The OPRY!

Had a blast Saturday night with my boss at the Opry! I had never been and found out that Rascall Flatts were going to be there on this particular night. I immediately called the ticket office and got us two tickets.

We sat on the 4th row of the balcony and the seats were great! Lots of funny stories by the old MC's for each of the 4 parts.

A big lesson was learned though! I recently bought a new "off brand" battery replacement for my camera. The battery works great and holds a charge for a long time. It doesn't however, let me know when it is getting low on juice! Just as Rascall Flatts came out on the stage (4 th act) my battery died!!! So, the rest of my photos were taken from my cell phone. I'm still trying to figure out how to get those off and will get them edited and posted ASAP.

Here are some pictures from our big night. Listed you will see:

• The Opry house and the new "Minnie Pearll"
• Little Jimmie Dickens. He was a hoot!
• Buddy Jewel! I about died when he walked out. I bet I called 200 times while he was on Nashville Star. We use to go to happy hour at El Chico's on Murfreesboro Road on Friday nights to hear him play.
• Danielle Peck
• Ryan and I being silly. Look at my ears! I put in 2 different earrings to try and decide which ones to wear and never changed them back out! Ugh!
• Ricky Skaggs is starting to look like a back hills southern preacher.
• Steve Warner was the MC for the 4th act of the night.
• Gary LeVox of Rascall Flatts!
  

Yesterday Storms

Wow! Did the rest of you get stuck in the storm yesterday? I truly believe this is the worst storm I've ever been out in. It was so crazy.

I started out waiting on the parking lot shuttle a few minutes early hoping to get to my car before it got bad. No such luck. I was barely out the door when it began to poor. By the time the shuttle got to us (15 minutes), all of us were pretty wet and it was still raining! Then as we got close to my parking spot I started to panic a bit. The spot I normally get off at was under water. The sign had washed away and you couldn't see the sidewalk at all. The driver let me off in a dryer spot but of course my car was at the high point of the flood. Seriously, I had to wade through knee deep water (which is normally 4th ave) to get to my car in the gravel lot. Once at my car a new panic set in. I am soaked up to my thighs and then realize that I only have about an inch or more before the water will be rolling into my floor boards!

I got in as quick as I could and started out of town. While I was waiting at one of the red lights downtown, the tornado sirens started going off. Quite a surreal moment to realize that the sirens actually come out of the building I was in front of. :) Without thinking , I started towards the interstate to get home. BIG Mistake! Apparently heavy winds or a tornado had crossed I-40 right at Briley parkway. There were 2 tractor trailers turned over. One on either side of the interstate, directly across from each other. It took me 2 hours to go 15 miles last night and I looked like I had walked home in it. :) Hope everyone else fared better than I did.