AMY STEINBERG

okay, so i haven't blogged in awhile. big surprise. i've got this idea in my head that i need to blog everything in chronological order and so when i get behind...i REALLY get behind!! i don't want to post new stuff because i haven't posted old stuff yet and so it goes. BUT, i've found lately that when doing a facebook status i'm having to delete spaces and exclamation points and WHOLE words to fit in under the 420 word limit. so i'm thinking i probably need to start blogging again just to have space to say all the stuff i want to say. that said, here's a new post!!!

last night, after derby practice, we went to acoustic coffeehouse next door. it was transformed into the church of amy steinberg and we were seriously in need of the gospel according to amy. opening for her was our own teresa robinson! this was her first time playing for a public audience. it was an honor to witness that. she's a tiny girl with a powerful voice that i would've never suspected since she is just so quiet.

when amy took the stage for her soundcheck, i was all ears. i love this woman. she is such an inspiration. her music is soul feeding. and her voice ain't too shabby either. she makes a performance out of her sound check for goodness sakes!!! she moves the audience to participate with singing along and dancing and feeling everything she is putting out there on the stage.

i'm still recovering from the crud we've had around here, so i sat for most of the performance (just doing a little chair dancing) but a few times i was moved to get up and dance. and sing. and shout. i'm sort of paying for it today. but it was totally worth it.

i told amy afterwards that i was thinking about the first time i saw her play. it was almost exactly 3 years ago, at the home of ben and kelly lovejoy. we didn't know anyone there except the jones family we brought with us!! it's amazing to think about that because many of the people that were there that weekend are now some of the most important people in my life. i sat way in the back of the yard that day. last night, i had a front row seat! it felt like she was singing to me all night. of course, it was a small venue so it would've felt that way no matter where i sat. although she did say at one point that she specifically wanted to make love to me...laura bowman...so i'm pretty sure the whole concert was just for my benefit.

we hung out for a little when it was over and helped pick up and pack up. samuel helped up on the stage and i, being the dorky documenting mom i am, had to get a picture...

the kids played with the cool old organ that sits in the back against the wall and said we really needed to get one of those. silas did a little stand up on stage that i didn't know about until he was done because i was talking with amy and ren near the door. i hate that i missed that. and sadie ran around with her posse as usual.

as we were leaving, i could feel the adrenaline rush start to fade and was reminded that i was sick. so after laughing and talking with the kids in the dining room (while scotty was trying to do some homework...oops!) i went to bed and fell asleep with amy's voice in my head...we go round and round and round and round and roooound.

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lately...

well, we finally kicked all the butts of all the cruds we'd been passing around here the past few months!! bye bye cruds!! so after that we had some fun!!

on the 1st, we went to my parents' house for a combined birthday party for me and my little sister, paula. it was a beautiful day and i was super hyper from all the wonderful sunshine. we had vegetarian taco salad and ice cream cake, YUM!! and talked and laughed and had a really good time. i made a watercolor card for my sister and she gave me "nightmare before christmas" socks and a shirt. my parents got me some hemp cording and wood and glass beads (which i used for the first time the other day to make some chokers for some friends in oregon). then there was more hanging out and talking. we went home happy and tired.

the next day we had our sofh homeschooling group at the park, it was another sunny day but a little on the windy side (jess had the sense to bring kites!!). it's always really nice to just sit and talk with these friends while all the kids play.

on the 3rd, we went to columbia for an amy steinberg house concert at the lovejoy's "opulent 'possum" and had a totally wonderful time!! it's always good to see amy AND get together with our friends from all over. we spent the night, although some of us didn't get a lot of sleep for staying up late playing bananagrams and talking!! silas never even went to bed! the next day, amy picked out a vietnamese restaurant to go to for lunch and i decided to go with them (which surprised even me!). i had a really great time talking and laughing with all these fabulous people...and the vegetarian pho ("fa") wasn't too bad either!! we came back to the house and kelli, jan (tim's mom), and i went to pick up a cake to surprise austin for his birthday which was the next day. when all the men came back from golfing, we all sang happy birthday to him, it was loud and beautiful and his smile was a mile wide =). after cake and packing up, i decided to leave a little earlier than planned as silas was suddenly falling asleep on the floor and i did not want to have to try to wake him up once he got all the way into it. so we headed home and it was a nice quiet ride as all the kids drifted off into sweet dreams...filled, i'm sure, with friends, laughter, and amy's awesome voice singing "it's a wiiiiide skyyy life..."

we spent a few days just quietly recovering from the weekend, watching it snow, and hoping for nicer weather...and finally, yesterday, it came!! the kids and i went to the park and played for awhile until the wind got a little too chilly for me. i surprised the kids with a trip to dairy queen which we hadn't had in a long time. samuel started having a migraine on the way home and i helped him kick its butt with some herbs and he was fine...no "turn off the lights!" or "be quiet!" and especially no puking, it was great, i gave him a cayenne tincture and a nerve tonic and it really does work folks!! later, ren, sierra, jalen, and austin came over for supper and some catching up and casual hanging out. it was a pretty good day.

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amy steinberg house concert

still just trying to catch up on some of our big get togethers this summer. i'm way behind!! this one is from august 10th!! sheesh!

last month ren had brought up the idea of hosting a house concert for amy steinberg and wondered if anyone would be interested. scotty and samuel thought it would be great (since we had so much fun with our acoustic jam/potluck party at the house)...i didn't think so. i wasn't up for it, so i declined. luckily there's this awesome lady, JESSICA SCHMESSICA, who was willing to do it!! so on a beautiful sunday night we gathered at her place to eat, talk, laugh, listen to music, and dance. it was a beautiful thing. first thing's first, we took a tour of jess' garden, there are some crazy big sunflowers growing down there!! then it was time to eat and the kids played a lot on the tire swing and the swing under the deck as well as explored all the little nooks and crannies of their property. finally amy came and got set up. no more tire swing kids, it was right where she was going to be performing...sorry! she started off the set with "exactly" which made us all happy as that song holds a lot of meaning for us. we danced and sang along, the kids got to run around and play in the wooded areas some more. after the concert, we went up to the house where amy shared her vibrating bowl with us. it felt amazing to hum and chant with the vibrations. we talked for awhile after that, just enjoying all the powerful energy created by the vibrations and the people there. later, a few of us walked up to the cow field to look at the stars. it was a beautiful night. must've been the moon...

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