more pics from Orlando!

I like this pic.

Here ya go Sis..

Being sick sucks!

Yep, that's right. Being sick sucks. I have not felt good for about 3 days....headache and sore throat and just a general lack of energy for anything ( i think that might be a little bit of depression, but who's really paying attention) Here I was just hoping I had a small sore throat and a bit of vitamin C and some rest should kick it in the butt. AHAHA! No I had to go and look in my throat to see a bunch of white spots. yea! My sister who has a very severe case of tonselitis has the same thing. I was really glad to hear that. It seems our beloved nephew....my Godson.... spread his pink eye germs into our throats. Great. So.... I have done nothing for the past few days except watch T.V and eat peanut butter and crackers. ( I am having a strange craving for them) Lots of CSI. It's on all the time. Well.... it's about 11:00 and I am feeling tired so I'm going to go lay on my bed...that is in my living room and watch some more CSI: there's a marathon coming on!

In yet another airport

Here in Chicago they have Wi-Fi so my 3 hour connection won't be so boring. I only have one more hour left. Yipee. How much trash can one girl read and I don't think I should really drink another cup of coffee. There has to be some health complications from the only thing in your belly is about 8 pots of coffee and grapes. (maybe that is an exaggeration...) So I have been gone for a week with work. I go home for two days. Get my bed delivered!!!!! Drive to Indy come home, Katie comes into town and then we fly to Michigan for 5 days. Damn! Can't a girl get a brake but I'm looking foward to a few days with the kids and Sam and Kelli. Katie gets to do some fun stuff when she is here like go to the doctor with me, take an exciting to Cingular. Whoo Hoo! maybe we'll paint my bedroom....just kidding. Well, I think I'll go get another cup of coffee.

WORKIN ON THE ROAD

WELL,My job has taken a turn for the....different, for lack of a better word. I now work with Clarie and travel around setting up displays for Trade Shows. It is by no means glamorous but it is pretty easy work and I do get to travel all over the country. Not too bad. It pays well and it is far better than what I was doing before with many more opportunites available. As far as AND1 goes Winter tour is 99.9 % going to happen and summer tour is a given. Once we find out about Winter Tour we can start working on the advancement... but not until Claire and I get back from Australia! Once we get the word with Winter Tour I will be full time with Claire. Which will be nice.
Australia will be three weeks of November that I cannot wait for. We are going to stop off in New Zealand for a few days and before we head out from L.A. we are going to this island in Mexico that a few of Claire's friends own. So yeah. that will be cool. Anyway. Hadn't written much lately. I am in D.C. now getting ready to go do some work soon. Once I get some more pictures, I'll post them.

HMMMM?

BIG BABY!

Baby Shaq lookin goofy

Summer Camp is over... for now

80'S NIGHT IN D.C.! FUN TIMES!
THE GREATEST BAR..... SLIMS IN THE WONDERFUL CITY OF RALEIGH
KATIE & I AT THE DOLPHIN
COACH BURT, SHANE, SPYDA, PHARMACIST, BIZ & MAIN EVENT AT THE FIRST PITCH AT A MARLIN'S GAME.
ME, NILES, WILL AND CLAIRE AND THE CLEVELANDER IN MIAMI....pre jumping in the pool.
ME, SPECIAL FX & SPRINGS.... TWO OF THE LAST CONTEST PLAYERS
CLAIRE AND BABY SHAQ AT HELL'S KITCHEN IN NORFOLK
NORFOLK.... FUN TIME SHOOTIN UP CHICAGO
Well...my summer on the road is over. It was an amazing expierence and am thankful for the chance to have been a part of it.
I'm just going to put up some more pictures. Actually right now I am in San Francisco with Claire. She has given me another job that involves traveling....It is the setting up the displays for trade shows. Last night we went to a Giants game and today was a day off... not a bad job at all. So here are some more memories of the tour and when I get back the the Lou I will right some more.

