FINAL COUNTDOWN

Well today we start the final count down for Saturday.  I will have to get my hair cut today, count my final pills, check the water in the golf cart batteries, double check the sound system, and double check to see if I have anything that I shouldn't  take on the plane.

Mary Ann is getting a permanent before we go.   Why do they call it a permanent when it last a little over a month?  She is cleaning the house like crazy and I keep telling her that no one will be here but the caretaker.

Well she is calling me now to take her some place.   Better go...Talk to you later.  

CHECKING OUT THE SOUND SYSTEM

Got a firmware update from Berghringer for the x32.  It is v2.14.  I generally will update as soon as new firmware is published.  All I have to do is download the new firmware from the website and unzip, move it to a memory stick (USB) and insert it into the x32.  It will then automatically update.  I then have to check out the mixer and make sure everything is in working order.  This makes it easy in preparation for the coming season.  

The Lineup For The Coming Season:

One Of These Nights-Eagles Tributes
Esteban & Theresa Joy
Aaron Radatz
Sons of The Pioneers -30th Anniversary
Louis Prima Jr. & theWitnesses
Sharon Owens-Barbra Streisand Tribute
Under The Streetlamp
The Drifters
John Mueller's Winter Dance Party
The Tokens
Lee Greenwood
Chance Tinder & Kentucky Rain
The Piano Man

You can see why we have to get on the ball early because when the season starts changing the stage for each act takes time and then we have the ever ending sound checks.
I really do enjoy and look forward to each season.

I am surprised that I can still put in sometimes a 60 hour week.  I keep pulling the weight off gradually to keep me going. When you enjoy doing what you do, you will never have to work.  I do believe that keeping up to date is helping to maintain my mental disposition.  Mary Ann says there is not much to keep up??????

By the way, Mary Ann has the some preparation in programing the stage lights for each act.   I really am glad she has something to keep her busy and stay off my back.

Just 10 more days before we board the PRINCESS.....TALK TO YOU LATER  
    

A LOT HAS HAPPENED SENCE MY LAST WRITING

Here we are in Happy Trails just coming off a summer of traveling by car.  The years pass by so rapidly that it is hard to believe that I am getting to be an old man.  Some day I will be old and then I can be cantankerous and no one will pay me any attention.  We are not motor homing  any more.  It was becoming a chore to connect  the Jeep to the RV.  Mary Ann said I was getting too old and it was time to hang up the keys.  We sold the RV (money pit) and now traveling by auto.

We lost Sunshine a few weeks ago and void is very real.  We have decided not to get another pet as it is too hard to recover from loosing loyalty.

We are preparing for another adventure in two weeks.  We have decided to take a two week cruse in Europe. (Holland,France, Spain, Portugal, Azores, and back to Florida)  Mary Ann has been packing for two days already. We bought new luggage because of the newer regulations.  (It is her excuse to just buy something new.  New shoes, dresses, hose, get her hair repaired, buy more make up...Just an excuse to spend more money...I will just pack my black suit maybe buy a new white shirt and patch the holes in my underwear.  The sacrifices we men make to keep the ladies happy...(love doing it).

I will try to do better and let you know what is going on in our lives.

Oh, by the way, we are ready for the new season with outstanding entertainment coming.  Mary Ann is programming the new stage lights and I have finished upgrading new firmware for the very faithful Beringer x32.  Working 40 to 60 hours a week during the busy season keeps me out of trouble.

Talk to you tomorrow???!!!