Get rodeo ready, cowboy season's coming!

Spring is coming next weekend! The animals will be waking up, you should come out of hibernation too. First things first, peruse 38step.com and brush up on your dance steps, of course!

Atlantic City Rodeo

Rodeo &  Beer Festival coming to Atlantic City on the same weekend!
Now THAT sounds like a fun weekend! April 1 - 3, Atlantic City will be full of cowboys & beer. Suds & Studs & Spurs... ooh la la!
Rodeo tix start @ $16. You're darn right I'll be in town that weekend, actin' like a FOOL!

The first weekend in April, what kind of fool will you be?




Bally's Wild Wild West Casino - Oh how we would love to see them get some good line dancing events going! Hopefully the Atlantic City rodeo will kick up a little inspiration for their promotions department. All they need is a wooden dance floor and a decent DJ who is familiar with line dancing... someone to get the word out and viola.

Friendly Tavern reopened last summer.  It's an old favorite dancin' destination for many. Some yelp-ers said,

"Great country music with plenty of dancing.  Live bands are a plus.  So glad to have country dancing close again.  Great, diverse crowd with music for old and young alike."

 "Saturday we found this new spot about an hour's drive from NE Philly. Located in Carneys Point NJ, the newly reopened under new management, Friendly Tavern sure lives up to its name is worth the trip"

 "The lights are dim, Beer is cold, and the Music is Loud! Line dancing was the Deal! The crowd aged from Mid-30's to 70 years old. I'm Sure this place is going to be a Hit! "

djharry2189 has a few videos from Friendly's. The Friendly Tavern has its perks and its drawbacks but a must-try for post-rodeo rowdiness. Which leads me to...

Cowtown Rodeo - Every Saturday Night 7:30 PM
May 28, 2011 - Sept. 24, 2011

Dig out your kickers 'n wranglers, order a new white dress (so excited they're in this season), and plan some nights out! Do it up like us gals did in "Line Dancing, Concert Tix, The Rodeo Song (sans the music, poetry, art, singing, rhythm, humor and sound) ", grab a grill & some beverages (Cowtown Rodeo lets you bring in a cooler), and assign your designated driver (it's a long walk)... party it up rowdy rodeo style!

Yeeeeeee...haw

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Jake Owen played Prospectors 10/24

Jake Owen played Prospectors last Saturday night. It was a really good show! He played all the songs I had hoped like Don't Think I Can't Love You, Yee Haw, Startin' With Me, Something About A Woman and 8 Second Ride. It was also great to hear his lesser known songs like Tell Me and Cherry On Top as well as a few newbies. It seems a lot of country singers break out a couple oldies... Jake did a little snippet of Luckenbach Texas which I loved and Man with a Slow Hand... which totally jived with Jake's sexiness. [@linedancegirl fans herself, whoo]. His drummer had this humorously groovy engaging factor going on.
Jake Owen let out the spunky side when he busted out with some Fresh Prince of Bell Air, Snoop Dog among his old school hip hop meets country music medley.
It was a really good show, love his music! I would definitely go see him again!!

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Joe Nichols at Prospectors this Saturday night

Joe Nichols is playing Prospectors this Saturday, Jan. 31. It's the rescheduled date and I heard through the grapevine that it's sold out. Good thing I got my ticket last weekend while I was there dancing!

It must have been the summer of 2002 when Ken & Debbie still hosted the free line dancing at the convention hall in Cape May on Fridays. I was working as a cocktail waitress and it was dead one Friday night... so I left (in my restaurant polo & black pants) to go dancing. I remember walking in to see two guys on stage, one playing the guitar, one singing. I didn't know who they were but they were good! I was slightly confused because I thought I had left work to line dance. Turns out that I'd left work for a free concert. They had begun playing Impossible when I realized who was playing... groovy surprise!

The surprise free Joe Nichols concert was a prize Joe & Mary won on the radio - 107.3 had a contest for the best answer to the question, "Why should Joe Nichols play at your event" and Joe's event (line dancing [holla]) won. Long story, that was the last time I saw him live.