Atlanta

Well, we are on our way to MIAMI!!! Yes! Beaches and palm trees! Fru-fru drinks by the pool or perhaps a Cabana on the beach.... oh yeah and some work. I haven't written much lately, I thought I would put some pictures up first so I didn't get the BADGERING from the little one. Cleveland.... Dad came up one day for Cleveland. He drove down to Cleveland from Detroit. It was really good to see him. We went out to lunch and then walked around Cleveland for 5 hours. It was a nice day and I enjoyed it. We went to a steamboat museum, the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, got some ice cream (in typical dad fashion), then jus walked around. I was so tired that night that we just went out to dinner and then off to bed. We all had had a late-night pool party at the hotel in Cleveland. It wasn't a party according to the hotel security. Oops!
Louisville.... Louisville was a bunch of Kentucky Fried Chicken and Big wigs... it was a disatster. It is taking the Street out of Street Ball.... as Adam Stafford said.. it should be called Corporate Ball. Unfortunatly they have let the Sponsors dictate the run of the game and it sucks for all of us. Anyway...When we were in Atlanta a few of us headed out to a Mideval Times Dinner Theater. FABULOUS! It was so dumb it was wonderful. You even got to eat with you hands. Perfect. I strongly suggest going at least once in your life. The game... I don't know I don't ever get to see the game.
Anyway.... That is about it. I have got to go do some work.

More Pictures from Cleveland

Pictures from Cleveland

Detroit

Well, we are in Cleveland after a three day stay in Detroit. I was able to spend some time with Sam, Kelli and the kids and loved it. I did my laundry at their house and now all my clothes have that great smell that I love so much. I had lunch with them on Tuesday and then was able to spend some time at the house on Wednesday. We ordered pizza and hung out. Of course it wouldn't have been a normal trip to my brothers if there wasn't some kind of project going on. I helped stuffed some invitations for Grace's "girls only" pool party... which again were the cutest invitations! Kelli always has the cutest things for Grace. I love being at their house and just hanging out. It was really nice to be there and just sit and make fun of televsion shows. I had a really good visit. The next night Sam and Kelli were able to come to the game. And what a game they saw. It was a very good game, our first overtime on the Tour. AND1 finally pulled through in the last seconds with a few points extra. Detroit gave them a run for their money. I don't care who the people are if you are playing a sport in Detroit they will root for the home town NO MATTER WHAT and I think that that gave the AND1 players more incentive to win. All in all it was a great game. I was able to show Sam and Kelli backstage into my world. It was really fun.
Katie... can't wait for you guys to come up!
Anyway... more picutres to come and now it is time to do some work.

Just a few more memories

Here are a few to keep you happy!

TIRED OF K8'S COMPLAINTS

Well.... after much badgering again here are some random pictures from previous cities.... Katie I will get the ones from Chicago soon.

WORKING ON THE ROAD

Yep, this is me hard at work on our bus.
Well, we are in the fabulous town of Indianapolis. It's not a bad city at all. One thing I have noticed on our travels is that there is always at least one to three dirty people sitting infront of a coffee shop. I never spend any time in downtown St. Louis because there isn't anything to do downtown so I don't ever see that. It is everywhere and it is what it is. Well, I am really tired and have to get up early.
I'll keep in touch. I miss and love you all.

HOME OF LAVERNE & SHIRLEY

Yes, we are in Milwaukee. Haven't really done much sight seeing here. We are not in town for long and it has been filled with work. I do have to remind myself that I am not on vaccation and that this is a job. It can be hard to do. It is a clean and pretty down town. A few of us went out to grab a bite to eat down by the waterfront. It's like Chicago, there is a big canal running through the middle of downtown. The smell reminded me of the dock during the canoe races, gross yet strangley comforting. There are seagulls in Milwaukee. I was not aware of that.
I see that my sister already has here Thanksgiving day plans taken care of. What's on the agenda for CHristmas little one?
Well, not much to report. I have got lots of work to do.
Hearing all this talk about Poe really makes me miss my dog.

