Engagement Photos and Concert Wonder

Wow, let me start off by saying that yesterday was insane. I truly believe that is the best way to describe just how weird it ended up being!

First off, we were wondering most of the morning if we would have to cancel our engagement photo shoot. We really didn't want to, because it was halfway to our concert and a great way to spend the afternoon, but with the morning consisting of random shower activity and high winds, there wasn't much hope. Thank god around 11 it all cleared up and left us with a nice cloudy sky-- perfect picture weather, right?

NO! It was SO cold. I would make a good guess that it hit a high of 7 or 8C with wind that was beyond cold at times. Pair that with a cute dress and a light half-jacket and I was shivering most of the time. Was it worth it though? YES! Our photographer took us so many places. We have pictures from two old barns, a corn field, abandoned rail way cars and tracks, as well as a cool field/fishing hole. I'm so excited to see a few!

After our photo shoot we defrosted in the car and headed up to our concert in Orillia at Casino Rama. I have to tell you, I've been to a few concerts, and I'm really not a huge concert person. I find they are loud, the performers are arrogant and the songs are played with some boredom. Clearly I'd never been to a country concert before.

But backtracking, just a bit, Mr. Sunshine's friend works for the local country radio station and happened to be at the event. He was given a few extra tickets and upgraded us from nosebleeders to 8 rows back, almost centre stage. It was incredible. I love that man. New favourite person.

Seriously.

Okay, back to this story. So we sat down and out came Kip Moore. He sings a few songs, but most people only really know his latest, "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck".

 Somethin' 'Bout a Truck

First off, he is really nice to look at, secondly, he could sure sing! Beyond that, every one of the back up band members, himself, and anyone who ran by the stage was smiling and having a great time. I was shocked and loved it! He had the audience join in, was giving anyone who ran up to the stage high fives and such, and was really friendly. His set was short (like 3 songs short!) but then came David Nail. I was thinking, no way that this guy will be the same and he was!

Feel free to fall over in love with this blue-eyed beauty. Kip Moore is so sexy!

 Finally, the showstopper, Billy Currington *swoon*. He came on and was great! He even brought his dog, Paco, on stage for when he sang "Like my Dog" who was a super cute chocolate lab. So an hour and a half of amazing songs later, it was over! Of course he stayed on stage and signed a few autographs so Mr. Sunshine and I watched a bit and then decided to run and see if we could catch a shuttle back to our hotel. Well, lemme tell you, 15 minutes after his last song he was still signing autographs and then we saw Kip Moore just hanging out in the lobby taking pictures and signing autographs too! I couldn't believe it!

 Nobody loves me like my dog does baby!

So my weekend, as you may have guessed, was incredibly amazing. There is nothing I can regret at all. Even our 1.5 star hotel that was the cheapest in town at $69 a night, ended up being better than most of the econo-lodge's and Holiday Inn's I've stayed in! I'll give credit to the family that runs it, who were very attentive all night and have managed to keep the hotel size reasonable at only 20 rooms.

How did you spend your weekend? Have you even been to a concert that blew you away?

~Miss. Sunshine

A time to be sick

There is no good time to be sick, but there are certainly worse times to be sick. I thought this weekend would be one of them, but everything is working out somehow!

It all started last week with my fever making cheesecake. If you read back you can see how I was jacked up on tylenol trying to get it done right and still failed-- mostly at least. Well this week I went back to school and my sinus infection took a nasty dive into my lungs. Having athsma, it has not been pleasant.

Yesterday I left work at noon, carefully listening to the hacking coughs of three of my students, knowing I was going to be in bigger trouble if I didn't get to a walk-in clinic and rest. Living in a one-horse town, the walk in was closed for Orthodox Easter. My options were to drive 30 minutes back to the city I just left and wait a few hours at a busy walk-in, go to the ER for antibiotics, or just go home. I opted for the latter.

So yesterday was spent hacking up a lung. Today has not been better. I feel like death hit me with a Tonka truck! Runny nose, coughing, fever-- you name it I likely am feeling it.

So then comes the good news! This weekend was supposed to be when we get our Engagement Pictures done, but it is supposed to rain off and on today and thunderstorm on Sunday when we are scheduled. No good for an outdoor shoot. The photographer asked if we wanted to move it to the 21st and tons of problems were solved as other adventures were created!

Mr. Sunshine, being the lovely man he is, for some reason failed to mention to me that when we go to see Billy Currington in concert next Saturday, we will need to stay overnight because the concert will not end until 11 or 12 at night and it is a two hour drive home! So I quickly sourced a cheap hotel and booked us in. This worked out really well because our photo shoot for the same day is exactly halfway between our home and the concert! So next weekend we have an adventure on our hands! This also gives me one more week to shape up and get rid of this horrible cough and chest infection.

And now... off to the vets on my own with two large dogs for heartworm tests. I really can't complain because Mr. Sunshine worked from 6-3 and 5-10 last night and is working 7-11 or so today. I just wish I didn't feel so gross.

~Miss. Sunshine