And we got to meet him...( I didn't realize the shutter speed was set to 60 until the pics were developed, I've got a true appreciation for digital photography)


I'm stoked! Since that show in Cape May, Joe has come out with Size Matters, Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off, I'll Wait for You, Brokenheartsville, She Only Smokes When She Drinks, Cool to Be a Fool, If Nobody Believed in You, & What's a Guy Gotta Do.

NJ line dances - current & nostalgic dances

After 11 years of line dancing in South Jersey, I've learned quite a few dances. I thought it would be useful to make a regional list of the dances I've both learned and seen in NJ. It should help anyone looking to learn a few dances that are done in the area. You can look up line dances - and find TMI! There are hundreds, maybe even thousands of line dances you can learn but where is the fun if no one else is doing them where you go?

Note: Adding the steps & videos takes quite a bit of time so here is my line dance list in progress. I'll republish it as I add links to new step sheets with videos. Feedback is welcome!

• Adaptable
• Addicted To Love
• All Shook Up
• Ants Dance (The Ants Dance)
• Apple Jacks (Applejacks)
• Badonkadonk
• Bartender's Stomp
• Beer For My Horses
• Betty Lou Boogie
• Blue Finger Lou
• Blue Rose
• Bomb! (The Bomb!)
• Boot Scootin' Boogie
• Breakaway
• Buck Wild Stomp
• Bump And Grind
• Cajun Mambo Walk
• Calamity
• Caliente (Hot)
• Canadian Stomp
• Casanova Polka
• Catfish
• Cha Cha Slide
• Chatahoochie
• Chill Factor
• Come Dance With Me
• Come On And Dance
• Cool Whip
• Copperhead Road
• Cotton Eyed Joe
• Country Rumba
• Country Walkin'
• Cow Pattie (Cowpattie)
• Cowboy Boogie
• Cowboy Hip Hop
• Cowboy Rhythm
• Cowgirl's Twist
• Cripple Creek
• Cruisin'
• Cute! Cute! Cute!
• D.H.S.S. (Delicious, Hot, Strong & Sweet)
• Dance The Night Away
• Dancin' Feet
• Deep River Blues
• Dixie Lullaby
• Dizzy
• Doin' DaCumbia
• Down On The Corner
• Drowsy Maggie
• Dutchess Hustle (aka Cowboy Hustle)
• Electric Cowboy
• Electric Reel
• Electric Slide
• Eleven-01 (1101)
• Elvira's Cha Cha
• Every Time I Roll The Dice
• Everybody Jam
• Fallsview Rock
• Fiddler Man
• Fly Like A Bird
• Flying Eights (Flyin' 8's)
• Foot Boogie
• Four Sure (4 Sure)
• Freeze (Strokin')
• Funky Farmer
• Ghost Train
• God Blessed Texas
• Good Directions
• Got To Be Funky
• Good Time
• Happy Radio
• Hardwood Stomp
• Haunted Heart
• Hey Baby
• Hillbilly Nuts
• Hold Your Horses
• Hooked On Country
• Horsin' Around (Trashy Women)
• Hot Potato
• Hot Summer Salsa
• Hot Tamales
• Houston Slide
• Humpty
• Irish Stew
• Jai' du Boogie
• Jamaican Triple Step
• Jose' Cuervo
• Jukin'
• Kung Fu Fighting
• LeDoux Shuffle
• Lightning Polka
• Long Legged Hannah
• Love Potion #9
• Macarena
• Mambo 5 (Mambo No. 5)
• Mars Attack
• Me And My Gang
• Metamorphasize
• MIB
• Mmm Bop
• Montego Bay
• Moonlight Salsa
• Mucarra Walk
• My, My, My, My, My Boogie Shoes
• Needle In A Haystack
• OOH AAH
• Pattycake Polka
• Poor Boy Shuffle
• Progressive Cowboy
• Red Hot Salsa
• Reggae Cowboy
• Ride Em' Cowboy
• Rio
• Rock It
• Rockin' The House
• Rocky Top
• Rub It In 2000
• Scrap It!
• Seniorita Margarita
• Seven, Eight, Nine Stroll (7-8-9 Stroll)
• She Bangs
• Shortnin' Bread
• Six Pack Summer (6 Pack Summer)
• Ski Bumpus
• Sleazy Slide
• Slick Nickel
• Stetzin' (Stetson)
• Stomp and Slide (Stomp & Slide)
• Strokin' (Freeze)
• Sugar, Sugar
• Suicide Blonde
• Swamp Thang (Swamp Thing)
• Tailgate
• Tailgating
• Texas Stomp
• Thirty-Eight Step (38 Step) (Slappin' Leather)
• Thunderfoot
• Trashy Women (Hors'n Around)
• Tush Push
• Two Pina Coladas (2 Pina Coladas)
• Uno, Dos, Tres
• Vancouver Boogie
• Victory Shout
• Walk The Line
• Walkin' After Midnight
• Walkin' On Me
• Walkin' Wazi (Walkin' Wazzy)
• Waltz Across Texas
• Waltzin' Matilda
• Watermelon Crawl
• Who Let the Dogs Out
• Whoops, Slipped!
• Wishful Thinkin'
• You Walked In
• Zjozzys Funk

