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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Busy Weeks

Hello all. Here's a bit of a madcap Monday post to catch everyone up on what little has been going on with me.

I flew back to NY earlier this month for my annual family picnic, and got to spend some good times with my extended maternal family. I found out some interesting family history, like how my great-aunt was a model in Hollywood for a while before returning to NY and reconciling with her husband, or how my great grandfather originally wanted to settle in CA, but my great-grandmother's sister got them to settle in Canastota, NY instead. Of course, the family had fun with these two tidbits, spinning out tales of how we could have been the Gallo family or Hollywood celebutantes... I'm not complaining though, I think we all turned out pretty well.

Two weekends ago I went to the annual Day in the Zone concert in Sacramento with my friend Kerri. Lifehouse and Daughtry were the big headliners. Kerri and her friend Kathy are devoted Daughtry fans, so we'd had our tickets for months ahead of time. Unfortunately, Kathy had to leave before Daughtry went on. So, I played with my digital camera and snagged a bit of video for her. See below...I tried to upload the final 2 songs that I had captured, but the clip was too large and crashed my computer.

Let me know if the video works (it's my first time uploading one). Forgive me if the picture is a bit shaky.

This past weekend, I went out to see an old local band (that has broken up, since they're not all locals anymore). Saturday I ended up as my friend Jodie's emergency date for a mutual friend's wedding. I ended up missing the ceremony (I was called an hour and a half before the wedding was to start, and it's almost an hour away...so I scrambled together an outfit, slapped on some makeup, and ran out the door), but the reception was really nice. It wasn't awkward either, since I do know the groom and a few other guests (like my friend Kristin and her husband, who suggested to Jodie that she call me when she found out Jodie's husband stayed home sick). I got some cute video of Kristin's husband dancing with their 4 month old, and Kristin making her laugh. I may post it here, but I'll warn you all that it's sideways. I don't know how to turn it, if there's a way at all.

Anyway, that's it for now.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Finally. How could you leave us all hanging for sooooooooooo long. The video worked. How did you do it? I posted one recently but I need a tutorial.
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BellaKarma said...

Yay! I've been thinking a lot about you in the last 48 hours! I was just about to touch base with you, then I saw your comment on my blog. :)

Glad to hear you're having some fun! Love those stories about the family history!

Anonymous said...

Good to see you had a chance to post. Sounds like fun adventures. :)

Dagny said...

Welcome back!

Anonymous said...

Hi Tami,
I would like very much to see Shannon and Katie dancing. Please? You did have astounding success with one video, how hard can a second one be?
Thank you,
Shannon's Mom and Katie's gramma Anne

Tami said...

Okay, okay, Anne...I've now posted my second phenomenal success with my digital camera.