The Twin Cities

Here we are in the TWIN CITIES, not a bad town. It's kind of dirty, the people for the most part look like they don't believe in showers, all the waitress's are horrible and slow and everything is expensive. so that is how I feel about it. What ever curiousity I may have had deep down for Minneapolis is gone. Go figure. we were in Kansas City a few days ago. We had a good time there. Kansas City is a pretty cool town. It feels very cozy. We go to Indainapolis tomorrow night. Then off to Chicago and then to Detroit. I'm excited to see Sam & Kelli and the kids, mom I'm sorry you won't be there. But maybe you will still be in North Carolina when we get there if your back doesn't get better.
Last night was the 4th. Not too many of us were to concered about watching fireworks, we heard them and that was good enough for most of us except for Megan who was hell-bent on getting somewhere to catch a glimpse of the fireworks. It was more enjoyable watching her walk all around town trying to find the perfect spot. I hope all of you had an enjoyable 4th of July!
All is still going well. We have an early morning lobby call so I am off to do a little bit of work and then it is off to bed. I will keep you all posted.

Catching up

Well my sister has scolded me enough about not writting anything new lately so before I head to bed I will try to catch everyone up. We have since been to Denver, San Antonio and now we are in Houston. I DO NOT like the city of Houston, it's one big strip mall. Honestly that is all you see. San ANtonio was a very pretty city. I could take a trip back to San An. Our hotel... the Westin Riverwalk was, how shall i say, DIVINE!! The king size "heavenly" bed they have in their rooms was exactly that. It is hard enough for me to get out of bed anyway so add the most comfortable bed ever created.... well let's just say that it is surprising that I am not still in the bed in San Antonio. Our hotel was right next to The Alamo. I didn't have enough time to actually go look at but I did drive by it. The drive to San Antonio from Denver though was ridiculously long. For about 5 hours a group of us had an acousitcal sing-along in the back lounge of the bus. One of the guys plays guitar and can actually sing, the rest of us were just yelling the words. It was hysterical though. We were all delirous and pretty buzzed. (it just so happens that our bus is "the fun party bus" that everyone wants to be on. We at one point decided that we were going to get every movie that Patrick Swayze has made... Road House being our "theme" movie. If you ever watch Road House while drinking with friends and just want to get stupid drunk...(don't we all, just kidding mom) play this game. We thought it would be funny to play a casual drinking game while watching the movie so we decided that every time anyone says Dalton you have to drink. I don't think we realized how many times his name is said when we chose that game. It was like playing the worst game of 3 man. Let's just say that we had to turn the movie off.
Other than keeping ourselves occupied on the bus everything is going pretty good. It is a great job. I am thankful to have this opportunity.
Everyone probably thinks that I don't even work on this tour. Trust me I do. That is one good thing about this job, it is a lot of work but you do it mostly on your own time. The day of the event is pretty hectic and making sure that all is taken care of for the next event is the biggest thing with deadlines.
well, I have to get up at 5:00 so I am off to bed. I will try to keep things updated.

It's hot in Phoenix!

We are in Phoenix and it is HOT. Stupid hot. After a very long drive from a sleep over in Las Vegas we got into Phoenix at about 6:00. I survived my first visit to Las Vegas and even came out $250 up. Perfect. I was pretty excited about it. All on red at the Roulette table! It's amazing how expensive EVERYTHING is in Vegas. EVERYTHING!!!!! We stayed at the New York New York. Took a walk down to the Bellagio to gamble, made my first $100. Then we went down to Ceasar's Palace and hung out pool side and drank mojitos. YUMMY! We all had a crazy rest of the night in Vegas. I've got pictures to show you all soon....those are some doozies. I;m sure that part of the misery of my ride on the bus was due to a serious hang-over. Go figure! well, I am tired. I am off to bed. I'll write more tomorrow.

You can't have Work without the Play

Well, what's a job on the road it you don't have a little fun. Right? The girl in the picture with me is Claire. SHe is the one who hired me and I know from Paddy-o's. She's a wonderful person. The guy in the picture with me is Adam. He is our sound and audio producer. Everybody is alot of fun and we all seem to have the same sense of humor which makes it easy. ALso the beers certainly make it easier. Go figure!
Anyway... I miss you guys and will actually send some pictures of the actual job. I'll take some in Salt Lake. When we leave salt lake we make a night stop in VEGAS! WHoo hoo! The drive is too long to drive straight through so, oh no we have to stop over night. Boo Hoo.
I miss you all. By the way guys... i didn't know I sounded that depressed! GEEZUS!

this is at what is called the "open Run" where they pick the people to compete in the competion. The guy in the air is one of the AND1 players.