I did my best to make this all inclusive but please let me know if I missed any.

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28 more reasons I love Country Men

(Part II of Top 20 reasons why I love country boys...)

28. Good Times!
Alan Jackson, Good Time

27. " A little bit of guitar, A little bit of truck A little bit of hound dog, And a little bit of luck... A little bit of come on, A little bit of play
A little bit of yee haw in the hay... A little bit of backseat, A little bit of moon A little bit of radio, a goin’ boom boom boom"
Craig Morgan, A Little Bit of Life
**Country men are into fun stuff**

26. "What he is is what you've got, and he can't be what he's not"
25. "His boots are always muddy and his beer drinkin buddies, they'll camp out on your couch and never leave."
24. "Don't even start to think you re gonna change him, You'd be better off to try and rope the wind"
Chris Ledoux - Whacha gonna do with a cowboy?
** Country men are real! **

23. "There ain't nothin wrong with the radio"
Arron Tippin - There ain't nothin' wrong with the radio
** Who doesn't love music?**

22. "I sang her every Willie Nelson song I could think of and we made love"
21. "I'm a thorough bred that's what she said in back of my truck bed as I was gettin' buzzed on suds out on some back country road Her evaluation of my cowboy reputation had me beggin' for salvation all night long."
Big and Rich, Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy
** LOL, what metrosexual, ubersexual, or other non-cowboy would ever say that??? Ride em' Cowboy**

20. "When the judge asked me why I did it, he threw the book at me when I told him that the chicks dig it..."
Chris Cagle, Chicks Dig It
** Country men do interesting things to impress their women **

19. "Rock My World, little country girl, I tell her that I love her but it ain't enough, she says I've got to learn to loosen up"
Brooks and Dunn, Rock My World
**They love girls in cowboy boots**

18. "You know I like my chicken fried, Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right, And the radio up"
Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried

17. "I just never been the kind to go along, Just avoidin' confrontation For the sake of conformation And I'll admit I tend to sing a different song But sometimes you just can't be afraid To wear a different hat If Columbus had complied This old world might still be flat"
Garth Brooks, Against the Grain

16."God blessed Texas with his own hands"
Little Texas - God Blessed Texas
**Country men are blessed... **

15. "We let it rip when we got the money, Let it roll if we got the gas, It gets wild yeah but that's the way we get down, In a Hicktown"
Jason Aldean, Hicktown

14. I've got a weekend full of nothin to do at all, yee haw... She wants to dance, I do too... Yee haw, big time, saddle up and hold on tight"
Jake Owen - Yee Haw

13. "I miss picnics and blue jeans and buckets of beer"
George Strait, You know me better than that

12. "Lovin you made a man of me "
Gary Allan - Man of Me

11. "I'm learnin' everything I'll ever need to know about life and love in the cab of my truck"
Dierks Bentley, Cab of My Truck
** Country men learn all life's lessons in a truck! **

10."But 2 days in heaven just ain't gonna do, This is going to take forever darling, Girl I just got started loving you"
James Otto, Just got started lovin' you
** Ugh! how sweet is that?!? **

9 1/2. "Can't get these kinda muscles anywhere but a farm"
9. "You need hands, rough not soft, to come and warm you up up in that cold hayloft" - Luke Bryan - Country Man
** Country men are in shape **

8. "But she wants a man who wants her to be herself And she'll never change, don't know how to hide Her stubborn will or her fightin' side But you treat her right and she'll love you like no one else"
George Strait - How 'Bout Them Cowgirls
**Cowboys 'get it'! **

