buring a hole straight through my chest. (now, that is no way to meet Dave... hey there is a chance *this* big that can happen... or at least humor me!!) My plan was to leave at 4:00, go home change, and Andy and I will be on our way... to fight traffic from the Baseball game and PGA masters that are ALL OCCURING ON THE SAME F*ING MOUNTIN TODAY THAT ONLY HAS ONE DIRECTION IN AND OUT (and YES I am YELLING!!) But with this chiaoticness that is my day I don't know if leaving early is even a possiblitly:( (think positive thoughts, think positive thoughts)

In any case, the worst thing that can happen is I will miss the HELLABULUB that is parking-lot-partying and the opening of Howie Day (which I was looking forward to) and get there just in time for boys to take the satge. Truth-be-told... I have arrived at other shows just in time for the opening notes of "BEST OF WHATS AROUND" or ushered in to the overwhelming screams of some good'ol fashioned Dave Speak... I also missed Norah Jones in 2001 (which I still kick my own ass for).. but the build up for this show has me wanting so despertaly to be there early and take it all in.... OH WELL.. I guess it is better than NOT GOING AT ALL (BLASPHEMY)

THEN AGAIN THERE IS ALWAYS SATURDAY AT HERSHEY!!!!!!!

UUUGGHHH.. part 3.. ehhh forget it:(

So, I have been trying to figure this whole blogging thing out, and honestly have not had time to really do so, sicne the only computer access I have is at work and I have beyond busy lately.. and then today I publish 3 titles without anything actual typed. Ask me how, well I DON'T KNOW.. maybe just maybe I will figure this all out one day and be an avid blogger like everyone else.. but I don't see that as an acheivable goal in the very near future:(

Aarons vacation...



My Aaron (my 5 year old son) went on vacation with my in-laws on Monday to South Carolina. Andy's aunt(on his moms side) and family just moved there and his grand-mother on his dads side moved there a few years back.
Grannie has not seen the kids, let alone Aaron in 2 1/2 years, Aaron was 2 1/2 then.. she literally dropped the phone the day they arrived (she was talking to Andy) and shreaked and cryed and laughed in excitment over my young little Mo-Mo. I can only imagine how many changes she has noted in this her youngest great grandchild. Probably things that we take for granted in my little man. Things that have tend to annoy me are thrilling her. This whole ordeal has me very sad. I miss my baby terribly. And the worst part is I have not spoken to him since 9 pm Monday. When I left him he was crying an hugging me and telling me he wanted to saty with me and didn't want to go. I did everything in my power to assure him he was going to have a great time and he would get to adventure all new things, all while holding back the tears I wanted so badly to let out. I wanted to hold him close and tell him he could come home and be with mommy. But I left and cryed all the way home and havve been missing him so much that is breaking my heart. He called on Wednesday and talked to Andy and cried that he missed us so much.. but I wasn't there, I didn't get to hear his little voice. So I sit and wait and count down the time until he is home and snuggling up with me on the couch, and bugging me for yet his 100th drink of the day, and fighting with his brothers... and back with his MA-MA.

UUUGGGHHHHH.. and other ramblings, contd..

UUUGGGGHHHHH.. and other ramblings.

And with that I am a Blogger.

So, here it is .. the first post in my new Blog. Thanks to the request of Rosalie, Jennifer, Christina and Shannon.. my nancies friends (stay tuned to find out what THAT means!!) I am officaly a Blogger. Actually, Jennifer had encouraged me to start one, to include the adventures of my life and my children.. foundly known as the Adams Boys( this is how my husband beckons them as a group) or for those that "think" there funny.. the Adams Family~da da da daaa (ok, you get that one and ONLY one time:)
But I could not post a comment on Shannons unless I set up an account... so here it is.. revel in it as this may be the only exciting post you'll ever read from me!!



And now, the afore mentioned ladies need to show me how to work this damn thing so I can post links to their much more exciting blogs!!