TINA TURNER!!!!!!!

Above: this is where we stood in line.

I am a fan. She is astonishing! The above picture was her opening outfit. This is how it opened: on the two screens on each sides of the screen was this perfect but shaking. The red curtains parted to reveal Tina in black sequins and 4-inch-high heels, standing on a 20-foot steel rod. She opened with “Steamy Windows” as four dancers in a flesh tone, sparkling bikini’s dance provocatively at her sides. There were SIX outfit changes and one nail polish change. The soles of her stiletto’s are RED! She is pure class! The woman has endurance like NONE other. This was her first tour since 2000 and her 50th anniversary of doing this.

It’s not a matter of what love has to do with it. As I was sitting there with my mouth WIDE open like I was catching flies I thought: She turns 69 in next month. There was this screen about half way through the concert that showed footage of her singing the same song she was singing with Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, YEARS ago, Tina looks FABUOLOUS at 68, on the other hand, Jagger turned 65 in July and well is on the other end of the spectrum, is all I will say! So it’s not what’s love got to do with it……it’s what's age got to do with it?

Here is one outfit change:

She had a five-piece band, two background singers and four dancers who looked they like walked straight out of a Victoria Secrets catalog. She jumped in line with them and shook what her momma gave her right along with them. Her voice when she talked you could tell she is “mature” but when she sang….honey she BELTED it and it sounded strong, like she was 19. She sang with guys in her band and her backup singers. One of her backup singers is Lisa Fischer, (she had a list of credits at the end) took over a couple times so Tina could do a wardrobe change, she has a PHENOMENAL voice, she blew me away.


At the end, the very last song was “Nut Bush”, she was standing a narrow strip of runway at least eight feet above the crowd in the first 20 rows. Dancing. In high heels. I kid you negative!!! It swung back and forth over the audience. She did this for like 20 mins. Here is her leaning over the rail of it, singing to the crowd:

This show was mind-boggling. No bumps, glitches or mishaps and she still has the endurance, durability and enthusiasm of performers much younger than she is. I went there not knowing what to think or expect but I left there with an understanding of why so women, either her age or close, (even girls my age) LOVE her. She represents realness, strength, survival, and success. You can just tell she earned on her own way. None like her will come along soon……if ever.

P.S. I will try to post more pics of her different outfit changes as I find them.

What's love got to do with it........

I am SOOOOOOO excited!!!!!! I might find out what love has to do with it tonight!!!! I get to see Tina Turner in concert!!! My seats are AMAZING, row 19. WOW! I will let you know how fabulous her legs really are, haha!

AGH, it’s only 50 degrees outside!!!!!! This morning I am sure it was much colder than that. OH PEOPLE! FOR THE LOVE OF BOB, WHHHHHYYYYYYY does Missouri have to get SOOOOO cold? I am going to Texas in November and I cannot wait!!!!!

My baby Kenzie was dedicated this last Sunday….look at this face!!!!

And I have to show my baby girl Kiera off too, she is getting SO big. This is her new “big girl” hair. She looks like a little Who!

AGH, I LOVE them SOOO MUCH!

On another note I am failing miserably to get up before 7am. Ugh. This is SO hard. The other morning I set my alarm for 5am and I kinda, sorta, subconsciously remember it going off but don’t remember what happened, and then I woke up at 7. It’s crazy; I am surviving off of Rockstar. Buy stock people, it’s safe because it’s basically what is running through my veins, not blood ha-ha. I haven’t had one today though and I feel pretty good. I got good sleep last night. It just takes me a while to wake up I think. My body wakes up at 7 and my mind joins it about 10! I can’t resist posting this, my friend Andrea sent it to me and I LOVE it. It strikes me as really funny.

FIVE BEST THINGS TO SAY IF YOU GET CAUGHT SLEEPING AT YOUR DESK:

NUMBER 5: They told me at the Blood Bank this might happen.

NUMBER 4: This is just a 15 minute power nap they raved about in the time-management course you sent me to.

NUMBER 3: Whew! Guess I left the top off the White-out. You probably got here just in time!

NUMBER 2: Did you ever notice sound coming out of these keyboards when you put your ear down real close?

NUMBER 1: And MY all time favorite best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk : (Raising your head slowly) '... in Jesus' name, Amen

Here is the thought of the day: “When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” - Hugh White

Have a WONDERFUL day!!

XOXO
Elizabeth

It's a Monday folks..............

Ok, so I didn’t wake up “early” this morning. This is going to be hard. I just wanted to sleep for a few hours. Have you ever wanted to call in and say I will be late this morning and just sleep in? I almost did that last week.

I am having the breakfast of champions this morning, cheese it’s and ice tea. YUM. I have to get some caffeine in my system…..SOON! I don’t have an energy drink this morning. Bummer. I have clinic three days this week, it’s going to be a long week.