7."I Still feel 25 most of the time, I still raise a little cane with the boys."
George Strait - Troubadour

6. "Well I ain't first class, But I ain't white trash I'm wild and a little crazy too, Some girls don't like boys like me, Aww but some girls do"
Sawyer Brown - Some Girls Do
** Sawyer got that right... Some girls really do!**

5. "We were lovin' blind, borderline reckless, We were livin for the minute we were spinning in "
Josh Gracin - We Weren't Crazy
** The romantic side... sigh **

4. " Yeah like that something about a woman, Yeah some kind sweet little something, That I may never understand"
Jake Owen - Something about a Woman
**Country Men don't question it (or copy it lol), they just appreciate it! **

3. "7 come 11 and she could be mine Luck be a lady, I'm gonna find love comin' on the bottom line... I'm willing and able, always coming back for more Gambled on the 3rd time, fool'll tell you it's a charm "
Clint Black, Good Run of Bad Luck
** Some country men play craps! :) ~ that's my favorite game!**

2. "I don't worry about tomorrow till it comes... "
Daryl Worley, Livin in the here and now

1. "If you're lookin for love, honey I'm tougher than the rest"
Tougher than the Rest - Chris Ledoux

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gone... Country in Atlantic City

Last night was surreal! The John Rich show last night in Atlantic City was such a good time. Here's the play by play.

Get there & pick up the tickets
We got to Bally's at about 4:30-ish... parked all the way up on the 11th floor (the place was bumpin'!). We went in & waited in line to pick up our comped tickets (*holla!*). Our line just wouldn't move so some obnoxious all-up-in-my-personal-space old couple, a loud sarcastic reenactment, few laughs & stares, and 20 mins. later, we finally got our tickets.

Gamble away dinner money
Off to the casino floor we went... I brought a little $. Lost the first twenty bucks in minutes. I took the remaining $ over to my friends @ the craps table. By 5:45 I was empty handed. The show didn't start until 9! I sat & watched *A get to spin the Wheel of Fortune bonus round. It was fun but I was starting to get hungry. There was a wait at Johnny Rocket's, Pickle's didn't have anything vegetarian on the menu that looked appealing, *A's feet hurt so we couldn't walk far and I was getting cranky. There was a little cheese-steak place a few stores down where I saw fries. Borrowed $$, got fries & I was again a happy camper!

Let's Rock!
We went into the ballroom & sat down in our good yet whoa-cramped seats in a small venue with obviously comped ticket holders. Cowboy Troy started the show @ 9. His set was 3 songs long. He sang his Play Chicken with the Train song just before John Rich came out. Out came John Rich, sang some good stuff... only a handful of familiar Big & Rich tunes though. John Rich busted out with an AC/DC cover. Later he pulled a couple from the audience and sat them down on stage, poured them champagne and serenaded them with Lost in this Moment. He had this girl-duo (the brunette girl played the fiddle in John's band) called Jane Deer play 2 songs. A couple songs later, out comes Sebastian Bach singing the National Anthem. The once lead singer of Skid Row sang a few more songs. The crowd was into him despite just how different his style is from country. John came out with a couple of his solo songs and got everyone going again at the end. I personally jammed out to We Like it Loud and Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy. Time for the meet & greet that never officially happened.

This is where the fun really started
Anyone who has seen Big & Rich has seen "Two Foot Fred". He came out on stage after the show and *A & I said hi to him. We were wandering around and ended up at the back door of the stage area... and there he was again. We stopped for a picture and we chatted a bit. He said there was no meet & greet but that we should go play Blackjack with them all in a little bit. He tells us when & where and it just happened to be within sight of the craps table. I hit up the ATM and was scoping out the table when Fred came rolling in on his rascal like scooter. Change in plan... They're getting a cabana at the Bikini Beach Bar and he asked if we'd like to join them. Seriously?!