one photo of the game

Visit with Molly In Salt Lake City

I am in Salt Lake City. We got in yesterday afternoon after a very long drive from Portland. Portland was so pretty. The people seemed a little depressed and in bad moods but maybe it was just me. The or a Rose Parade was there one day. We all know how I feel about Parades...Let's just say I was glad to be in our hotel room not having to deal crowds. None of us were really sure what the Portland's Rose Parade is all about but it consisted mainly of Cowgirls and Cowboys riding on horseback with huge bouquets of Roses and Marching bands where the average age was 40. Very strange indeed.
Anyway. I was able to get in contact with Molly and spend the afternoon and have dinner with her, Sam and Sawyer. Who are SOOOO cute and so sweet. It was so good to see Molly. She looks AWESOME!!! I wish I could have taken more pictures but my camera died. Bummer. We are all getting a handle of some of the gliches of the Tour which enables us to have a little more free time. I'm really enjoying myself, learning alot about a new avenue of jobs and alot about myself. As co-workers we all seem to click pretty well and get along. You kinda have to when you spend long days on a cozy tour bus. It certainly is helping with my the minute I feel dirty I have to take a shower thing. When we do our events... we start at about 6 am work really hard all day and then get on the bus at about 1:30 with no shower.... All of us, all 12 of us sweaty and stinky. It's great. Needless to say I go into the bathroom the size of Barbie's bathtub and give myself a towel shower. I have to wash my feet and my face. Have to or i'll go crazy. It's crazy. Anywa.. here are a few pictures of Sam and Sawyer. I am so glad that I was able to spend some time with them. I wish I had more time and could have seen her house but now I just have to make a trip up there

This is from the same night. Will, is our production assistant (who does everything), scotty is the production outside to set up audio and everything else, and Brooke is with sponsorship. I actually know Brooke from St. Louis. It's nice to have a few familiar faces but everyone is really very cool people!

The Kid

This is from the first night in L.A. at the Premier party at the White Lotus. Mitchell is our outside production assistand who I know from St. Louis. He worked at the Busch stadium and our friend is Kid from Kidn'Play. How HYSTERICAL is that. So far that is my only famous person yet. Funny!

Portland

I am in Portland Oregon getting the hang of this whole thing. I tried to send something when we were in Oakland but for some reason it didn't work. Our halftime entertainment is E40, I guess he is pretty big but I had never heard of him. Oakland is his home town so it was pretty crazy for that show. All the kids were having a blast and decied to rush the court. Half the arena wanted to have a dance party with E40. I missed all the action since I was busy away in my "office." Still having a good time. Since we are getting all the small details ironed out we are able to have more of a chance to spend some time in the cities we are staying at.Portland is really pretty but everyone seems to be in a bad mood. The Rose parade, or a Rose parade was going on in front of our hotel today. We all know how I feel about Parades so I am glad I was on the 9th floor watching from above. Waiting for my Ferris Bueler moment in the office but it never came. Anyway... I've got spread sheet to email and contact sheet to set up and ticket orders to finalize ( I sound so professional don't I) Email is the best way to get a hold of me since I am on the computer ALL the time! I hope all is well with you guys and life is good. I'll talk to you in Salt Lake City!

Los Angeles

I am in L.A. Our event is tomorrow and then we head off to Oakland. It has been pretty hectic, but fun. i am still feeling my way around. Once we do a few more events it will be a little easier. Aunt Laura and Tim, i am sorry that I was not able to get a hold of you but I haven't had much time. I am not sure what our route is.... but we won't be heading that way until around midnight. I don't know if you and Granny are night owls or not. ha ha. I wish I would have had more time. I took a bunch of pictures but haven't had time to really do anything with them. Once I figure it out I will post some.
Well... I am TIRED and I need to get up in 4 hours. I miss everyone! Talk to you soon.

Well, I think this picture sums it all up as far as how much fun Dave and I seem to have together. I couldn't have picked a better brother-in-law, husband for my only sister..... wait a minute, I did pick him. That's right. I remember. Dancing and sleep overs. It's always been about the dancing! Right. Dave, what can I say, I am so thankful that you are in our lives. I am very happy for you and your new job. You'll always be my favorite..... don't tell Katie's other husbands. It's our secret. I love you Dave!