Ok, I have to get on a positive note this morning so here is the thought of the day: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” - John Lennon. That’s good stuff.

Guess who is was here this weekend in KC? Sara Evans! She was down at the P&LD last night. It was exciting down there yesterday. I was driving downtown and these two homeless people started yelling at each other. It was sad in a sense but funny in another because they were fighting about if one was following the other or not. I took Molly down to the plaza last night; she’s such a good girl. We walked around and had ice cream from Coldstone Creamery. YUM! I had this chocolate with nuts and white chocolate chips in it, SOOOOOOO GOOD! Went and ate it in front of one of my favorite fountains. Molly loved it. The fountain was pink yesterday for breast cancer awareness. Here is a pic of it:

Well, I need to get my charts done, hope everyone has a FANTASTIC day!

All my love,
Izzy

When pumpkins drink too much.....

Haha!!! It's FALL!!!!!!!!!! It's almost that time......Halloween!!!!


Ok, I am REALLY dreading the cold weather folks. I have had a "taste" of it at night the in the last week and lemme just tell ya...........it's not good! What I am I going to do? I am used to two temperatures, warm and HOT. haha. I MISS TEXAS!!!!!





Working two jobs is KILLIN me people. I am sitting at work right now as a matter of fact. Only one hour left.....WOOT WOOT!!!



Who watched the debate last night with Biden and Palin and loved it as much as I did? I am not one to "discuss" politics but I really did love it. I think people will really learn a lot through these debates.




Ok, I have a confession, ready for it? Come closer......I am about to try to take a HUGE step in life. I am talking LIFE changing people. I have decided to "try" to become more of a morning person. STOP LAUGHING!!!!! I know, I LOOOOOOOVE my sleep but, I am trying to become a master of time management and I think that if I wake up earlier it will start my day off better. I am not talking EVERY single morning, just like 3 mornings a week. I have to start out slllllow! If you know me, you know how MUCH I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE sleeping in. I am going hold myself accountable, I am going to blog about this new step. Brace your self for some GRUMPY blogs haha!!

As many of you know I love quotes and I usually e-mail a quote of the day that either gets sent to me by e-mail or one I have read and/or has really spoken to me. Here are a couple I have gotten this week that hit my heart the hardest:

"Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Love the ones who don't just because you can. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Kiss slowly. Forgive quickly. God never said life would be easy. He just promised it would be worth it. "

“Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.” - Michael Landon


Here's to yet another blog......I am feeling a "lessons learned" blog coming on.......soon. ;)

Love y'all!

Izzy

Introducing.................

Kole!!! This is my new car! Isn't he cute?!?!? Just thought I would share the exciting news! I had to trade Marco in, it was mixed emotions. Sad, but happy because he had so many problems I couldn't afford anymore.

Other news: I got a second job! I never thought I would be SO thankful to work 70-80 hour weeks. It's REALLY nice to be able to pay my bills!

I saw Vicky, Christina, Barcelona this weekend and here is my review: I didn’t like movie as a whole. I hated the plot. It started out good with two best friends going somewhere incredible and they could have had this GREAT journey of growth but instead all that came of it was doubt, infidelity and hurt. I hated the cheating and the 3 way love triangle. Someone always gets hurt, and Maria Elena did. It crushed her. They perfectly described Juan Antonio as a slithering snake. I can’t stand men who do the things he did.

I loved the way it was shot and the scenery. I thought Barcelona was BEAUTIFUL and loved the locations it showed. That’s all I liked and all that made the movie worthwhile.

This weekend I had so many things on my mind to blog about but, as I sit here at my desk this morning drinking my rockstar my mind is blank. I had a GREAT weekend. I hope everyone else did too, as I think of what I was going to blog about I will write more later.

Much love,

Elizabeth

Lunch Blog......

R.I.P. "Goldy" my Blackberry. I know she is NOT in a better place. *sniff* But I do have HAPPY news! I will welcome a new Blackberry into my open arms tomorrow!!!!! He is white, since they don't make gold ones anymore and doesn't have a name, so I am open to suggestions.

I just wanted to say how grateful I am for friends and family in my life. Last Sunday I was talking to someone who has known me since I was 3 or 4 years old. She was telling me how she was going to read my blog to be nosy and keep up on my life. How BLESSED am I that she would want to?!?!? She is SO classy and real. The kind of woman I would love to be. She touched my heart and I love her SO VERY MUCH!! I have thought so much about this in the last week. People are SO strategically placed in our lives. To tell you the truth, I am more thankful than I have EVER been for people in my life. The only reason I will even have a phone tomorrow is because of someone who has made me the person I am today by being in my life. I LOVE my friends. You have made my heart in the last couple weeks beat, without you, it wouldn't want to. ;) XOXO There are no words to say how thankful I am for you.