At the Copa, Copa Cabana...
We go in, sit, relax, chat and have drinks. Then we look up and in rolls John Rich with two girls, Sebastian Bach & his Mrs., Shannon Lawson. At one point the waitress spilled a drink on Fred. Some interesting musical mixes were played and we were all just kinda hanging out having a good time, boppin' around in our seats singing along. It was great. Then a little later came in Cowboy Troy, Adam the guitarist, Kris the XTU DJ with his wife... which I thought was pretty cool too! The odds aren't very good that a girl like me would run into anyone I know in John Rich's beach bar cabana but it happened! Cheers!

Stylish Casino Transportation
We were the last 3 at the cabana as everyone else had started making their way to the blackjack table. Fred offered me a ride on his little cruising scooter - so I took him up on the offer since *A needed a couple more beverages before riding. It was fun, and mildly dangerous. He is out of control zooming in and out of people on the ramp, cornering on 2 wheels, the whole 9. I was sitting on the seat behind laughing up a storm. It was fun in a uniquely fantastic sorta way.

Split 'em & Double Down ~ Blackjack, Rides, Cigars
It was no doubt a good circumstance that the $100 table turned slightly lower was full. It would have been cool to say that I played blackjack with John Rich, but clinking drinks and saying cheers was good for my likings! Someone started handing out cigars and everyone seems to have one. I thanked him for the offer, but declined despite the other women puffing away on them. That was until *A asked me if I'd like to share one with her... I thought to myself 'what the heck', this is so far from a typical night I might as well. Hahaha, we smoked a stogie!  hahah. Fred insisted that *A go for a ride on his scooter so off the went, out and about onto the casino floor... she had the cigar in one hand, a beer in the other hand, Fred practically in her lap as they cruised Bally's. They came back and we traded off... I took *A's seat and stogie and Fred & I went around some more. I made dixie horn sounds as he slightly grazed past gamblers. We made it back and hung out some more.

Craps 11, any 7, high, low, yo!
After watching lots of blackjack, *A went off and reacquainted herself with the Wheel of Fortune machine. She was gone a while so when I heard a couple of the guys were going over to play craps, I went along. We did alright! I made a small amount back and got some decent rolling in. So did the two shooters following. We had a good time as I shared the basic rules I knew with one of the guys. Winning anything back is good and when you do it in great company, it's even better. Fun people!

The 4:00 in the morning snack, sunrise on the way home
Well, it was about that time... *A was drunk, tired, feet kiling her, not good, hungry but wouldn't eat, cranky from losing $$, shall I go on? Unfortunately, the # of drinks - hours there- hours later = there was no way I was driving anywhere for another hour & a half despite feeling fine, it was time for a snack and coffee! Off we went to end the night. The restaurant was called six or something like that and I've gotta tell you, overpriced for whoa-mediocre. Great waitress though! The night had finally come to an end. 1 more stop for Wawa coffee round 2 and we were good.

The newspaper beat me home and that new Jason Michael Carroll song, "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead" ran through my head. I walked inside, closed the curtains and went to bed.

We hung out with rock stars, we hung out with rock stars :) And for the record, always bring someone who will pull you away from the craps table early on!

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Dancing up a storm, John Rich to Save a horse in Atlantic City this weekend!

Line Dancing last night was a good time as usual! I was exhausted by the time it was over. The crowd was a good size and we danced the night away.

Here's a photo of the storm that passed through... I love when the sky is dramatic like this! 

Debbie taught a couple's dance called the Stagecoach Slide. It looked like a fun dance, but I didn't learn it because I don't have a regular dance partner. MEN WANTED! :) Yeah, most of my old dance partners seem to have gotten married and stopped coming out dancing. That I don't understand, but I digress. The Stagecoach Slide is an upbeat dance with a few east coast swing moves... I like it!

The next Country Concert on the agenda

The next concert on our list... John Rich of Big & Rich is coming to Atlantic City tomorrow and Saturday nights to play at Bally's. My BFF *A whom I mentioned to all of you in the rodeo post is absolutely in love with John Rich! She went to Nashville for a weekend just for the meet & greet party with him pre-concert. Yeah, she even has a plethora of ex's who resemble him in an uncanny sorta way.

Last weekend she went over to buy some tickets & the box office was closed - so they asked for help finding an open box office from an employee. Well, it turned out that they were all closed but the employee just happened to have connections and well, to make a long story short, we got comp'd tickets - and a possible meet & greet :)

So I am on my way to work this morning and hear that John Rich is going to be on Cat Country - I text *A and she's asleep... I listened for her. Joe Kelly does this famous 7 question ending for all interviews - It's great! This is what I remember from it (not bad pre-coffee).

John's...

1. Favorite moment on stage : The first time Big and Rich played at the Grand Ole Opry
2. Favorite TV Show: The Office (not Nashville Star because he doesn't get to watch it)
3. Strangest autograph request: A Baby's Butt
4. Duet partner he'd like to have someday: Steven Tyler
5. Favorite food: a Big ol' rib eye
6. I forget this one
7. and finally, his 1st kiss was where?: In the back of a horse trailer

And I heard he is going to have a special guest this weekend. The lead singer of Skid Row is going to come out and sing a few songs with him. And Cowboy Troy will be there too... This should be a good show! Plus, he is going to be signing autographs after the show. I'm excited! I wonder if anyone will to the line dance "Ride 'em Cowboy"... I'll keep you posted.

Now, anyone know where I can find someone who will promise to pull me away from the craps tables!?!

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The 24th XTU Anniversary Show

My alarm clock rang at 6 AM on Saturday, June 7, 2008.
Shower - fill the cooler with ice & food - load up the truck -
7 AM - text message from *A... "I don't think I'm gonna be able to go. Way too tired."  Okayyyy. That really stinks! 1 BFF down - but I understood.
I had relax time since that was one less stop so I had a cup of coffee.. and realize I told *J I'd pick some beer up for him. I don't know about you but where do you buy beer at 7 AM in NJ? Acme has a little liquor store but it didn't open 'til 8 and I was supposed to be 45 mins up the road by 8:15. I waited anyway since I had few options. They didn't open on time - 8:15 I left Acme empty handed... on my way to an old man bar that opens at 7 in the morning... *K called me to let me know she just woke up (I was supposed to be at her house picking her up by then). My lateness worked well with her oversleeping. I stop at the old man bar at about 8:30 AM and there are freaking people in there drinking! They called ME a lush for buying take out that early as they had their beers & shots lined up and down the bar.

*K & I finally made it up to the parking lot where were were planning on BBQ-ing. It had to be 90 degrees out by 10:15 when we got there. It was hot! In the heat, and 2 hours, 6 books of matches, a used up lighter, 1/2 bottle of borrowed lighter fluid, borrowed replacement charcoal, borrowed grill lighter and 5 lighter-fluid soaked napkins in the grill later... we had a mini fire going. *K cooked her chicken legs and made me & *J veggie burgers :) We drank that scavenger hunt beer and finally went into the concert. That was after we saw a couple doing "couple things" in a car as *J proceeds to give the guy a thumbs up after they finished. Wow! 94 degrees by now.

My first stop... the line dancing area! They were taking a little break and I needed some water to balance out the beer and we watched Chuck Wicks. I must say, he is one lovely looking man!

After Chuck was done, we made our way out to the line dancing area where I proceded to work on my heat-stroke and sunburn. I shouldn't complain because *J & *K may have gotten it a little worse than me.

It was a long lovely day in the scolding sun, plus I got a new hat :) and I was told it's hot. *J slept right through Terri Clark... sound asleep with dreams and all hahaha. *K got her Coors Light on.

So The shows were great! We missed Keith Anderson and the Lost Trailers (but I just saw them at Chili-fest). Billy Ray was great, I was surprised no one broke out doing the Achy Brakey on the lawn! Terri Clark did her thing, Chuck Wicks and Pat Green did too... And Sugarland was wonderful! Their encore was great! They rolled out in these clear domes onto the audience where they got rolled around before getting out and singing "Pour some Sugar on me!" It was great. Also the first show I've seen them perform "Stay" and it was incredible! She sang me some Speed of Life, Down in Mississippi, Settlin', Baby Girl, Irreplaceable (country style), Everyday America, and oh oh oh oh oh  All I wanna Do. Lot's of fun!

 
Line dancing!

I've never seen the lawn so packed

Sunset over Philadelphia

 

Here are some photos someone who had better seats took

XTU 24th Anniversary Show Sugarland 6/7/08

 

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Line Dancing, Concert Tix, The Rodeo Song (sans the music, poetry, art, singing, rhythm, humor and sound)

LINE DANCING
Tomorrow evening - Line Dancing - Scullville Fire Hall! 7:00 til 10:00 - Good times! Alf said it... "Be there or be square!"