On another note I had the MOST amazing Labor Day weekend. It was WONDERFUL, and relaxing and I enjoyed it to the FULLEST. I am SUCH a lucky girl, right Boo? ;) I will have to figure out how to put a slide show on here, it shouldn't be too hard and post some pictures for everyone to see.

ALL my love,

Elizabeth

See these? They are angry eyebrows!

There is a reason for the angry eyebrows. This is my reaction today to how I feel. There was a time for tears as well but today.......the angry eyebrows.

My phone was STOLEN. Bummer. BIG bummer. We went to a restaurant and I answered a call from a friend who had delivered her baby at 7:16pm BTW CONGRATS GEITA!!!!!!!!!! Baby Savannah is here! 8lbs!!!Ok, back to angriness, so after I talked to Randy at 8:32 I hung up, ate and we left. We were the LAST customers to leave and we weren’t even gone but about 10 minutes. By the time we came back it was GONE. GOOOONE! No more. Not there. Disappeared. No more gold blackberry. So when you call my number for right now you will hear “at the subscribers request, this phone does not accept incoming calls” My work number is how you can reach me during the day. I have a direct line. E-mail me if you need the number.

*sigh* Alas, you know me, the angry eye brows will go away soon but give me my five mins. :)

On a happy note I get a new cell phone! I am excited about that! I wish it were a different one but none the less let's keep it bright! :)

Here is a survey that was fun to fill out....twice. haha. I filled it out once with the first 9 questions missing and for a small group of friends and then again today when it go sent around at work. Have fun and fill it out for me too....I probably e-mailed it to you. :)

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:00am
2. Diamonds or pearls? Both :)
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The Dark Knight…..SO GOOD!
4. What is your favorite TV show(s)? Grey’s, Pushing Daisy’s and Ugly Betty
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? I don’t have a “breakfast routine”, just whatever sounds good or what is convenient.
6. What is your middle name? Cole (I could be a brand haha)
7. What food do you dislike? Beets, liver, veal, duck, sushi, seafood, lamb, deer or anything else I consider “gross”
8. What is your favoriteCD at the moment? I love mixed CD’s that I can make that have all my favorites on it.
9. What kind of car do you drive? Marco is a Grand Am (he’s polo green :))
10. Favorite sandwhich? Turkey, bacon, avacado, cheese, lettuce, and tomato. YUM! :)
11. What characteristic do you despise? Liars and arrogance.
12. Favorite item of clothing? Um, whatever is cute and comfy.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Somewhere tropical and exotic.
14. Favorite brand of clothing? My dream brand that I can rarely afford is Michael Kors
15. Where would you retire to? The south. :)
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? I have many.
17. Favorite sport to watch? Baseball baby!!!!!! GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
18. Farthermost place you are sending this? I sent it to China.
19. Person you expect to send it back first? Whoever wants to. :)
20. When is your birthday? March 25th write that down people! :)
21. Are you a morning person or a night person? Depends on what I’m doing. I was 100% a night person but the older I get I am starting to enjoy mornings more.
22. What is your shoe size? 7 or 8
23. Pets? Molly Bella.
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? Looks like I will be getting a new cell phone since mine was stolen. :)
25. What did you want to be when you were little? English teacher.
26. How are you today? Good, slightly disappointed but getting over it. :)
27. What is your favorite candy? Take5
28. What is your favorite flower? I LOVE, hydrangea’s, tulips and lily's
29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? September 12th
30. What is your full name? Elizabeth Cole Tucker
31. What are you listening to right now? Work noise, and a CD that I made while I was in Houston.
32. What was the last thing you ate? Chocolate Milk :) :) :)
33. Do you wish on stars? Absolutely!
34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? A custom pink or green.
35. How is the weather right now? 76 and sunny....really pretty.
36. The first person you spoke to on the phone today? My mommo.
37. Favorite soft drink? Diet pepsi
38. Favorite restaurant? La Madeline, Pappasito's, Whataburger (BEST shakes EVER)
39. Real hair color? Brown
40. What was your favorite toy as a child? My barbies or baby dolls.
41. Summer or winter? SUMMER I HATE WINTER!!!!
42. Hugs or kisses? Both!
43. Chocolate or Vanilla? Depends!
44. Coffee or tea? Tea
45. Do you want your friends to email you back? Yes.
46. When was the last time you cried? When my phone was stolen. :(
47. What is under your bed? Organized containers
48. What did you do last night? Went to Los Tules :)
49. What are you afraid of? Spiders, snakes, lizzards, june bugs, bugs period, lol you name it, I run screaming :)
50. Salty or sweet? Both.
51. How many keys on your key ring? 5 I think
52. How many years at your current job? all added together = 3
53. Favorite day of the week? Any good day. :)
54. How many towns have you lived in? Towns? um, like 7
55. Do you make friends easily? Yes
56. How many people will you send this to? You. :)
57. How many will respond? Whoever wants to. :)

MUCH LOVE!!!

Elizabeth