KENNY CHESNEY CONCERT TICKETS AVAILABLE!!!
Kenny Chesney Tix for 7/19/2008 7:30 PM, Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA --- Looks like I may have a pair for sale. Please email me if you're interested in going! It's going to be a good show! It was last year and the year before..

THE DANCING STORY...
Okay so last Tuesday evening I forgot to set my alarm clock and woke up 10 minutes before I was to leave the house Wednesday. I've gotta brag about this one! I made it to work on time! Holla! hahaha
I ran out of the house without my boots so after work as I was picking up my latte before going dancing, I realized that I had flip flops on... seriously? How the heck was I supposed to dance in flip flops? I would have had to travel 45 mins each way to get my boots so I said heck with it & went anyway! It worked much better than I expected!

See I usually keep my boots in the back seat of my truck so I can go dancing at the drop of a dime - but I cleaned it out so my friends would fit. (** note to self - choose club cab over crew cab!**) We went to the rodeo on Memorial Day Weekend at Cowtown. It was the perfect day too!

THE RODEO STORY
We had some good laughs cruising out Rt. 40, passing Long Wait Farm! We had a blast out at Cowtown! We got out to the Pilesgrove area and needed some beverages & a bathroom so we stopped at the Corner Bar. It's a traditional stop since we are slightly fascinated with the bathroom there. Ok, here's the photo... why are there 2 toilets in 2 stalls without walls or doors??? Classic!
We picked up our tickets in the store across the street so to avoid any long lines for the rodeo and viola, we were ready to rock out the BBQ *K brought. We unloaded the truck and fired up the grill... easier said than done! *A said something sarcastic about lighting the whole bag of charcoal on fire, packaging and all to *K & guess what, she doused the bag with lighter fluid and then lit it! Hahahaha!
It was fantastic! Had to put out the fire, and try it again... finally got the food going - but we only had about 45 mins until the rodeo started. *A & I BBQ'd veggie burgers so we were safe but the meat-eating *K & *T were challenged. ** Note to self, have friends cook their meat so it just needs to get heated up on the grill when tailgating.** *T had a rare burger & *K had some somewhat cooked wings.
The rodeo was a good time. We did our cowboy watching. Hahaha, We were the 4 girls rooting for the calfs that got away as they wiggled & pranced their way out of the stadium. We hit up the portos and did a little shopping at the cowboy store-stand. It was fantastic! The weather couldn't have been better either.

Post Rodeo
Put out the grill with water (from the beer cooler & got some bbq'd Bud Light), water bottles, soda and gatorade... load up the truck again... go dancing!
In the past, we would head over to the Barnyard and do a little dancing and/or drinking $3 cans of beer and chat it up with some guys with numbers on their backs.
Last year, the owners put it on the market and it was closed so we asked around to find out where to go... where there would be line dancing. Holy Smokes... yeah, we got lost trying to find it but had a decent time nonetheless. It was way down in Carneys Point, and we took the Del. Mem. Bridge to Wilmington to make a U turn to get back on 295 to some back road, and then another back road...
So we go to Holy Smokes last weekend... yeah, Now it's a biker bar. Are you freaking kidding me? About an hour later, we show up in Mt. Laurel at Prospectors, with all 13 other people in the place hahaha.
Well, we got some food and were basically on our way.
Despite the bar-less ending,we had a freaking blast & plan on going back : )

Notes to self I learned in the last couple weeks

• Set your alarm before falling asleep
• Don't ever leave the house without your boots!
• Choose club cab over crew cab
• Be careful what you talk about when passing Long Wait Farm lol!
• Odd bathrooms are definitely a tourist stop
• Take the charcoal out of the bag before adding lighter fluid & fire
• (really 6 b.) Don't add lighter fluid to presoaked charcoal
• Get to your tailgating destination with either
• (8a) Enough time to cook what you brought
• (8b) 1/2 cooked, just bbq to reheat food
• Hand sanitizer and TP are a necessity when there are portos involved!
• BBQ'd Beer is not so good
• The combination of water, soda & Gatorade are quite the grill-fire-stopping combo and they double as a science experiment
• The rodeo gets 8 thumbs up for a girls night out destination! ~

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Top 20 reasons why I love country boys...

20. "Man I was only kiddin' when I called 'em a couple of dicks"
-Gary Allan, Alright Guy
**They have a sense of humor**

19. "Might be one 'a those fine French wines, Might be some good ol' damn homebrew, Long as we get to have a good time, Most times anything will do"
-Van Zant, Goes Down Easy
** They are still simple beings **

18."Well you've gotta be kidding me, Don't tell me that thing is your TV, My laptop's got a bigger screen, Baby, there ain't no doubt, You need a man around here"
- Brad Paisley, You need a Man Around Here
** They solve problems**

17. "We don't like to go out shoppin', We don't care what's on sale. We just want to sit with a bag full of chips, Watchin' the NFL. When you come over at half-time, An' say: "Does this dress fit too tight?" We just look you in the eye with a big fat lie, An say:"Uh, uh: Looks just right."
- Tracy Bryd, The Truth About Men
** They are honest... and they admit when they aren't **

16. "From buckin' broncs to honky tonks, He always sang a cowboy's song, We were much too young, havin' too much fun, As we all sang along"
-Garth Brooks, Good Ride Cowboy

15. "He's addicted to danger, Ruled by passion and pride, To pain and fear he's no stranger, But his lust needs to satisfied "
- Chris Ledoux, Hooked on an 8 Second Ride
** They have testosterone-filled hobbies**

14. "For your love I'd rope the moon put it in a blender, Mix up a concoction bound to make you surrender, I'd bite the brand off a buckin' Brahma Bull, I'd rob me a gin mill then I'd fill the ocean full"
- Chris Ledoux, For Your Love
** They do manly things to prove their love, not girly metro things **

13. "I cashed my check, cleaned my truck, Put on my hat, forgot about work, Sun goin’ down, head cross town, Pick up my baby and turn it around, Good time, "
Alan Jackson, Good Time
**They know how to have a good time**

12. "Raisin' hell, racing cars, Closin' down the local bars"
-Gary Allan, Man of Me

11. "We met at a truck stop, Johnson City, Tennessee"
-Tritt Travis, Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde
** They're adventurous **

10. "I want to dance with you, twirl you all around the floor, That’s what they intended dancin’ for, I just want to dance with you. "
-George Strait, I Just Want to Dance with You
** They considerately take charge **

9. "If you ain't got a suitcase get a box or an old brown paper sack
Pack it light or pack it heavy take a truck take a Chevy, Baby just come back"
-George Strait, Run
** They are straightforward and let you know they what they want, plus they drive Chevys :) **

8. "I got rice cooking in the microwave, Got a three day beard I don't plan to shave"
-Travis Tritt, It's a Great Day to be Alive
** County men are low maintenance **

7. "I'm wild and a little crazy too, Some girls don't like boys like me, Aww but some girls do"
-Sawyer Brown, Some Girls Do

6. "When they go ridin in the middle of a pickup truck, Blarin Lynyrd Skynyrd yellin, “Turn it up!”
- Trace Adkins, Ladies Love County Boys

The TOP 5 reasons I love country boys are...

5. "Well, if you want to know what we're all thinkin', It's nothing too complex. It's just somethin' cold for drinkin', And a whole lot of s-e......"
- Tracy Bryd, The Truth About Men

4. "But when you say a backrub means only a backrub, Then you swat my hand when I try, Well, now what can I say at the end of the day, Honey, I'm still a guy"
--Brad Paisley, I'm Still a Guy
** Country men are still honest with the fact that one thing drives them **

3. "Pick her up after some soap and water and we're headed to the county fair"
**Notice there was no mention of lotion, nail filing, plucking, waxing, or shaving his chest - Country boys aren't Metro! **
-Chris LeDoux, County Fair

2. "Cold beer, hot wings, Wranglers, Skoal ring, Get just what you see, Gun rack, ball cap, Don't take no crap, Ain't a pretty boy-toy, I'll rock you steady, Rough and ready"
-Trace Adkins, Rough and Ready

and the number 1 reason...

1. "My eyebrows ain't plucked, there's a gun in my truck, Oh thank God I'm still a guy"
--Brad Paisley, I'm Still a Guy

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